Renata Wiles

But I also do events that are...

So as an example, like I run a monthly mums and business group and it's free for people to come along to.

It's the first Friday of the month and it's like a very, I guess, informal networking group.

It's not even really for networking.

It's more just like these are other people in the same position as you.

They're mums and they're self-employed.

So they understand that very unique position that you're in.

Come along and make friends.

And then we have from that, you know, a WhatsApp community.

We organize like a monthly dinner.

It's now we do like an online session a month each month where we, somebody hosts it and we kind of like learn from them.

And that's been running for,

18 months or two years or something.

And that's very, very low, like low effort from me, I'd say.

The mums in the group have formed some really great friendships and also like some business things have come out of it, like working together with other mums and stuff, which has been great.

I think that one of the biggest things with motherhood, especially when you're like newly postpartum, especially as it can feel so isolating and you can just feel like, why is this so hard for me?

Other people make it look so easy or, and I think that's the trap with social media.

People just share the highlights and that can be really hard.

And I think knowing that,

what you're going through is not a unique experience.