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Menopause anxiety as a mum and menopause doctor (+ symptom checker)
Trees stood tall above me casting long shadows, the sound of the twigs snapping underfoot echoed, my skin felt cold and clammy and my...
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3 Steps to Recover from a Stressful School Run
How many times a week do you find yourself stressed out by the morning routine and school run? All 5 weekdays?? I had a particularly...
Lucy Higgins
- 5 min
Finding motherhood hard isn’t your fault and how to empower yourself
Working with women who are mothers I feel privileged to have a front row seat into their inner world. The added pressures that mothers...
What is emotional health and how do we boost it?
While it’s nice to feel happy, pressure to be happy is far from healthy and can genuinely add to our burden. Rather than a perpetual good...
Ali Fanshawe
- 4 min
How to change your “core scripts” for more harmony for you and your fizzy kids
Do you have those days when you are standing at the bottom of the stairs hollering at your child ‘How DARE you talk to me like that!’ Or...
The 3am thought spiral… how to combat night time over thinking.
We’ve all been there, baby now soundly asleep, partner slumbering peacefully, there’s nothing required of us…. and still we can’t turn...
Charlotte Lewis
- 3 min
The cornerstone of mental health for mothers is self-care: 5 ways to make yourself a priority
Being a mother is the best reason you’ll ever have to take care of yourself. It’s important to nourish yourself in order to pour that...
kellynealeva
- 1 min
Your 5 Minute Escape - on a relaxing train journey
Join Sophie Burch today for this gentle guided visualisation setting off on a wonderful train journey. These moments for you give you the...
Emily Mills
- 3 min
Finding my feet as September sweeps in big changes for me and my family
I feel lost. What am I supposed to do now? Primary school beckons my baby and I feel my role shifting and changing. There’s an empty...
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...
Nourish
- 7 min
Does motherhood mean happiness and how to stay positive
At this moment of the year, with the inevitable big emotions flying around the house and peak stress, happiness may seem like a long way...
Practical ways to boost resilience
We’re all on board when it comes to resilience – we get how important it is and we are motivated to develop our capacity to bounce back,...
Lucy Orton
- 4 min
Confidence Boosts For An Autumnal Return To Work
For many mums, September still glistens with that ‘new page of the jotter’ feeling that we had when WE were at school. Only now, we send...
3 Ways to Cope in the Moment
Life and parenting is full of tricky times and difficult moments. Whilst we can't always stop the storms from blowing, we can equip...
Top 10 tips to prepare for the start of the school year
It’s that time of year again - where change is hanging in the air. The mutterings in the playgrounds are all about uniform and school...
Yvonne Bignall
- 4 min
Why self-care is hard and how to make it easier
We all have the same 24-hours per day to work with, but we don’t all have the same responsibilities. So how do we fulfil each of the...
Sara Johnson
- 6 min
What is yoga nidra and how does it help? An interview with Sara Johnson
Can you tell us a bit about what yoga nidra is and how it helps mums? Yoga Nidra is such a tonic; it promotes the deepest kind of rest...
Libby Stevenson
- 1 min
Summer Holidays Yoga with Children
Tune in today for this calming yoga session with Libby Stevenson. This is one you can do with the kids and is perfect for the summer...
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...
Anna le Grange
- 4 min
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...
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