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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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What is “the postnatal period”? How long am I “postpartum”?
I’ve just finished writing Postnatal Pilates – I cannot wait for this to be available as a resource for mums to take ownership of their...
Anya Hayes
Nov 17, 20182 min read
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Diastasis recti – how to strengthen your separated abdominals post-birth
Around the second trimester, depending on the size of your bump, you will have experienced some degree of abdominal separation: diastasis...
Anya Hayes
Nov 15, 20184 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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A gratitude attitude – mindfulness and #everydayjoy
I recently recorded a podcast with the gorgeous Tamu Thomas, founder of Three Sixty and one half of the founders of Motherhood...
Anya Hayes
Jul 12, 20184 min read
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Yoga and Mindfulness – Retreats for the mind, body, soul
I have been on a few yoga retreats in my life…and looking back, they’ve always been at transitional or turbulent moments of my life. My...
Anya Hayes
Jul 10, 20182 min read
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Birth Trauma Awareness Week
This week is birth trauma awareness week. Fittingly, it’s also my due date week of my first (rainbow) baby. I had no idea about birth...
Anya Hayes
Jul 4, 20182 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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You’ve got this mamas! The Supermum Myth event in Norwich
You know those days with a small (or even slightly large) baby when you just think, actually it’s so much of a palaver getting out of the...
Anya Hayes
Jan 26, 20182 min read
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Scummy Mummies: How not to feel like a shit mum
Late last year Dr Rachel Andrew and I had the huge pleasure of being invited onto the Scummy Mummies podcast to talk about our book The...
Anya Hayes
Jan 9, 20184 min read
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Birth Trauma – Trauma is not a normal part of birth
Today is Freddie’s birthday. This time 3 years ago I was lying in the postnatal ward, breastfeeding a newborn of two hours old. (Three...
Anya Hayes
Jan 5, 20189 min read
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A letter to my new mum self
I went to an event today called Tea for PND, arranged by the amazing Jo from Lobella Loves. A room full of mums connecting and sharing...
Anya Hayes
Jul 14, 20175 min read
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