Mother writer.
Writing for the restless mothers.
The ones who love motherhood, but aren’t always satisfied with the day-in-day-out work of mothering.
The ones just barely holding it together and still being the calm their children need.
The ones cracked open, spilt out and remade by a motherhood that only expanded their ambition and creativity.
The ones whose priorities and preferences may have shifted, but their pro-choice, anti-patriarchy, intersectional feminist beliefs have stayed.
The ones whose children are the centre of their universe, even as they deepen their identity outside of mothering.
The ones who hold space for the hard parts of motherhood — the fear, the fury, the bone-deep exhaustion — and who seek out the joy, too.
I’m a self-employed writer. As well as my personal essays and reporting on motherhood, I help small business owners write better in The Copyshop, and I’m working on a non-fiction book proposal.
I’m also a newly single mother, navigating co-parenting, divorce, and dividing up a life whilst juggling a pre-schooler who has a serious, lifelong, and very rare blood disorder.
I publish a monthly essay about modern motherhood on my Substack, Cold Coffee, talking candidly about rebuilding my little life with my daughter: personal essays, notesapp poetry, small joys, snippets and photos from our days, reading lists and journal prompts, and answers to the questions I’ve been too scared to ask.
With a background in marketing and journalism training in journalism, I’m building a squiggly career as a working writer.
I publish personal essays about the joy and the juggle of motherhood on Substack
I write copy and content for heart-led small business owners in The Copyshop.
I report features for the national press and digital magazines.
I started blogging in 2017, which evolved into freelance writing for businesses and publications. In 2021 I was awarded a bursary to complete my NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) training.
I have work published in the national press (including Metro, The Yorkshire Post, and The Independent) and online outlets (including Apartment Therapy, Mother&Baby, and WIRED). You can see more of my work here.
Now I report on lifestyle topics like parenting, domesticity, and wellness — and particularly the ways those topics intersect with gender equity.
I also have a background in SEO and content marketing in-house for a software company since 2016, and I started The Copyshop in 2023 as a digital writing studio where I help small, solo, and creative business owners tell their stories.