HeyJaredThe Maternal Guilt Coach
I'm a mother, positive psychology coach, maternal guilt expert & author of 'Challenge Your Guilt: How to Flourish in Motherhood, Work & Life' (published June '25). This Substack is an extension of my motherhood support work & an exploration of my values.
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Live with Belinda Jane Batt (opens the original)
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Back to S-elf? (opens the original)
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I’m sure there will be a slew of first day back at school articles here today, and rightly so. It’s a huge rite of passage that we go through as mums after weeks of summer holiday. Many mums will I’m sure be feeling wistful and sad at the end of the summer. I am not one of them. We had a pretty great summer all things considered. I feel hugely grateful for the privilege of a summer holiday abroad, and being able to pay for a few days of kids’ clubs which helped to shore up my sanity when it was
Sitting in the discomfort (opens the original)
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It's 11am on a Sunday morning and I find myself in the highly unusual position of being in bed in a quiet house.My husband has taken the kids to the shop to buy ingredients to make cakes for the cake sale I have rather rashly promised them we will do on Tuesday.I wish my brain would relax enough for me to read one of the magazines or books on the pile by my bedside that has been growing and gathering dust for months, but the truth is my attention span - like many of us these days, especially mil
The Algorithmic Breakdown (opens the original)
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I’m not sure I *should* be posting things like this publicly.Working through a burnout or breakdown of any sort is, after all, something people do privately, behind closed doors.Especially an algorithm related breakdown.Subscribe nowI’ve often had friends comment that my social media content has felt too raw, that I should be more professional and less personal.But honestly? That advice never sat well with me.The way I see it, one of my stren
This One's A Bit Personal (opens the original)
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I’ve had a few weeks away from content creation and all things business related, in part to spend quality time with my family on our summer break to the Azores (which was amazing - see pic below - highly recommend), and in part because I have been feeling quite disillusioned of late.Not with coaching, I wish to make clear. Coaching mums is what I love more than anything (except being a mum). But with the constant grind and hustle, and with the never-ending pressure to show up on social media pla
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