Welcome ....

Welcome to Creating Calm Chaos —
a space born out of love, overwhelm, humour, exhaustion, and a fierce desire to help others feel less alone.

I’m Kim.

A wife, mum, daughter, friend and Grammie
navigating the beautiful yet unpredictable waters of family, caregiving, distance, identity and reinvention.

Here, I share the lived journey of balancing:

🤍 supporting a daughter with a new baby
💛 grandparenting from the other side of the world
🧡 caring for an elderly mum with dementia
💙 walking beside a husband healing from trauma
💜 trying to keep a sense of self somewhere in between

Most days feel like a dance between love and logistics —
a tug-of-war between wanting to be everywhere and needing to be here.

There are moments I would give anything
to pop over for a cuddle in London…
and instead I learn how to bridge oceans through video calls, rituals, and intentional connection.

There are days I hold Mum’s hand
and grieve the woman she was —
while still trying to loving the version she is now.

There are nights I’m the strong one,
and mornings where I quietly fall apart in the shower.

Through all of this, I’m learning that calm isn’t the absence of chaos —
it’s finding meaning, resilience, humour, intimacy and little wins inside it.

✨ Why This Space Exists

Creating Calm Chaos began as a blog,
but it has grown into something bigger:

✔ a community
✔ a resource hub
✔ a place for emotional tools
✔ a virtual hug
✔ a reminder you’re not the only one juggling twenty invisible burdens

Here we talk about:

✨ motherhood & grandparenting
✨ dementia caregiving
✨ relationships & communication
✨ self-worth rebuilding
✨ long-distance love
✨ identity shifts
✨ grief, resilience and hope
✨ and the very real fatigue of being the strong one

Nothing is polished.
Nothing is pretend.
We do real.

✨ The Evolving Vision

Over time, this space has expanded into other ways of helping:

🌿 A Love & Life Guidebook Collection

digital mini-books and emotional toolkits for:

• communication
• intimacy
• heartbreak
• rebuilding
• attachment
• self-worth
• navigating relationships

These are the guides I wish I had decades ago.

🌿 Low Histamine Lifestyle

born from my granddaughter’s journey —
where I share recipes, swaps, and little victories
for families trying to nourish tiny humans without losing themselves.

🌿 My Favourite Amazon Finds

helpful caregiving aids, grandparenting tools, kitchen helpers, baby gear and work-from-anywhere must-haves
curated from our life and shared to lighten someone else’s load.

🌿 Laptop Life With Kim

my affiliate journey toward working from anywhere —
because freedom matters,
family matters,
and women shouldn’t have to choose between caring and earning.

I don’t believe we are meant to fit inside one box —
life doesn’t either.

✨ Who This Space Is For

You, if you:

• love deeply
• carry more than you say
• are trying to hold everyone together
• have ever whispered “I’m tired but I need to keep going”
• want connection, support, honesty, ideas, or just to not feel alone

This isn’t about perfect solutions.

It’s about sitting together in the mess and saying:

“Okay… let’s figure this out.”

✨ Come With Me

Here we laugh
and cry
and learn
and reinvent
and sometimes just breathe.

We celebrate the tiny wins,
share the hard truths,
and build calm one moment at a time.

I’m glad you’re here —
truly.

Kim xx