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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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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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“She’s doing a much better job than me” – how comparison takes the joy out o
Help! I’m such a crap mum, everyone else is coping better than me, what can i do to stop feeling this way? The Supermum Myth Modern mums...
Anya Hayes
Nov 26, 20195 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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Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? Everyday Joy with Live Three Sixty
The What’s in Your Toolkit series is back! I’ve had the pleasure of chatting to some wonderful women for this series, such as Emma...
Anya Hayes
Jul 30, 20195 min read
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Why perfectly imperfect parenting is healthy parenting
Expectations of perfection, versus the often shambolic reality, is the nemesis of any would-be Supermum. I’m sure we were all much better...
Anya Hayes
Jul 30, 20193 min read
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Supermum meets super career – work that truly works?
Work that works? What families need is a working life which offers peace, balance and stability (not to mention enough money to keep you...
Anya Hayes
Jul 25, 20195 min read
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Goodbye freelance mum, hello Working Girl…?
I’ve been freelance for 12 years. I was made redundant from my full-time job as a Managing Editor in book publishing, a job that I really...
Anya Hayes
Jul 22, 20194 min read
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Get up and Glow – Neom Organics Skincare range
Happy Monday! It’s the first day of summer holidays for some of us – but read on even if this is just another July Monday for you. I feel...
Anya Hayes
Jul 22, 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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The importance of being a ‘good enough mum’
Being a ‘Good Enough’ Mum There is so much pressure on us to be a ‘perfect mum’ – the Supermum ideal is something that hovers over us...
Anya Hayes
Jun 12, 20195 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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How long am I ‘postnatal’ after having a baby?
What is ‘the postnatal period’? It is not a small window of time that exists after you have a baby. It’s not a finite period when you...
Anya Hayes
May 24, 20193 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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