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Socially awkward introverts: how to get over social anxiety this “party season”
I’m currently reading I’m Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously, which has made me laugh out...
Anya Hayes
Nov 29, 20195 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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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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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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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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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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Mindfulness for pregnancy, birth… and motherhood
Mindfulness is definitely a buzzword, like many a new fad in the wellness industry we may have reached peak saturation in terms of...
Anya Hayes
Dec 4, 20184 min read
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Mindfulness for mums – meditation for perinatal wellness
I’m so delighted and proud to say that I have passed my first level of Teaching Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with the British...
Anya Hayes
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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Your pelvic floor – how to build pelvic floor rehab into your day to day
I’m doing two FREE workshops next week: Your Confident Mothermorphosis for you beautiful bumps, and a pelvic floor restore workshop at...
Anya Hayes
Nov 30, 20183 min read
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Perinatal anxiety – what it is, and tips for how to manage it
Perinatal Anxiety Pregnancy The Naked Truth by Anya Hayes What is it, and why am I feeling it? We’ve all heard of ‘postnatal depression’...
Anya Hayes
Nov 21, 20184 min read
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Pregnancy and Postnatal mindfulness and core strength workshops
I’m excited to be adding two monthly workshops to the schedule in the new year. I’d love to hear your thoughts, and if you’re in south...
Anya Hayes
Nov 15, 20181 min read
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Welcome to Motherhood
I did a lovely live chat last night with Lauren, an inspiring author and motivational speaker, on her Facebook page This Girl is Enough....
Anya Hayes
Oct 18, 20182 min read
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The art of breathing
It all begins with the breath. Did you realise that, although breathing is a natural reflex that all living animals perform, newborn...
Anya Hayes
Oct 18, 20182 min read
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Brain gym – exercise to tone the brain
I’ve just had the great fortune to have been to a wonderful Mindfulness and Yoga retreat, where we had daily guided meditation and...
Anya Hayes
Jul 11, 20184 min read
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