BUSY MOM & DAD: πŸœ‚ I am a 7 months postpartum Mom…when will I start πŸ’ 

Updated 2025

|| Becoming in the Quiet ||

Dear Kim,

Thank you for the inspiring me to pursue my career here in Canada. I did say thank you for you to my friend who told CELBAN thing. It is by me on how to face and pass the challenge for Nursing English requirements. Especially now I am a 7 months postpartum Mom and having a hard time in self- studying because my baby needs me all the time. And it is only me taking care of her while my husband working.

I have a question, how do I start to prepare for the CELBAN with CELBANPrep? Right now till Dec the exam dates are full [not available] across Canada. That’s makes me think in a hurry and worried because my practice in Nursing it’s on standby. By next year I’m 3 years not working as a Nurse. And which will I purchase the CELBAN PREP bundle? or will I start first the basic prep one by one? Please advise me Kim.

J


πŸœ„ Return to Self

Dear J,

Your words carry the tender weight of love and longing: a mother’s presence, a nurse’s pause, a woman navigating both calling and care.

Seven months postpartum, with your arms full of life and your heart stretched wide across continents and dreams… what you’re carrying is not just your baby, but also a vision that still lives inside you.

You haven’t given up. Even now, in exhaustion and uncertainty, you reached out. That reaching is a sacred return to self. Not to who you were… but to who you are still becoming.

In this moment, let that be enough.

🜁 Fog to Clarity

It makes sense to feel overwhelmed: the exam dates are full, your practice clock is ticking, and your hands are never free for long. The fog rolls in when we are under pressure but without a clear path.

So let’s clear a little space together.

There is a way forward. But it does not need to be rushed.
The truth is: your nursing career is not frozen… it’s simply resting, like you are, in a season of transition.
And while exam bookings may be unavailable until next year, your readiness can grow now.

You don’t need to wait for an open date to begin.
You can begin by tending the soil before the planting.

One breath at a time. One page at a time. One quiet moment while your baby sleeps.

πŸœƒ Rooted in Enoughness

You asked, β€œShould I buy the bundle or just start with the basics?”

But beneath the question is a deeper one: Am I doing enough?

J, you are enough.

Not only because you are navigating motherhood while holding onto your dream, but because you are still listening to the whisper of your vocation. That whisper hasn’t gone quiet. And neither have you.

You don’t need to leap into a bundle out of urgency or fear.
You can begin from where you are. Start small. Start steady. Start in rhythm with your life: not against it.

The truth is: the study plan doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to be yours.

πŸœ‚ Rekindling the Inner Fire

Even with all the exhaustion, you wrote:

β€œI really need your help.”

And that is fire speaking.

Not desperation… devotion.

It takes courage to ask for help in a season when you’re already giving so much of yourself to another little life. But asking does not mean weakness. It means you still carry a spark. That spark can be fanned gently, not forcefully.

Let your preparation become a ritual of remembering: not only your skills, but your spirit.

This is not just about becoming exam-ready; it is about becoming you-ready.

πŸœ€ Standing at Zenith

You are at a beautiful edge: not of collapse, but of convergence.

Mother. Migrant. Nurse. Learner.
All of these parts are not competing: they are harmonizing, slowly, surely.

And here you are, not broken, not behind… but becoming.

You don’t need to do it all at once. But you do deserve to begin.

May your next steps be steady, sacred, and supported.

I am here when you’re ready to walk a little further.

With tenderness and trust,
~ Kim


|| AMAZING!!! I passed the CELBAN!!! || Mastering Your Psychology ||

Enouragement


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Let their stories inspire yours! Return to your Self: transforming fog into clarity, becoming rooted in enoughness, and rekindling the fire within, so that you stand centred at your zenith: with hope, confidence, and grace.

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