Why I am not looking for work-life balance any more!
I am often asked how I juggle motherhood with being creative and running my own business. My answer is: I gave up perfectionism. And I stopped searching for balance in my life a long time ago. Instead, I am looking for fulfillment! What does perfectionism [...]
5 Wellbeing Habits for Every Health Nut Mama
The hardest thing when I became a mom was to make time and effort to take care of myself. To see that I also needed mothering beside becoming a mom to someone else. Part of my responsibility was to also take care of myself, but [...]
Make Your Kids Smarter, an extensive guide for any mother
by Sandra Cobaine Founder of Best For the Kids Is it possible to make your kids smarter? I grew up in a time when intelligence was considered to be part of your genes. Yet my father used to tell me that if I study and [...]
The F* word
Friends are the family that you choose yourself (#Friendship) They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I´d say they are right. The only thing is though, that sometimes you don´t know the people in said village, or you may not even [...]
The lies we tell….
“Hey how are you?” “I'm good thanks, I´m really fine.” Really now, how many times have you told your friends this without meaning it? Not only have you not meant it, it has been a complete lie? You are not fine. Not even close. You [...]
The Beauty and the Stylist
Photography German Osorio Jiménez I get the question about styling and how we translate our stories on Mums in Heels into pictures, almost every week. Why do you dress someone a certain way? or How do you decide what suits a person? and What aligns [...]
I don’t Know How She Does It
by Anna Streule I can’t have been the only person asking the “what does she do all day?” question to the stay-at-home mum. Then I had my own children. Now I know. Emerging from the haze that is the early years, which for many means [...]
Superwoman or just a human
There was a time when our mothers wanted to become superwomen, independent multitaskers in a constant pursuing of perfection at the roles they thought a woman is meant to fulfill. Never ever did they dare think of fulfilling their own desires and dreams. This was [...]