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Harnessing the power of family yoga: reaping benefits for the whole family.
Spending time as a family is always important and yoga has many benefits for both our physical and mental health. Sharing yoga as a...
Victoria Tso
4 min read

Understanding inner feminine and motherhood in ten steps
Your inner feminine are the aspects of yourself that would generally be considered to be feminine. These are things like embracing the...
Mandy Rees
3 min read

Mum’s Summer Survival Toolkit: 21 nourishing practices to support mum through the summer holidays
Whoohoo! The summer holidays are here! Are you feeling excited? Have you done the summer holiday dance yet? Or are you feeling a little...
sarajanecampin
9 min read

Why embracing self-care doesn't mean losing your lie-in! How to fit it around your natural rhythms
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there aren’t enough hours in the day for parents. For me, there were never enough - even...
Emma Foley
4 min read


The simple joys of motherhood: how Hygge can enhance your wellbeing
Eat, sleep, breastfeed, pump and repeat. The drumbeat of my maternity leave. It was exhausting. I recall at one point having to decide...
Tanya Fihosy
4 min read


How to overcome the 'ick' and embrace self-love
Does the word 'self-love' bring up resistance and make you feel a bit icky? I get it. I used to feel the same. It can all sound a bit woo...
Sara Campin, Founder of Nourish
5 min read


Winter Self-care for Mums
As we continue through the winter months, darker nights and colder days and after the business of the Christmas and New Year period, self...
Emma Cottam, Founder of Isabella & Us
3 min read


Too tired to do it? Sex after kids is no picnic.
When I talk about sex in motherhood, I can see a subtle shift, a look of guilty relief appear on the face of the person or people I’m...
Clio Wood
4 min read

5 Ways to Manage Mum-Overwhelm
Motherhood can be overwhelming at the best of times, right? I find myself saying it all the time, ‘Ugh, I just feel so overwhelmed, if...
Hayley Thomson
4 min read


7 Ways To Carve Out Non-Negotiable Self-Care Time As A Busy Parent
Becoming a parent flips your self-care routine upside down, and it requires us to become more creative and flexible about our wellness....
Kristi Yeh
5 min read


10 tips for getting more sleep - even as a mum!
The Power of Sleep Sleep. We all need it. Most mums are knackered, and lack of sleep is often cited as the reason why. It’s no surprise....

Tapping out of society's 'ideal' version of motherhood and tuning into you
Motherhood is a ride isn’t it? It’s all-consuming, overstimulating and a non-stop bus tour to “overwhelmsville”. Also, it can feel heavy...
Dr Jemma Andrew-Adiamah
4 min read

A 'Transition Triangle': tips to shape support for your little one's start/return to school/nursery
Preparing for your little one to start or return to an education setting can bring a mix of emotions for a caregiver. In addition, to...
Dr Abigail Wright
5 min read


How to ease anxiety through the power of touch
I’ve battled with anxiety since I was a child. It wasn’t until I had my son, nearly 14 years ago however that I was ‘treated’, through...
Dr Erica Bowen
4 min read

Yoga to keep you cool in the heat
With this hot weather we have this treat to share with you. When we feel cooler we feel calmer. In this video Libby Stevenson...
Libby Stevenson
1 min read

Expectations vs. reality in motherhood
I'd always imagined I'd be the kind of mum that would go for jogs with baby in the pram. Honestly, that was one of the main images in my...
Silke Thistlewood
4 min read

Why “Work-life Balance” isn’t the Holy Grail we seem to think it is…
What is Balance Anyway? For as long as I can remember, we working mums have been trying to achieve the “Holy Grail” of work-life balance....
Nicki Young
4 min read

Life After Birth: a real account of the transition to motherhood after birth trauma
January 1st 2022. I’m about to swim at a cold water charity event to raise money for maternal mental health. Water temperature 14...
Laura Dickerson
5 min read

People pleasing in Motherhood, and how to set yourself free!
How often do you find yourself…. …saying YES to others when in your heart you mean NO? …spending time with people who don’t bring out...
Tamsin Williamson, The Parent Coach
4 min read

Should I stay or should I go? 7 self-coaching questions to help you navigate work vs motherhood.
When stepping back fails. A year after having my first child I returned to work and just a few months later I found myself in my doctor’s...
Nicky Lowe
7 min read
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