Hey! I'm SO happy you're here and really hope this space gives you the strength for the harder moments and a place to celebrate the beauty you find in your mess 🌦 If you prefer to hide in the background - crack on, I get it, do what you need. If you'd love to get to know others more - go ahead and introduce yourself below! 👋🏼 * I'm Lisa, I'm 36. ♡ I've been married for 15 years and find it haaard at times! ♡ I've also been a mental health nurse for 15 years and found that equally haaard at times! I LOVE the job, but the rules and regulations both in the NHS and private sectors sometimes had me ready to lose my head - hence, starting an online space! ♡ We've got 4 kids - 8, 10, 12 & 13. ♡ We started home educating in 2020 - my eldest 2 didn't go back to school after the pandemic, my 3rd was at preschool and due to start school but didn't, and my 4th was 2 at the time and has only ever known home ed. ♡ We noticed they had Autistic and ADHD traits (one of them has also had a dyslexia pre-assessment which came back 'likely dyslexic') - but it wasn't until they went to school that we noticed how school wasn't set up to understand them and their traits didn't fit into the box that was needed to "do well" at school. Their mental health took a huge hit (my daughter's in particular) and family life became unbearable. ♡ I was emailed by the head teacher telling me how I'd fail each child by not having them in school - and I didn't have anyone around me that thought home educating was a good idea - so if you feel alone and desperate - I've got you! ♡ I've also got Autistic & ADHD traits - all of us are currently undiagnosed, the girls are on the waiting list and the boys have decided not to go for diagnosis. I'm still winging life so it's very unlikely I'll get around to filling in any extra paperwork for me anytime soon! ♡ When I was working in CAMHS Crisis Team I noticed that the VAST majority of young people I saw were undiagnosed neurodivergent. Since then, I've wanted to create a space for families to come together - receive support, relax, have fun, find meaning and live healthily.