2: Loneliness, Building Community & Making Time for You with Bec McDonnell

Bec McDonnell is the Mum of two girls, Teacher, former Flight Attendant and the face behind the successful Instagram page Bec Style Life.I absolutely love Bec’s authenticity and honesty and the incredible community she has built through sharing the realities of everyday family life.In this episode she shares:-     Why her childhood dream was simply to become a mum.-     How she tried multiple careers before eventually becoming a teacher.-     Why working as a flight attendant fulfilled one of her early ambitions.-     How motherhood brought unexpected loneliness and isolation.-     Staying home full-time with young children was harder than she imagined.-     Building a strong community of women became essential to her wellbeing.-     How she gradually learned to take guilt-free time away from her family.-     Her struggle with caring what other people think.-     How Instagram grew from a lonely hobby into a thriving and supportive community.-     The 3 things she is prioritising at 42.Key Quotes“I would say the hardest part of motherhood is the isolation and the loneliness.”“I definitely don’t want to care about what people think, but I do because it’s just natural to feel hurt.”“You spend so much time on your own with your children, and it’s just so lonely and so isolating because you’re just bound to the house with sleep schedules and feeding them and all of that sort of stuff.”More aboutFollow Bec on Instagram and check out her website.You can get involved with the podcast online Website https://herethereeverywhere.com.au/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/here_there_everywhere_aus/FB group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CWFAe3LkU/?mibextid=wwXIfr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.