Jamie Mendell, 634 Pine Hill Rd, Chester, NY (2026)

11/27/2025

grateful every day ✨ happy Thanksgiving ❤️

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01/21/2025

And just like that — it’s back to grad school + work after the most delicious maternity leave. Miles was born literally on the last day of my summer classes, which made it seamless to take the fall semester off and spend time with my family (good timing bud!), knowing I’d go back to school in January when the spring semester started.

My maternity leave started out so so intense — recovering from an unexpected C-section, managing extremely intense emotions from Charlotte as she adjusted to not only having a new brother but also a mom who couldn’t lift her for 6 weeks, and of course, a newborn.

But we got the hang of it, slowly slowly. Every week and every month got a bit easier.

I’ve worked hard in the past few months to get my family to a place where I could go back to school close to full-time. We extended Charlottes school day so she naps there now and got thru that transition, worked a lot with .littles to make sure our kids sleep was in the best place possible and Miles was on the easiest possible schedule, helped Charlotte in any way I could to support her emotionally as she’s gotten used to her new reality, eased our nanny into taking care of the 2 kids when needed, and of course Ryan and I have communicated so much about what this will all look like.

AND, even with a lot of planning, it’s still going to be a transition. And chaotic and messy. Because that’s how life is!

But I’m so excited to get back into learning mode. To see what other ideas start swirling around in my brain this semester. To see what other doors start to open.

It’s a bittersweet day. A new chapter. Let’s do it. 💖💖💖

06/05/2024

To be honest, I haven’t felt that great in my body during pregnancy this time around. I overall just feel bigger, less fit, I’m 2 years older than last time, and for whatever reason I just don’t feel “the glow” as much as before.

But this is ok. We don’t always need to be in a place of feeling amazing in our bodies. It’s normal and natural for our feelings toward our bodies to change over time.

Rather than fight these feelings, we can accept them and work with them.

Here are a few things I’m doing to remain loving toward myself and my body even during a tougher phase (hoping this might help you):

✨ remembering this is temporary — our bodies, especially as women, will change 1000x during our lives.

✨emphasizing the insane amount of gratitude I have toward my body and everything she’s doing so well right now. Even though my body is changing in ways that sometimes make me uncomfortable, I’m so incredibly amazed.

✨cobbling together clothes that make me feel pretty good — maybe not incredible, but as good as I can feel. From friends and family, buying a few new things. I’m a huge believer in getting clothes that make us feel good in whatever phase we’re in.

✨ remembering my worth is never ever tied to my body size or shape. knowing I’m still loved, I’m still valuable, I’m still appreciated, I’m still all the things — and none of that changes as my body does.

✨ saying I love you and Thank you to my body, often. other than a few moments of complaining about my body (which is also important to do!! We need to vent and be honest about our real feelings), I work on finding the love and gentleness.

Hope this helps if anyone else is in a tough body image phase. It’s okay. It’s normal. Show yourself some love if you can. 😘

04/16/2024

been cookin’ up a baby boy 👶🏻💖💖 due in August ☀️

21 weeks pregnant + felt like it was about time I shared this!

feeling so incredibly grateful every day to be pregnant with another healthy baby // many of you know our journey to starting a family began with some challenges, and I keep having to pinch myself that we get to do this again

I’m feeling great — first trimester the fatigue was next level and awful, but after about 12 weeks I felt so much better! appreciating the 2nd trimester ease right now before it gets harder again.

Charlotte says “baby brudder in mamas belly” and pets my belly in the most gentle way ever but I’m guessing she’s going to really struggle sharing the attention (if I even pick up a friends baby she gets upset!) — but we’ll manage it all the best we can. I’m so excited to see her be a big sis. 🥹

planning to continue school + seeing clients thru the summer and then taking the fall semester off when the baby comes — but we shall see how it all plays out. 💆🏻‍♀️

excited to share this with you all! 😘❤️

12/05/2023

At lunch yesterday with two of my friends, we went around and each shared what went well — or better than expected — over the past year (I live for end of year reflection questions! 🤓).

Here’s what I shared…

The biggest growth I’ve seen in myself in the past year is in my resilience as a mom. Looking back, I realized how much I struggled with the loss of control that comes when you become a mother. This little being — you can’t control when they sleep, when they cry, when they get sick. They are on their own little journey, and you just have to learn to roll with it.

It took me a while to find my footing and figure out how to feel grounded and joyful as a mom, even when things with Charlotte were always changing and always unknown.

And at about 1.5 years in, I finally started to see my resilience strengthen. I started to be able to breathe through the ups and downs and ‘well this is TOTALLY not how I thought it would go’ moments that happened so often. I started to believe that we would get through anything and could find joy even in the chaos.

I share this for a couple of reasons:

✨As a reminder that sometimes we just need more time. Time to get clarity. Time to strengthen. Time to learn and grow. I just needed more time under my belt to get to this point. Be patient with yourself. You are growing every day and in a year from now you’ll be experiencing your life, your business, motherhood so differently.

✨The quality of RESILIENCE is so key. Life, business, everything — is always so up and down and as much as we *think* we have control, we don’t. Honing your resilience allows you to experience the wild ride of life, motherhood and entrepreneurship, with as much calm as possible. AND it opens up the space to also experience as much JOY as possible, even in the mess. Investing in anything that adds to your resilience is so worth it.

I would love to hear — what is something that went well — or better than expected — for you in the past year? In life? In business? 😘

11/17/2023

Inspired by conversations I’ve been having with my coach friends and my clients — a little mindset tune-up for you heading into the weekend. Keep doing your thing. You’re doing awesome. You can’t always see what’s going on behind the scenes. 😉💫

Save this to look back on when you need it, and see how you’d show up differently if you let yourself believe it. 💕

05/14/2023

mom + dad head northeast for a wedding and have a jolly good time ✨

Ry, so glad I secured you as my wedding date many moons ago. Nobody tears up the dance floor quite like you.

Loved celebrating you Adam + 🎉

Now back in FL to go squeeze my baby! Happy Mother’s Day to all those who mother in one way or another. 😘

04/24/2023

It’s going to be good 👌🏻✨💕

So much learning and fun and interactive teaching and coaching and growing with you.

Link in bio to join us. 😘

04/19/2023

whenever you find yourself worried about if someone else thinks you’re good enough, give that acceptance to yourself in that exact moment // feel how good it feels to fill that hole with your own love and acceptance

mmmmmm

it’s the only person’s acceptance you really need 😉

04/11/2023

This right here 👆🏻is one of the most helpful things we can do for ourselves.

To always be aware of the thoughts that are truly running our lives.

We ALL have thought patterns that run on repeat, but can we become aware of them?

Sometimes it takes real ‘work’ to unravel the thought patterns that have been in our brains for decades, but sometimes we can simply just start to shift the thoughts. Like, right now, in the moment.

The very first step is always awareness.

So watch your thoughts today — about your business, your partner, yourself.

⭐️I’m such a mess as a mom today >> I’m doing the best I can and I’m proud of myself for showing up

⭐️ Nobody is going to sign up to work with me >> I have so much value to offer for the right people, why wouldn’t people want to sign up?

⭐️My partner is lacking in x way or doesn’t do this or that the way I wish he or she did >> my partner shows up in so many ways that matter to me, here are the things I’m so grateful for

Which one FEELS better? And which one motivates you to show up in the way you actually want to show up?

Our thoughts create our emotions which lead to our actions.

Crummy thoughts = crummy feelings = crummy actions.

Supportive thoughts = supportive feelings = supportive actions.

This is one of the ways we *bloom*. We get really aware of what’s going on in this complicated brains of ours.

Next time you have a crummy thought that doesn’t feel good, ask yourself —

💋is this really for sure 100% true? And if the answer is no, ask yourself, is there a thought that would feel more supportive to how I want to feel?

😘😘

04/08/2023

🌷bloom🌷 is officially here!

my new coaching community is open for enrollment + I’ve been loving welcoming in new members this weekend //

this community came to be from a place of me craving a real-talk community to go through the craziness of life together — and seeing the women around me craving the same thing.

we all have SO much going on during these years —

work
partnership
motherhood
friendships
health

LIFE

+ sometimes in the thick of it, we put ourselves on the back burner

sound familiar?

so I created bloom as a space for you to //

- come home to yourself
- create time for YOU
- nurture your joy and your SPARK, even when responsibility seems like your middle name
- live intuitively so you can experience more FLOW in life
- talk about alll the things that come up for us, as women, in our daily lives

my intention is that as we come together and learn and grow together, that month by month we thrive and bloom more and more.

even with so much going on, you deserve to bloom, too. in fact, we all need that from you 💕

I can’t wait to watch you bloom and get to support you on the path. ✨💕

alllll the details are at the link in my bio + there’s a special founding member rate valid through the weekend (4/9). 💃🏻🌸🌷💕💋

03/27/2023

Annd the little muffin is O N E 🎂🎉

Not a day goes by that I still don’t pinch myself that you’re mine

That somehow your dad and I created something so beautiful and perfect

I can already feel time slipping through my fingers as you grow so fast, and the ache in my heart of knowing this is just how it’s going to continue to be — there’s no way to slow it down

So I’ll just do my best to keep taking you in

Every day

Your chubby thighs
Your beautiful deep blue eyes
Your soft little hands all over us
Your 1000 hilarious facial expressions
Your whines, your cries, your laughs, your fake coughs to get our attention
The way you mischievously look at us when we say no
The way you say dada and hi all day long
Your incredible bedhead
Your hugs that are really just starting to be real hugs
Your two-tooth smile that melts everyone’s hearts
Your fierce independence to explore the world and do things your way
Your curiosity to take in every single thing around you

I could go on and on
The million little things that make you you
I don’t want to forget a thing
But I know I will

Watching you grow is so bittersweet, but it’s the best thing I’ve ever had the opportunity to do

I’m so grateful for you, my little love, every single day

Thank you for the most incredible first year learning how to be a mom

You’re simply the best. Love you muffin.
💕💕💕

Jamie Mendell

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