It’s all about me

We challenged three busy mums to take time out and do something for themselves. It was easier said than done, writes Catherine Shanahan.

WITH no time for riding, Cecilia’s stagnating horses were fast becoming field ornaments. Jean’s grand plans to write a book remained — grand plans. And Gillian was so lost in the haze of motherhood that doing something for herself was quite unthinkable.

These three mothers were handed the challenge of finding some ‘me’ time against the backdrop of a new book, A Month of Somedays, by journalist and mother of three Catherine Cleary who overcomes huge hurdles to do the things she has always dreamt of doing — learning bikram yoga, running barefoot and speaking Mandarin.