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Summer Family Food: How to avoid overdosing on sandwiches when you have small children!
Do you ever find that summer menus for the children look like sandwiches, sandwiches and more sandwiches? While during term time I'd...
Dot Zacharias, Sleep & Yoga Nidra Coach
6 min read


Lactation consultant explains how meditation helps with breastfeeding (and how to do it)
There’s no doubt that parenthood can be stressful, and the early weeks, whilst learning to feed your baby, can be a time full of...
Anna le Grange
4 min read


Sick of being told you need to slow down? How to avoid burnout when slowing down isn’t an option
For the past 18 months my friends and family have continuously warned me that I needed to slow down. But I felt I had no choice, I was in...
Lucy Higgins
4 min read


Sleep deprivation, desperation and self-care
When my two daughters were four and six, my husband and I had a glimpse of something. We had a stretch of unbroken sleep for almost two...
Marion Shortt
3 min read


Three ways to boost your confidence as you return to work
Confidence is the most consistent theme in my coaching work and for mums returning to work, it strikes a particularly resonant chord. It...
Alice Darbyshire
5 min read


How to manage the afternoon energy slump
Scientists call it the ‘post-lunch dip in arousal’… that afternoon slump in energy that has us all reaching for caffeine and sugar hits....
Suzy Reading, Wellbeing Psychologist
1 min read


7 Tips for a Calmer Start to the School Day
Getting the kids out the door on school days is a challenge for every parent, but there are things we can do to promote collective...
Suzy Reading, Wellbeing Psychologist
1 min read


A Guide to Secondary Infertility - What it is and how to manage it
Many people have never heard the term "secondary infertility" but it affects an estimated 10% of all couples, and can be emotionally...
Catherine Hendy
5 min read


The Impact of Covid on mothers and how Nourish can help
At the best of times, the transition to motherhood is a vulnerable chapter, but during a global pandemic those challenges are...
Suzy Reading, Wellbeing Psychologist
7 min read


Bex’s maternity-leave diary and her response, one year later...
Hi, I’m Bex. I know guest blogs don’t typically start with a self-introduction, but I’d feel as though I threw you right in if I didn’t...
Rebecca Oxtoby
4 min read


Parenting a child with allergies: how to manage your anxiety
As I watched my son totter around the playgroup, I couldn't pay attention to what the other mums were saying as my eyes were scanning the...
Emma Amoscato
4 min read


Three ways to reframe your insecurities as a mother
In a world where picture perfect families are what we are told we should aspire to; day to day motherhood is far from picture perfect. It...


Loving kindness phrases and soothing touch for mums
We all have a tendency to be really harsh to ourselves in the way that we talk to ourselves and this is often amplified in motherhood. ...
Silke Thistlewood
6 min read


Why we all need a mother's circle and how to create yours
Navigating our way through motherhood is far more difficult than we're ever led to believe. It’s a tough job and one we're unlikely to be...
Mandy Rees
4 min read


How to let go of the mother you thought you were going to be
When I was 25, I thought my life was pretty much mapped out. I would get married, have a couple of kids and that was how life was going...
Emily Mills
4 min read


How to rekindle self-love for greater confidence
How can we nurture self-esteem, self-compassion and self-love as busy mums? It’s so easy to lose sight of who we are among the nappies,...
Dot Zacharias, Sleep & Yoga Nidra Coach
3 min read


Three ways for working mums to create calm in the chaos
Being a working mum has never been more challenging than it is right now. As I’m writing, we’re in the midst of another national lockdown...
Alice Darbyshire
4 min read


Five proven ways for couples to nurture each other’s wellbeing as parents
Having and raising a child is a unique journey that is filled with excitement, joy and special moments. But having a little one who is...
Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari
4 min read


Connecting with your child: a parenting superpower and how to prioritise it in 2021
What a year 2020 was. None of us saw it coming (anyone else think there was an unprecedented use of the word unprecedented?!) and most,...
Dr. Nneka Ikeogu
5 min read


Balancing the parenting brain and how to avoid “blocked care”
Meeting our babies’ physical and emotional needs on a 24/7 basis is important for raising a secure and emotionally healthy child, but it...
Dr. Katie Denman, Clinical Psychologist
5 min read
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