🌸 Nurturing Without Losing Yourself

By Allison Ockenden
Director of Today, Tomorrow and Always
From The Heart Podcast – Talking Truths, Taboos and Triumphs

Because nurturing isn’t always pretty — but it’s always powerful.

Nurturing is supposed to feel warm and fuzzy, right?
But let’s be honest — sometimes, it feels like you’re pouring from a cup that’s been empty since 2003.

For mums, especially over 40, nurturing can feel like a constant juggling act.
Kids. Careers. Aging parents. Mental health. Dinner. Repeat.
And somewhere in that chaos, you're meant to “take care of yourself,” whatever that means when the dog just peed on the laundry and your teen’s having another meltdown.

At From The Heart, we get it.

Nurturing doesn’t always look like Pinterest-perfect moments.
Sometimes it’s crying in the car before school pickup.
Sometimes it's saying "no" and not explaining why.
It's surviving on coffee and kindness — and occasionally locking the bathroom door just to breathe.

But nurturing can also be powerful.
It’s choosing compassion over criticism.
It’s showing your kids that self-care isn’t selfish.
It’s raising humans while still trying to hold onto your own.

Nurturing, in our world, means keeping it real.
Supporting each other.
Swapping shame for solidarity.

We’re not here for judgment.
We’re here for the mums who’ve seen some sh*t and are still standing — messy bun, broken nails, and all.

You are nurturing.

Even when it doesn’t look like it.
Even when no one claps for it.
Especially then.

You don’t need a cape to be a hero.
Just coffee, boundaries, and maybe a locked door.