Anya HayesMay 4, 20173 min readFinding Mama’s MojoThis week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. I’ll be starting an exciting new series tomorrow on the blog: getting to...
Anya HayesApr 28, 20172 min readPregnancy: the Naked TruthPregnancy is a bit like the parties you used to go to when you were 15: exhilaratingly new and exciting, full of unknown adventures – a...
Anya HayesApr 24, 20174 min readThe long kiss…helloSometimes having children can be like watching a time-lapse video. It takes my breath away how quickly phases seem to have passed in...
Anya HayesApr 23, 20175 min readWho’s that girl?The subject of identity keeps poking its little head out of mouse holes at me a lot recently. The idea of who we are once we’ve had...
Anya HayesApr 17, 20173 min readThings I’ve learntFreddie is now 2 years old. 2 YEARS OLD. Well, 2 and a quarter, if we’re being pedantic. I’ve learnt that with a 5 year old and a toddler...
Anya HayesMar 28, 20172 min readLook for the lightMums often talk about being in “survival mode” in the first years of motherhood. Of battening down the hatches to get through the days...
Anya HayesMar 18, 20173 min readThe Supermum MythAnd then, I have a week like this week which offered me a new perspective on that Supermum assumption. Yesterday I feel like I had a...
Anya HayesJan 8, 20173 min readThe Mum-me balance When I lived in Japan nearly 20 years ago (eek!), the local stray cat – who we had named Josephina – one evening roamed into our...
Anya HayesJan 8, 20173 min readThe A game Anxiety. The monkey that sits atop our shoulder, wriggling and jiggling, weighing down and informing thoughts, which become our...