I’m now officially a Very Interesting Blogger 🎉

Well, here’s something new: I’m officially a Very Interesting Blogger – part of Judith Peters’ inspiring blogging programme. Which means… there’s (hopefully!) going to be a bit more life on this blog than usual.

If you’ve been around a while, you might remember that my first parenting blog, What Mummy Didn’t Know, began as a place to share the hard stuff. Becoming a mother at 40, after years of living and breathing my career in academia, was a seismic shift. I went from being a full-time English lecturer and teacher trainer, totally passionate about my work and identity, to being at home on parental leave, with a screaming baby and a head full of questions and overwhelm.

It hit me hard. And writing about it helped.

Over time, I found a new kind of rhythm. These days, I’m back to full-time work, now navigating life as a working bilingual mum with all its ups and downs – and I still use that space to reflect, share and connect. For example, in this post about my “Working Mum Routine”.

But something else happened along the way. Mixed into those early blog posts were a few thoughts on how we’re raising our daughter bilingually. I mean, as a language nerd who’s lived in Germany for years, it was always clear to me that we’d raise her with both English and German. What wasn’t clear was just how fascinating – and at times utterly overwhelming – this process can be when you step outside the theory and start living it with your own child!

That’s when the questions started coming in. Friends, colleagues, readers began asking: “How do you actually do bilingual parenting?” And so The MAASter Plan was born – my little corner of the internet where I now work self-employed as a bilingual parenting coach for multilingual and international families.

So why join a blogging programme now?

Because blogging has always been my space to think aloud. To reflect on the gap between what I know from years of studying psychology, linguistics and education, and how those ideas actually hold up in the chaos of real life.

But also? Because it’s fun to be part of something bigger.

Judith has set herself the wonderfully bold goal of becoming a blog-millionaire – and every blog post her Very Interesting Bloggers (VIBs) write adds to that mission. So by joining the programme, not only do I get inspired and nudged to write more, but every post I publish actually counts towards something massive! I love the thought of being a tiny piece in that much bigger picture. And who knows, maybe my words will reach someone they otherwise wouldn’t have.

And if you’re a VIB reading this – hello! 👋 Feel free to drop your blog link in the comments below!

What to expect from this bilingual parenting blog?
– Snippets of our bilingual family life (yes, the messy bits too!)
– Reflections on how the theories I’ve studied actually play out in day-to-day parenting
– Practical, research-informed tips for raising children with more than one language
– Behind-the-scenes insights from my coaching work with multilingual families
– Plus exclusive resources for newsletter subscribers!

Whether you’re a fellow parent, a language lover, or just curious about how this all works – I’m so glad you’re here. And if you’re reading this, maybe you’re just the kind of person I started writing for in the first place.

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