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December 2025

The Christmas Card That Changed My Brother’s Life
And the New Year writing ritual it created
 • Leila Green
The Baubles of Christmas Breakdown
So why does it leave so many mums running on empty? This week, I’m unpacking the pressure points where Christmas starts to unravel – and the Baubles of…
 • Leila Green
How to have a mum-guilt free Christmas
Making Christmas magical is not your job. This 3-minute audio introduces the ELF model for a mum-guilt-free Christmas: Eliminate. Let others help…
 • Leila Green
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I'm Calling BS on Christmas Expectations on Mums
Less “hostess with the mostess”, more “mum who made it through in one piece”. Here’s my pushback on festive expectations.
 • Leila Green
The school portrait that took me full circle
Last night, I went back to my old school because an ambitious school girl ready to leave her stamp on the world painted my portrait. I inspired her. I…
 • Leila Green

November 2025

Running on empty? Here is how to resource yourself for December
Because if you don’t, nobody else is going to do it for you. And I have been the oversretched, overcommitted woman sobbing on the floor on December…
 • Leila Green
A photo of me looking shit has gone up in an exhibition. Here's why I'm proud...
Because motherhood is full of raw, ugly painful stories that never make it onto glossy magazine covers or Instagram feeds. This is mine. And it is time…
 • Leila Green
Why Returning to Work is Not Working.
Mums are masking, burning out and walking away. Employers need to wake up.
 • Leila Green
The Patriarchy’s Final Blow?
What if mum guilt was never yours to begin with, but the patriarchy’s final act of control? What if we've internalised the bully? Ready for change?
 • Leila Green
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