Shine Om

13/09/2026

Joy doesn’t have to be loud.

In this season of motherhood, joy often isn’t fireworks or big moments.

It’s quieter than that.

It’s the warm hum of a hot drink you didn’t forget.
Your baby’s breath resting on your chest.
The stillness of a moment when nothing needs fixing.

That soft, steady kind of joy is available even in the middle of ordinary days.

It doesn’t require a perfectly clean house.
It doesn’t require a break from the kids.

Sometimes it simply asks for a shift in perspective.

And I say that gently — knowing that when you’re overwhelmed, overstimulated, and sleep deprived, even the idea of “finding joy” can feel like another thing to perform.

This episode is an invitation to release that pressure.

Joy isn’t something you force.

It’s something you notice.

🎧 Listen to Joy Doesn’t Have to Be Loud: Why the Softest Moments Matter Most in Parenting

Watch on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4E9mxC11s

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/quiet-joy-in-motherhood/

12/09/2026

Sometimes the most powerful reset… is silence.

In this conversation with Liv, she shared a simple practice she turns to when she feels overwhelmed:

Submerging her head underwater.

Because beneath the surface, everything becomes quiet.

No noise.
No urgency.
Just stillness.

And that quiet can feel like a doorway — a moment to step away from the rush of the world and return to yourself.

Liv also spoke about the symbolism of the snake, a powerful archetype often associated with death and rebirth.

Not an ending to fear, but a transformation.

A shedding of old layers.
A quiet invitation to begin again.

Sometimes we need moments like this — hermit moments — where we withdraw just enough to listen.

Because within that pause…
something new can emerge.

🎧 Watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/MF_BDRg1K_I?si=wlZ2AokQiq8xmd-J

10/09/2026

Sleep was solid. Now it's not. Here's why — and why it isn't a habit to break.

Toddler sleep regression after a new sibling isn't about training, or bribery, or doing something wrong.

It's a nervous system responding to a family-wide shift. Everything feels different right now, including bedtime.

This post explains what's really going on, gently.

Read the real reason. Link in bio. The free Sleepy Cloud Meditation is linked too.

Sleep was solid, now it's not? Here's why toddler sleep often falls apart after a new baby arrives — and why it's not a habit to break.

10/09/2026

Real life nervous system parenting this morning. ☕

Meltdowns before 7am. Early waker. No tea/coffee. Classic.

Old me would’ve pushed through, wished the behaviour away, maybe snapped, then apologised, and found myself in a guilt spiral wishing i could’ve kept my s**+ together. 🤯

Today instead, I recognised what was happening, I took a breath and sat on the floor. Then Three conscious breaths. I coloured some pages in the Rach | Sibling Transition & Parenting Coach Colouring book with my girls. Four minutes. That’s it.

Not perfect parenting. Intentional parenting.

The colouring book is $23 and it has genuinely shaped the climate of our home for all of us — link in bio. 🎨

And if you want the deeper tools that make mornings like this possible — the JPP is where we go.

05/09/2026

When Shelby began her breathwork journey, she set one intention:

To become a safe harbour for her girls.

Not the perfect mum.
Not the calm-all-the-time mum.

A safe place.

She wanted to feel safe in herself —
so her daughters could feel safe being fully themselves.

Because she noticed something honest.

There were moments she wanted to check out.
To escape.
To withdraw when the tantrums came.

And through breathwork, she uncovered why.

Her nervous system wasn’t just reacting to her daughter’s meltdown.
It was responding to an old imprint —
a memory of a similar moment from her own childhood.

That was the “bingo” moment.

The realisation that the rage, the checking out, the overwhelm…
wasn’t random.

It was patterned.

And once it’s seen, it can be met differently.

This is the power of conscious breath.
It gives you access to what’s underneath the reaction.

So you can choose to show up as the safe harbour —
not from force,
but from coherence.

🎧 Listen to Breathwork, Simplicity, and Authentic Motherhood with Shelby Trevillian
https://youtu.be/zfeUbUaPv1U?si=QiR3vNymuAlqT5zh

Read more:
https://shineom.com.au/breathwork-motherhood-shelby-trevillian/

03/09/2026

You don't need twenty quiet minutes to reset. You need sixty seconds.

Most calming advice assumes a version of your day that doesn't exist — one with spare time in it.

This practice was built for the real thing: the moment right before you snap, in the middle of actual chaos, with both kids still in the room.

Sixty seconds. That's the whole ask.

Try the reset. Link in bio. The free Nervous System Quiz is linked too.

You don't need twenty quiet minutes to reset your nervous system. Here's a 60-second breathwork practice you can use mid-meltdown, from a mum of two who needed exactly this.

31/08/2026

The potty training came undone.

So did the sleep.

Maybe they’re asking for a bottle again.
Wanting to be carried everywhere.
Climbing into the baby’s swing.
Wanting to be “the baby.”

If that’s your home right now…

Take a slow breath.

Nothing has gone wrong.

Regression after a new sibling isn’t your child going backwards.

It’s actually one of the cleverest things their nervous system can do.

Think about it through their eyes.

A tiny new person arrives and suddenly they’re carried, rocked, fed, cuddled and adored simply because they’re little.

So your firstborn asks the most logical question:

“If being little brings me closer to Mum and Dad… maybe I should be little again.”

That’s not manipulation.

It’s love.

It’s their way of saying,

“I miss you. Can you come find me?”

Sometimes the most healing response isn’t correcting the behaviour.

It’s answering the need underneath it.

Rock your big kid.
Carry them for a while.
Let them climb onto your lap.

When closeness is freely given, they don’t need to fight so hard to find it.

Regression is temporary.

The connection you build through it lasts much longer.

If you’re navigating this season, I’ve written about what’s actually happening inside your child’s nervous system, what’s completely normal, and how to support them without feeling like you’ve gone backwards.

Because understanding the “why” changes everything. 💜

30/08/2026

Motherhood changes you.

But it doesn’t erase you.

And yet, in those early months and years, it can feel like parts of you quietly disappear.

The spontaneity.
The space to think.
Finishing a hot cup of tea.
The hobbies, the work, the impulse to follow what lights you up.

So much of motherhood asks us to turn our energy outward —
toward our babies, our homes, the never-ending list of things that need doing.

But when we forget to turn some of that attention back inward…

That’s when the ache begins.

Not because you’re doing motherhood wrong.
But because a part of you is asking to be remembered.

This episode opens a conversation so many mothers quietly carry:

How do we honour who we’re becoming without losing ourselves along the way?

🎧 Listen to From Maiden to Mother: Navigating and Reclaiming Your Identity in Motherhood

Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/uleMHwGZGYU?si=N0JM4noUnNx7qPoI

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/rediscover-your-identity-after-motherhood/