And just like that… 2 months

Or how to juggle motherhood, autoimmunity and business???

It has been quite a journey to reach that point and it is quite a journey that we are starting now. A new journey that we wouldn’t change for nothing in the world. Motherhood… keeping a little human alive while managing a health condition and a business. I never choose the easy path.

So, 2 months of adapting, adjusting and well… improvising. Hence my silence and really getting back into work just now, at a low dose because the priority is my daughter and my own health as she depends on it as well. A lot depends on me being well, so work can wait.

The hardest part? Sleep deprivation obviously… Even though sleep is crucial in managing an autoimmune condition, it is also the one that cannot be avoided. So how do I do? Well, except from being cranky, moody, sleepy, overreacting… which make me at time an unbearable wife (sorry and thank you for still loving me), I sleep when I can, I nap and, for now, day and night are the same. And I will not complain too much after 2 months, time to time, she gives us 5 or 6 hours straight of sleep. How lucky!

I allow myself that “much” sleep by being organized on other aspects of my life or sacrificing some of them.

My non-negotiable is my paleo type of nutrition and avoiding my food sensitivities. I have been extremely lucky to have my husband at home until now and my parents for the first month. I was just getting fed and the right stuff. So support, as always, is crucial. In the meantime, I have also been stacking ready made meal in the freezer (I always do that but even more than usual).

Exercises have never been where I was the best. But while I did not manage to get back into my workout routine, I consider that lifting a 5.5 kg little human many times a day and many times a night while squatting to get up from the bed or the couch… it is working out. We tend to underestimate how active we can be without having to hit the gym 5 times a week: lifting groceries, vacuuming, parking the car far from the supermarket entrance…

Mindset… I have not been meditating for a while and I miss it. But we can always control our thinking even when busy. Ok, if you refer to the cranky, moody aspect I talked about earlier, you’ll understand that it has not always been a success… but I tried my best to allow myself some me-time and some down-time.

Because at the end, what matters is not being successful or perfect. What matters is doing your best and be happy and proud of yourself for that.

So yes, while I’m writing, I am still in my pyjama, my hair is a mess, but baby is sleeping, and this article is my way of easing back into work.

Because work could wait… but there are still things going behind the scene.

I won’t be taking any one-on-one clients until November, but watch this space, I am working on something very special while going through a revamp.

In the meantime, here is my new office setting, multitasking is a myth but being prepared and organized is real.

In health and with love,

Magali xx