Model mum Meghan Gale on her relationship and why she has 'mixed feelings' about family plans

Stripping away the red carpets, the award shows and all the other trappings that come with life as an A-lister, Megan’s hiatus over the last few years has seen her go back-to-basics and this new way of looking at the world has clearly helped shape her list of priorities. Namely her family.

“I might be locked in peoples’ minds as a model or actress, but it has been years since I worked in film, three since I was in TV, and I haven’t modelled traditionally for ages. I’ve been missing for the last couple of years because I’ve been focusing on being a mum and my new business. It’s kind of like a rebirth, which is really exciting for me," she says.

The Perth-born beauty welcomed her first child with former-AFL player, Shaun Hampson, boy River - now five - in 2014 and the pair had daughter, Rosie May Dee, three years later.

In addition to providing inspiration for her new venture Mindful Life - lifestyle brand aimed at ‘helping people lead a more mindful and present life’ - it’s clear that the responsibility of child-rearing weighs heavily on both Megan and Shaun’s shoulders.

“It really does,” she says. “We’re very conscious of the humans that we’re bringing into the world and what kind of values we want them to have.

They say from zero to two is a particularly important time in that they’re absorbing all this information that shapes who they’ll be and their characteristics. "

Shaun, 31, retired last year due to a chronic ongoing back condition and Meghan said it solidified their relationship "in a very unexpected way.”

When the pair first went public with their relationship in 2011, their 13-year age gap made headlines.

Since the initial media hoo-hah Megan says it “shifted when I became pregnant. However, it turns out that there’s a few advantages to having a younger partner when you’re launching an e-commerce business: unpaid IT support.

“It’s an online business and I’m not great with digital - computers, IT and the like - whereas he’s amazing!” she says. “I call him my IT support. He’s also very good with a spreadsheet and finances and has a good head for business too. So he’s supported me and helped out with things I don’t know how to do.”

Meghan sports a gobstopping sparkler on her engagement finger but as yet there hasn’t been any firm talk of nuptials. Similarly with having more kids.

Already blessed with two healthy children, in an honest Instagram confession Megan says she has “mixed feelings” about their plans not to expand their brood.

Though she doesn’t rule out having another baby, she tells me that it’s “unlikely”.

“I don’t want to rush and have a third child because of my age,” she says.

Instead the focus now is her third ‘baby’ Mindful Life.

Talking future plans, Megan says the sky is the limit.

“Mindfulness often gets this ‘hippy’ tag, but in its most simplest form it really is about being aware of the present moment.," she says.

"We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow and yesterday is gone. This has been a huge lesson for me in how I live my life and I want to pass on what I’ve learned to others.”

Originally published as Model mum Meghan Gale on her relationship and why she has 'mixed feelings' about family plans