09/11/2026
LET’s TALK PREPARATION:
8 years ago today, I lost my Mum very suddenly and unexpectedly.
When you lose someone without warning, you’re reminded in the most difficult way that life doesn’t always give you time to prepare. There are things you can plan for, and there are things you simply cannot.
My mum was an organised person, and she was one of the inspirations behind starting Let’s Talk Tidy. In many ways, the business grew from something she helped me appreciate: that being organised isn’t just about having a tidy home. It’s about making life easier, creating a little more calm and taking care of the things that matter.
Since losing my Mum, I’ve thought a lot about what being prepared really means. It certainly doesn’t mean being ready for every eventuality, none of us can be. But, it can mean putting small, practical things in place so that, when life throws something unexpected at us, we have a little less to worry about.
That thought, along with recent announcements about preparedness, have inspired me to develop something new through Let’s Talk Tidy.
I’ll be sharing more about The Prepared Home soon; a practical reassuring service to help people organise their household essentials and feel a little more prepared for life’s unexpected interruptions.
My belief that the little things we do to look after ourselves and one another really do matter.