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Make this the summer your kids fall in love with themselves, are kind to each other and connect to the world around them. Well… let’s at least give it a go 😂

The Joyous Kids Cards

35 Luxurious Wellbeing Activity Cards, inspiring self-care, kindness to others and love of our planet.

Expect fun facts and empowering messaging, concepts like positive affirmation, meditation and gratitude. Plus a handy feelings checklist to help them take notice of their joy within 😍👌🏻

That’s true joy, not fake happy 😜 shop link or bio to grab yours 🙌🏻

#selfcareforkids #kindkidsclub #childrenswellbejng #wellness #planetlove #summeractivities #consciouskids #kidsactivities #homeeducation #homeeducationideas #homeeducationuk #send #kidsmindfulness #mindfulkids #feedthemjoy #parenting #mummingit #mumsuk #mumssupportingmums #mumsofinstagramuk #kidswhoexplore #selfloveforkids #ecogifts #kidsgifts #joywithin #mindfulmums #empowering by @joyousacts

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4 years ago

Missing anyone this Easter? Anyone’s Birthday coming up or need cheering up?
Join the movement and spread some love & joy today!

The Joyous Journal - described as ‘a game changer’ by someone who self gifted, and as ‘a warm hug’ by someone who sent it to their friend. It’s a show stopper. Beautifully tactile with a luxurious finish, it can’t help put a smile on your face.

If you want to spread joy & love even further you can head over and buy it from @patchworkthestore, the brainchild of the inspiring @partimeworkingmummy who is supported by the stylish & formidable @astridiwantyouinmylife - there, your money will do even more good as the profits go towards the two Patchwork women’s centres in Devon.

The journal focuses on
💕Self Care
🌈Kindness to others and
🌱Planet Love

100 pages for writing, and 60 pages of joyous insight & mindful activities (colouring in, dot to dots, word searches). You’ll (and whoever you buy for) will LOVE it. And you’re spreading joy, too.

#thejoyousjournal #bestgifts #giftidea #selfcaregifts #selfcare #bekind #planetlove #kindnessrocks #wellbeing #wellbeingjourney #wellbeingwarrior #healthyhabits #kindnessmatters #ecofriendlyproducts #love #journaltherapy #teengifts #mumgift #mindfulness #gratitude #womensupportingwomen by @joyousacts

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4 years ago

Morning all! A storm is raging outside here in London. I love the sound of rain on the windows. So, I haven’t done an intro post before. It feels a bit cringe but I do want you to know a bit about me and why I am here so, in for a penny and all that. I’d love to know more about you, too. If you feel like it please share something about yourself in the comments or ping me a DM. Let’s get some connection going! OK, Here goes..

👩‍👦I am a lone parent to an awesome 5 year old boy, irresistible 8 month old puppy and surprisingly bitey 13 month old Hamster.

🛌We live in London.

👵🏻My son thinks I am 23 years old.

🎶 I love music, crisps and my allotment.

🌱 I am passionate about cultivating joy in our lives and the lives of our children.

🙌🏻 In 2010 I did a Joyous Act of Kindness every day for a year, It changed my understanding of joy, forever.

✍️ I started journaling when I was 7 years old and after a 5 year hiatus, I picked up my pen again during lockdown.

🦠 The pandemic gave me the opportunity, like so many of us, to reassess my life and I realised I wasn’t living according to my own values or belief system.

💖I believe that true joy (not fake happy) comes from connection to Self, Others and the Planet and grows through kindness.

📔 I created The Joyous Journal for women who want to re-connect to themselves and cultivate more joy in their day to day lives. (It launches later this month! Eek!)

💫I’m feeling a mixture of exhaustion, excitement, fear and pride on the daily, at the moment!

🙏 Thanks so much for being on the ride with me, I’m super grateful xxx MWAH 😘 by @joyousacts

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5 years ago

I decided to start writing again. Check out my Substack ✌️😘 Link in stories by @joyousacts

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4 months ago

🫶🏻 what a decade it’s been #myboy #motherandson #mothersday by @joyousacts

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6 months ago

Happy Mother’s Day Y’all. Remember, there’s beauty in the chaos. Don’t forget to look for it. You deserve to notice. You are loved, needed and doing a great job. It’s OK that it doesn’t look like you expected 😘💐 by @joyousacts

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6 months ago

Thanks 2025 - here’s to 2026

#memories by @joyousacts

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9 months ago

Summer 2025 broke us a little. We went from living the dream — feeling “phew, we did it!” Life felt full of possibility, and ‘normality’ (whatever that is). But an unexpected hospital stay kicked off a period of heightened nervous systems, and that recovery drifted straight into a new, unexpectedly difficult, school year.

2025 reminded me, again — perhaps brutally — ND life isn’t linear.

ND parenting doesn’t come with a “rest until it gets easier” button. There’s rarely a community that sees you fully or absorbs you in all your glory. There are very few prop-ups, and — as I now have to admit — no shiny endgame where all is resolved and life is easy again.

You evolve, adapt, and learn harder — through limits, grief, and messy realities. There are ebbs and flows, easier times and harder. Expected and unexpected. Controllable and uncontrollable.

We cherish the times when rhythm is right, but invisibly and privately bear the load when it’s knocked off course through no fault of our own.

I’m coming into 2026 focusing even harder on Neuro-Affirming Living.

I don’t want to have to re-do the work every time a challenge hits us. I’ve been living with ND awareness for almost 5 years now, and every time I think I’ve got it sussed, I see there is more to do. This year, I’m reminding myself so hard hoping it becomes muscle memory, so hard that it looks effortless - even if it’s unlikely to be.

In 2026:

✅ Do what works
✅ Protect your nervous system
✅ Keep evolving
✅ Build a life that’s real, regulated, and joyful

It will look different — it must look different. And that’s exactly the point.

Happy New Year Everyone. With love 🫶🏻

#neurodivergentparenting #ndfamily #adhdmum #ndlife #neurodivergent by @joyousacts

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9 months ago

Just checking in. Christmas holiday’s a dream so far. We’ve been on a light trail with the fam, watched movies in bed and I’ve cleared out the garage.
Plus, the dog’s new favourite food is popcorn.

Life is joyous when it’s simple.

#ndfamily #neurokin #neurodivergent #neurodivergentjoy by @joyousacts

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9 months ago

Some parents breathe a sigh of relief on the first day of the school holidays. I am one of those parents 🙋‍♀️

Relief.
Yes.
And Joy.
Big, fizzy, can-finally-breathe joy.

No doors to get through.
No school emails to write.
Just mornings that belong to us.

We deserve this.
The pause.
The space to breathe.
The quiet joy (for two whole weeks!)

Experiencing barriers to entry this term has been an unexpected twist in what had been a positive journey for us.

This time, it’s easier — being in a specialist setting means we’re heard in ways mainstream never allowed (if only)

But specialist settings come with their own challenges, and it turns out navigating them can still take a toll on mental health.

So this Christmas, we’re holding onto the joy — and cherishing the quiet relief that comes with it 🎉

#NDParenting
#NeurodivergentParentLife
#NeurodivergentFamilies
#ParentRelief
#ebsa by @joyousacts

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9 months ago

Yes @hannahameliaviney you are spot on

Yes - Authenticity is our love language
Yes - Authenticity drives safety

Yes yes yes yes yes.

#adhdwoman #ndfamily by @joyousacts

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10 months ago

So good from @lifestyle_wifestyle

#adhdwoman #creativeminds #gowiththeflow interest based creative brains are amazing - I appreciate I was meant to be tidying up / unpacking / returning stuff I bought by mistake on Amazon BUT I’ve loved planning content for the relaunch that hasn’t happened yet, talking to flashing lightbulbs in case there’s a spirit trying to communicate from beyond and researching the origins of tarot 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also, TUUUNNNEEEE by @joyousacts

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