Raw, beautiful and authentic.

I thought as this is my first blog post I would do a little introduction to myself…

Hello my loves.

I’m Rebecca,

I set up RIA in 2025 after remerging to the world after maternity leave, two back to back pregnancies, closing my old business due to extreme burnout and a divorce to boot! Wow sounds like a lot when I say it like that and I am not going to lie 2024 was one of the hardest years of my life, but I no longer want to dwell on the past and look to the amazing future that is in store for us all.

So a little introduction to the little weirdo that I am…

Im a 35 year old mother of two, Ivan who is 3 and Alice who is nearly 2. They are my world and getting pregnant in 2021 literally set the clogs in motion for a few years of extreme personal growth which I feel is only slowly coming to fruition now and I finally feel ready to show you and the world who I really am. While also being on a continuous journey of growth and betterment.

I never saw myself being a single mum with two little ones but I genuinely believe now that this was my destiny. I was meant to be on this journey, to get through the hard times to show others that It is possible. You can truly be the mother you want to be while also building the business of your dreams and living life on your own terms.

I titled this post Raw, beautiful and authentic and this is motto I now want to live everything by. I want to show my true self and inspire others to do the same, raw messy realness, beautiful moments and creations and all done in alignment with my authentic self.

Each week I am going to bring you a post that shows the beauty that is my real life and self and just some things that help me along the way to truly creating a life that aligned with my values and my energy.

So for now I will sum myself up in a few bullet points as I have waffled on a lot already… here goes… (I will also probably carry on waffling…)

• Like I said 35,  mother of two little wild ones who have truly burned the old version of me to the ground and like a pheonix rising from the ashes aloud me to emerge as who I am truly meant to be.

• I love anything spiritual and witchy. This is something I will talk more about as the weeks go on.

• I never truly felt like school was for me, I came alive in art class but the rest of the time I felt lost and not good enough. “Just needs to try a little harder” was something I heard ALOT but the problem way I was either not interested in what was being taught or I genuinely was trying my hardest and that wasn’t good enough. I left school with a big sigh of relief and a lack of self worth. I am so passionate about children learning in a way that suits them on an individual level and figuring out how I can help in any small way to make that happen.

• Even though school was tough  I was excited to head off to college and uni and specialise in art. Getting the freedom to focus all my time on creating was amazing but again what followed was a lot of not being able to truly show myself, schedules and the education guidelines felt like a shackle to my creativity. I don’t believe in living with regret but if I could go back would I choose the same path again? Probably not no, I don’t know. Maybe what I do know is I wish I grew to that point with a lot more self worth and conviction in my own skills and followed the path I have taken in adulthood a lot sooner. This being said I do love to learn but I feel so passionate about the environment for learning and everyone learning differently.

• I LOVE pottery and painting. They truly set my soul on fire. I can get truly lost in creating and sharing my passion with others in the form of workshops or selling my work in person really brings me so much joy.

• Cooking is like therapy to me, I can feel my brain switch of when I’m in the kitchen and one of my biggest goals for the future is to write a book which combines all my loves for food, art, the written word and nature…

• Nature isn’t just my happy place it’s part of me as it is you. I feel truly at home outside and daily strive to make my home give me that same feeling. Hence why I create pieces that allow you (and me) to take a moment of calm.

• I spent a long time of my life hating myself and I work with a coach weekly now and had years of therapy to help with this. More on that soon when I feel ready. Like I said this space is going to be mine to be raw, beautiful and authentic with you, it may just take me a little time to get there.

• I love self development podcasts and audio books but can’t read actual books on the subject to save my life. I feel the information gets into my brain and inspires me better in the spoken word. That being said I adore reading fiction. I use to solely read crime and since having the kids I can’t do this anymore, anyone else relate? So now I’m on a journey to find what I love to read and having so much fun along the way. I will share the book I’m reading weekly for anyone doing the same (and to keep me accountable to keep up my reading as busy mum life can sometimes make me forget me).

• I spent years of my life being a yes person/people pleaser and I am now spending years of my life unlearning this. Lots of failed attempts but I’m getting there…

• I have two dogs, meg and rufus, 10 fish in my pond outside and two rabbits. I love animals so much and genuinely can’t live without them.

• Green is my favourite colour and you will always find me wearing something green. I love the autumnal colour palette and the season too!

• It’s my goal to buy a little plot of land, an acre or two. Build an eco house for me and my littles, fill it with animals and build my dream studio at the back so I can run workshops and retreats, surround myself with nature and lovely people and be content. It’s coming!!

• I come across as a happy bubbly person, which is true but I also suffer with crippling social anxiety and I have to force myself to leave the house and see people some days. Laughter with others is medicine to me but sometimes maybe I try too hard and I do love being alone, maybe it’s because it recharges me and I feel safe. It also could be that I spent years not truly feeling like I fit in with the people around me. I am coming to terms with the fact that I am allowed to be loud and quiet and I am not too much because of this. It helps that I am putting myself in more spaces with people who are like minded now and it’s bringing me out of myself and is feeling lovely. It’s also why I am passionate about running the workshops and have something exciting launching next month that will lean more into this…

Wow thank you if you got to this point. I hope this makes you feel like you know me a little better and I would to hear more about you too!

Rebecca x