Education meets exercise.

Increase your understanding of pelvic floor health.

It's a common misconception that pelvic floor health is all about ‘doing your exercises’. In reality, there is much more you can do to improve these muscles than simple ‘kegels’. We’re making it our mission to educate as many women as possible about the day-to-day considerations that can vastly improve pelvic floor function.

Expectations - Turning The Volume Down

‘I am enough’.

I invite you to say these words out loud any time you find yourself or someone else questioning your parenting. Society places so many expectations on new parents, a bar of unobtainable perfection is set. We turn to social media and often see squares upon squares of mothers ‘nailing it’. We make these unspoken comparisons which can be incredibly damaging, especially in those early weeks / months of fragile motherhood.

Taming your teenager, and other myths

They say only 7% of our communication is down to the words we use. The other 93% are to do with non verbal communication styles such as body language, facial expressions, tonality, volume and energy (amongst others).

Coping with depression when you're a mum

*TRIGGER WARNING* - this post may trigger or upset you. If it does and you need some support please seek advice and support from your GP/Counsellor/Mental Health Professional.

It’s hard being a mum, and it’s even harder when you’re also dealing with depression. But it’s a battle many of us are fighting every day, including me. I can’t even remember when I was first diagnosed with depression, it’s been so long.

Write Your Way Through Lockdown

Last Saturday night I got the text every parent dreads. The one that reminds us that the following Monday is an inset day. As I read the text I experienced that sudden burst of frustration that comes when you realise you’re not actually going to be able to get on with the day you had planned.

Redefining self-care as a new mama

We already live in a very busy world and it is easy to start neglecting our own self all too often. We spend our whole lives barely meeting our own needs, so when we first become mothers, the task of filling our own cup becomes that much harder.

How to step into a GOOD habit!

As a mum I am constantly surrounded by habits, the nose picking, nail biting, unable to put dirty pants in the laundry basket type habits.

A habit is something we just do, sometimes unconsciously and other times just out of ‘doing it for doing its sake’. Many parts of being a mum can feel like we just do things on auto pilot and with little consideration for ourselves.

Motherhood's magical intricacies

We all dream of perfection when thinking about motherhood: we will be perfect mums, our birth will go according to plan (like the movies) and the transition into motherhood will be bump-less because it is (supposedly) deeply ingrained into our maternal DNA.

Lockdown II: The Sequel

As I write this, we are headed for another national lockdown. My sense is that this is like some awful B movie. It’s really too soon for a low budget badly produced sequel, the music is swelling, I’m on the edge of my seat, and I have already stuffed my face with too much popcorn…

Rediscovering the power of what works for you

We all know that every child is different. And that no two mother-child relationships are the same. So why is it so easy to fall into the trap of thinking there are infallible recipes for motherhood?

I’m really excited to bring you the full list of incredible contributors to yet another incredible issue, this time marking ten issues of Positive Wellbeing Zine for Mums.

Having a positive birth following a previous caesarean birth

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Having had a previous caesarean birth before might trigger many different feelings for this pregnancy. You may be feeling happy, excited, overwhelmed, anxious, nervous, sad or scared. If you had a traumatic birth before, any anxieties or PTSD symptoms you previously had following your last birth might be reappearing. Your feelings and your emotions are totally justified and valid. Accepting these feelings, and understanding them is a way of moving forward positively with any of your future pregnancies or in this pregnancy if you are already pregnant. This blog post outlines ways you can have a positive birth this time round, whatever you decide is right for you and I hope you find this blog useful.

Singing and Me - How Singing Saved My Life

Today there are so many pressures on us to perform to be able to do many things simultaneously and at top speed. The life you had before you became a parent will no longer exist no matter how hard you try and hang on to it.

Shopping small and independent is something that is hugely important to me, both in my personal life but also through my business too. So I am incredibly excited to share the Positive Wellbeing Zine for Mums Christmas gift guide for 2020. Happy Shopping!

A Mother’s Space: The Power of Holding Space for One Another

The very concept of having space as a mother just doesn't seem right. Aren’t we supposed to be emotionally and physically available and posed to always give to our children?

Empowering Thoughts for Mums and Children

Hello? Are you lost? I am asking because so many of us are.

Unfortunately, loss of identity and low self-confidence is quite common in Motherhood.

What Every New Mum Needs to Know About Their Gut

The first 1000 days of a baby’s life - from conception to age 2 - is a period of enormous developmental change. It’s considered one of the most important stages of development, and as parents, we play a role in providing what they need nutritionally, mentally and physically. It’s an enormous responsibility because how well our children are in these first 1000 days impacts their health for life.

As a yoga teacher, one of the most powerful tools that I share is how to use breath to impact our physical and emotional health.

I’m sure we have all experienced the feeling of being out of control in the moment, or the gradual build-up of stress over time. We may lose our ability to think clearly and maintain a sense of perspective. We may even start to experience symptoms of chronic stress, such as digestive issues, poor immune system or panic attacks.

So how can breathing help?

Permission to pause.

Do you sometimes find it hard to slow down? Hard to pause? Hard to sit down and do nothing? Yes even in lockdown!

Why Learning Is Self Care

I had a particularly stressful day of battling home schooling with both my 10 and 6 year old. That being a heavy task in its self whilst having one eye being on my work phone plus the subconscious stress of constantly trying to keep everyone quiet so my husband could work in the home office.