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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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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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The Elastic Brain – benefits of meditation
“Mummy I never change my mind. I always keep the same mind.” Maurice said this to me yesterday, when I suggested that he *might* change...
Anya Hayes
Jun 1, 20183 min read
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What I’d Give a New Mum
This week has been maternal mental health awareness week. The fact that there even IS a week dedicated to maternal mental health...
Anya Hayes
May 4, 20182 min read
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Returning to “normal” post-baby
You have a baby. You take it relatively easy for the first 6 weeks, maybe doing the odd squeeze of your pelvic floor (clenching your...
Anya Hayes
Apr 11, 20188 min read
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Flexible Strength: your pelvic floor in pregnancy and beyond
The pelvic floor: you’ve heard about it, you’re told to “exercise” it, you know it’s there…but it’s a little bit intangible and ethereal....
Anya Hayes
Sep 27, 20178 min read
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How to create space and unclutter the mind
One of the things we most crave as mums – as modern humans – is space. When I chatted with the lovely Zoe from @motherkind_zoe for her...
Anya Hayes
Jul 16, 20173 min read
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Route 66 – setting intentions and the S word
It takes 66 repeated acts for the human brain to register a new habit. So, I’m on a 66-day mission to create positive body habits and...
Anya Hayes
Jun 21, 20173 min read
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Heart and Sole
Last night I went to the Yellow Kite Books inaugural summer event, The Exciting Future of Wellness. It was a panel discussion involving 4...
Anya Hayes
Jun 14, 20176 min read
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Mindfulness – how can it help me?
I’ve just finished a proofreading job for Bloomsbury Publishing, a book called Mindful Running, written by Mackenzie Havie, who I would...
Anya Hayes
Jun 6, 20173 min read
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Wake up Mama! – Energy Boosters
Happy Bank Holiday! Remember May bank holidays before children? Usually involved lots of sunny Sunday drinking in beer gardens, languidly...
Anya Hayes
May 29, 20174 min read
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Series: What’s in your toolkit? 4 – Suzy Reading: Part 1
I first connected with Suzy on Instagram last year, when I sensed a kindred spirit in her posts, an understanding of the relentless...
Anya Hayes
May 15, 20176 min read
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Firing up the cylinders
The idea of going to a Pilates class when you’re feeling low on energy is, sadly, an unappealing one. I’ve been there, at the end of a...
Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20173 min read
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The A game
Anxiety. The monkey that sits atop our shoulder, wriggling and jiggling, weighing down and informing thoughts, which become our...
Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20173 min read
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