![SMILE // You know what they say, use your smile to change the world...don't let the world change your smile 👱🏼♀️✨Date nights feels with @nudebynature @kookai and a splash of my @kateheussler #crueltyfreebeauty lipgloss in Coral [SHOP the delicious set - link in bio] xx
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#datenight #kookai #kookaiaustralia #kookaiette #nudebynature #samanthawills #kateheussler #summer #bronzed #blonde #tannedandtoned #mumlife #momlife](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/5436be039f1bbbf8dd21a9e1330eac43/5D8D678C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/53487483_124581405303491_8917329665913351483_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "SMILE // You know what they say, use your smile to change the world...don't let the world change your smile 👱🏼♀️✨Date nights feels with @nudebynature @kookai and a splash of my @kateheussler #crueltyfreebeauty lipgloss in Coral [SHOP the delicious set - link in bio] xx
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#datenight #kookai #kookaiaustralia #kookaiette #nudebynature #samanthawills #kateheussler #summer #bronzed #blonde #tannedandtoned #mumlife #momlife")
![FIRST BABY // Maya took to her big sister role the day Penelope and I came home from hospital. They really are so much more than just ‘pets’... Mays has been my little companion for 9 strong years - the one that’s always been there through my heartbreak, tears & struggles; shared my successes with boundless energy & cuddles; the best supervisor at meal times & now when feeding Penelope; and the inspiration behind my PETA certified #crueltyfreebeauty lip gloss range - how could my beauty routing hurt Maya!? THAT FACE 😭🐶
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Glam ready with hair by @fabuloushairup & makeup by @makeupmode - with a splash of my Peony Pink lipgloss [the complete delicious set for $30 - shop link in bio] ✨
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#petsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #puppylove #crueltyfree #kateheussler #lipgloss #onlineshopping #makeupmode #fabuloushairup #glam](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/eabcac05c3bf3e014143c05f3c2a4b1b/5DA0EB68/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/53169518_410801122829075_5710805098403687492_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "FIRST BABY // Maya took to her big sister role the day Penelope and I came home from hospital. They really are so much more than just ‘pets’... Mays has been my little companion for 9 strong years - the one that’s always been there through my heartbreak, tears & struggles; shared my successes with boundless energy & cuddles; the best supervisor at meal times & now when feeding Penelope; and the inspiration behind my PETA certified #crueltyfreebeauty lip gloss range - how could my beauty routing hurt Maya!? THAT FACE 😭🐶
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Glam ready with hair by @fabuloushairup & makeup by @makeupmode - with a splash of my Peony Pink lipgloss [the complete delicious set for $30 - shop link in bio] ✨
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#petsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #puppylove #crueltyfree #kateheussler #lipgloss #onlineshopping #makeupmode #fabuloushairup #glam")
![BREAST REFUSAL // I didn't even know there was such a thing before my baby came along!! Penelope was exclusively breastfed from birth; I thought she was feeding & sleeping like a dream baby (on a 4 hour cycle from delivery) & I'd hit the jackpot with the perfect baby... It came as a HUGE surprise when, at 4 weeks, the midwives told me she wasn't gaining the desired weight they wanted to see for her milestones [insert many tears of thinking I was a terrible mother]. During the same visit I was told Penelope had a 'tongue tie' and it was corrected immediately by a specialist here in Sydney. What I didn't expect was to then have a baby completely reject my breast afterwards.
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At every feed (8 feeds a day x 40min of screaming like I was trying to murder her) I listened to her in utter distress about a process (breastfeeding) that I originally thought of as being completely 'natural.' From 5 to 10 weeks I expressed every day for 8 hours to then feed Penelope via a bottle whilst spending ENDLESS hours in the company of lactation specialists and on speed dial with the Australian Breastfeeding Association - all in an attempt to get her back on my breast. No amount of trying all their 20 years+ of experience/techniques, skin on skin, listening to women tell me I should eat this, take this supplement... etc has made her go back on. .
This has been my view for 16 weeks... The hardest thing for me as a mother so far has been accepting breastfeeding hasn't worked for us. Penelope's "breast refusal" has made me all the more wiser to the concept of #FedIsBest. I'm 100% for breastfeeding, though not to the extent of starving my baby. A message to all the mothers out there - YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. Keep going xx
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#breastrefusal #breastfeeding #australianbreastfeedingassociation #tonguetie #penelopeheussler #kateheussler #medela #expressing #breastmilk #expressedbreastmilk](http://scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/32f10846543395114239025d3c007bdf/5D8E054C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080a/s640x640/52014113_434082947363407_1699481463991112478_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sin6-1.cdninstagram.com "BREAST REFUSAL // I didn't even know there was such a thing before my baby came along!! Penelope was exclusively breastfed from birth; I thought she was feeding & sleeping like a dream baby (on a 4 hour cycle from delivery) & I'd hit the jackpot with the perfect baby... It came as a HUGE surprise when, at 4 weeks, the midwives told me she wasn't gaining the desired weight they wanted to see for her milestones [insert many tears of thinking I was a terrible mother]. During the same visit I was told Penelope had a 'tongue tie' and it was corrected immediately by a specialist here in Sydney. What I didn't expect was to then have a baby completely reject my breast afterwards.
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At every feed (8 feeds a day x 40min of screaming like I was trying to murder her) I listened to her in utter distress about a process (breastfeeding) that I originally thought of as being completely 'natural.' From 5 to 10 weeks I expressed every day for 8 hours to then feed Penelope via a bottle whilst spending ENDLESS hours in the company of lactation specialists and on speed dial with the Australian Breastfeeding Association - all in an attempt to get her back on my breast. No amount of trying all their 20 years+ of experience/techniques, skin on skin, listening to women tell me I should eat this, take this supplement... etc has made her go back on. .
This has been my view for 16 weeks... The hardest thing for me as a mother so far has been accepting breastfeeding hasn't worked for us. Penelope's \"breast refusal\" has made me all the more wiser to the concept of #FedIsBest. I'm 100% for breastfeeding, though not to the extent of starving my baby. A message to all the mothers out there - YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. Keep going xx
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#breastrefusal #breastfeeding #australianbreastfeedingassociation #tonguetie #penelopeheussler #kateheussler #medela #expressing #breastmilk #expressedbreastmilk")
Hello 2019 you fabulous creature you!! I actually have to write down what made 2018 such an incredible one because I’m still pinching myself that it actually happened…
Highlight of 2018 (& my life, really) was:
🌿 My elated welcome to MOTHERHOOD | My incredibly healthy & glowing pregnancy, birth of my precious little Penelope was a dream come true that I’ve secretly wanted my entire adult life. How the cards have fallen for me in the past has been 100% related to the wrong time in my life (with an equal 2nd place also being with the WRONG partner).
🌿 Adding a new industry/clients to my PORTFOLIO | A consistent goal from when I first started my consulting business as an aspiring 18 year old, fresh out of high school and starting University: to build my digital design and strategic marketing portfolio with clients from diverse industries, locally, nationally and internationally. I do believe ’20 year old Kate’ would be proud *wink*
🌿 Getting out of debt & SAVING | This is a goal of mine that’s fluctuated for nearly 3 years. Why? It started out as business debt (buying inventory, warehousing, investing in marketing, etc) when I first started my online store a few years ago, which then merged into personal debt around my divorce in 2015 and setting myself up in my own home as a singleton for the first time in my adult life (ouch). The messy-merged-debt then dragged on as long as it did from (embarrassingly) believing in a partnership built on a lie – whilst I was taking time out of full-time work to invest in a person, project and ‘family business’, the writing was on the wall and I paid for it – emotionally and financially. Living in fear and denial around debt, however it starts out for you, is crippling. With that part of my life now behind me, I’m elated to be back on track… with MANY lessons learnt.
How many of us make “New Year Resolutions” only to quit the dream & lose hope by February!!?? Me: guilty (I think we all are) 🤦🏼♀️ We all have the ability to chose which way we want to go. How badly do you want it? Visualise your success – do everything you can (prepare, pray, achieve) to MAKE IT HAPPEN. The new book of 365 days is open & waiting to be filled… You got this 🙌🏻☀️
I’m making a pact with my inner self to let go of the unrealistic expectations I set for myself.
I know, hard one. What New Year Resolutions did you make!? LOVE to hear your thoughts, head over to my post here to share!
Kate xx
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