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How to approach Christmas without Motherwhelm
Christmas is a time of joy, and sometimes the gap between reality and joyfulness can make us feel like we’re not quite getting it right....
Anya Hayes
Nov 30, 20194 min read
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Things I’ve learnt about returning to full-time work after babies
I’ve been back in full-time work for nearly 3 months now – almost out of the newborn phase! I feel like any life transition takes at...
Anya Hayes
Nov 29, 20195 min read
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Why we all need a “wellness toolkit” for our health, wellbeing and…Christmas!
What is a “wellness toolkit”? I first started gathering a wellness toolkit when I went through a really shocking bereavement when I was...
Anya Hayes
Nov 27, 20193 min read
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I feel “not good enough” compared to mums on social media. Can I change my mindset?
Social media is a wonderful tool. It has connected us in such amazing ways to information and support in the postnatal days, weeks,...
Anya Hayes
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? Pandora Paloma, Rooted Living
I’m so delighted to introduce the new toolkit from ROOTED LIVING Founder, Pandora Paloma, Intuitive Living Coach, specialising in...
Anya Hayes
Nov 13, 20194 min read
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Reviews of The Supermum Myth
I’m delighted to share a handful of the 5-star reviews currently on Amazon for The Supermum Myth. •••• I discovered Anya on Instagram...
Anya Hayes
Jul 30, 20193 min read
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The Pressures of Modern Motherhood – why good enough is good enough
I was asked to answer a few questions for a blog, and I thought I’d share it here for you guys – I’d love to hear your thoughts, we’re...
Anya Hayes
Jul 16, 20197 min read
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Postnatal recovery: What to ask about at your 6-week check
The six-week GP check – where you are pronounced ‘back to normal’, right? The 6-week check is an interesting experiment because it rarely...
Anya Hayes
Jul 1, 20194 min read
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Your postnatal strength is so important for your mental health
If you feel physically weak after having babies it can have a domino effect on your emotional energy, feelings of competence,...
Anya Hayes
Jun 28, 20193 min read
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Pelvic floor exercises – am I doing them right?
Pelvic floor exercises – we know we need to do them, right? But we forget, or we skip it in favour of eating a biscuit, or we’re not sure...
Anya Hayes
Jun 13, 20193 min read
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How a self care toolkit can help us become happier and healthier
Before having children, I didn’t realise how many ‘pillars’ I had to help keep my mental and physical health ticking along nicely. I had,...
Anya Hayes
May 28, 20195 min read
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My self care toolkit
It’s half term this week in the UK, which means I’ve got both boys with me full time, plus a load of admin to keep an eye on, and various...
Anya Hayes
May 28, 20194 min read
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Pelvic floor meditation
Meditation. That word stresses lots of us out. I can’t meditate, my mind is too busy. I don’t have time to meditate. Sometimes there are...
Anya Hayes
May 24, 20192 min read
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The Bounce Back! Your postnatal health, wellbeing and fitness
This time last year I got together with an amazing group of women to have a very exciting meeting, with Baroness Cumberlege who is the...
Anya Hayes
Jan 27, 20197 min read
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Pelvic flaws: Part 2 of my talk at the Birth trauma conference.
The link between mental and physical health is inextricable, arguably. But never more so than in pregnancy and motherhood. In the second...
Anya Hayes
Jan 25, 20194 min read
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Pelvic flaws – the link between pelvic floor dysfunction and postnatal mental health issues
My talk at the Birth Trauma Conference earlier this month focused on the link between maternal mental health and pelvic floor...
Anya Hayes
Jan 24, 20194 min read
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Pilates for Body–Mind in Pregnancy
Pregnancy isn’t an illness: it’s a natural, normal and healthy state – even if that first-trimester permanently hungover feeling makes...
Anya Hayes
Jan 24, 20193 min read
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New year – same you! Why we should ditch new year’s resolutions
It’s that time of year again, where fitness advertising cashes in on the fact that we’ve all eaten too many biscuits and have been...
Anya Hayes
Dec 30, 20182 min read
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The Supermum Myth – how to overcome anxiety, ditch guilt and embrace imperfection
Motherhood is the one thing able to send you from feeling like a million dollars to a piece of poo, in one swoosh of a baby wipe. It...
Anya Hayes
Dec 9, 20185 min read
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Anxiety in motherhood – why you’re feeling anxious, and how to make friends with it
What is anxiety? What is its purpose? Anxiety organises our responses to threats to our life, health and wellbeing. Focuses on our escape...
Anya Hayes
Dec 7, 20184 min read
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