This week, we're talking about something so many mums struggle with... the guilt of choosing ourselves.

After booking a girls weekend to Dublin months in advance, I found myself questioning everything when it clashed with my children's dance competition, football presentation and sports day.

Should I go? Was I being selfish? Would they remember I wasn't there?

From a disastrous 4am stomach bug (not tequila), matching tattoos to Florence and the machine, Dublin pride and some unexpected life lessons. This episode is full of laughter, honesty and a reminder that mums deserve to make memories too.

If you've ever felt guilty for taking a break, saying yes to yourself or putting your own happiness first, this ones for you.

So grab a cuppa, get comfy, and lets have a chat because dear universe, we need to talk.

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This week I'm talking about one of the scariest things I've ever done.... buying a house on my own.

After years of searching, one disastrous gazumping experience, countless sleepless nights, and approximately 47 emotional breakdowns, my house has finally completed and I feel like I've entered adulthood.

So why do I suddenly feel so poor again?

I'm chatting about the fear of putting all of your money into one thing, why money has become such a massive trigger for me, and how a divorce settlement became both a safety blanket and a stepping stone to the next chapter of my life.

We also get into inheritance, teaching kids about money, mum guilt, work guilt, the impossibloe pressure of trying to be everything to everyone, and why sometimes doing the right feels absolutely terrifying and boring!

Plus, the story of how getting gazumped turned out to be the best thing that could have happened and how I'm learning to trust that maybe, just maybe, the universe knows what it's doing.

Scared? Absolutely.

Excited? Also yes.

Adulting.... Reluctantly.

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This week on Dear Universe We Need To Talk, we're talking about mum guilt - the invisble pressure that follows mothers everywhere. From working mum guilt and screen time shame to "Disneyland dads." emotional labour, social media perfection, and why women everywhere feel guilty for simply needing a break, we unpack the impossible expectations placed on modern mums.

In true Dear Universe style, it's honest, funny, relatable, and slightly chaotic - because parenting isn't Pinterest boards and organic cucumber sandwiches cut into stars... it's surviving on cold tea, fish fingers, and pure determination.

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