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,...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 6, 20193 min read
Motherhood: the long kiss hello
Sometimes having children can be like watching a time-lapse video. It takes my breath away how quickly phases seem to have passed when...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 7, 20184 min read
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...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 4, 20184 min read
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...
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Anya Hayes
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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...
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Anya Hayes
Jul 10, 20182 min read
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...
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Anya Hayes
May 31, 20182 min read
Make Birth Better
Two years ago I birthed my my book Pregnancy: The Naked Truth. A doula in your pocket. Non-judgmental preparation for pregnancy and...
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Anya Hayes
May 22, 20183 min read
You’ve just had a baby! What now?!
It’s a rollercoaster time, the newborn phase. It’s a watershed of all of the anticipation of the past nearly-year, finally holding your...
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Anya Hayes
Apr 23, 20185 min read
Perfect Night’s Sleep
Sleep. The number one thing that most mums yearn for more of. What if you could bottle it, hey? Well…I think that NEOM Organics are...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 8, 20185 min read
Control freak? – Motherhood, identity, exhaustion, PND
I’ve never really thought of myself as a control freak, I’ve always thought I was relatively easy going and serene. But I guess, up until...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 7, 20185 min read
New Year Wellness toolkit
New year, new you, all the headlines shout enthusiastically. We might write energetic resolutions in our new 2018 journals, or we might...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 23, 20174 min read
Wellbeing hacks for busy mamas
We all have those days where the rhythm is just “off” and from start to finish things seem to be on the wrong trajectory. I’m on Day 6 of...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 19, 20173 min read
Route 66 – daily steps to awesomeness
it takes 66 repeated acts to create habits. It might not be easy, but 66 skilful brush strokes need to be made in order to lay the...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 15, 20173 min read
What is ‘Wellness’?
Wellness. This blog is a ‘wellness toolkit’. Well, what exactly is wellness? What does it mean to you? At the Yellow Kite Books panel...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 13, 20174 min read
Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 8 – The Step Up Club
I am buzzing with excitement to share with you the next in the series….[excitement klaxon!!]: the ladies from The Step Up Club. I’ve been...
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Anya Hayes
May 29, 20174 min read
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...
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Anya Hayes
May 28, 20174 min read
Series: What’s in Your Toolkit 5 – Fern Taylor
Instagram connected me to Fern Taylor – her feed is full of mindfulness tips, a love of nature, and a gorgeous cat. Basically all the...
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Anya Hayes
May 21, 20173 min read
Power of Touch
It’s selfcare Sunday: a day which should be in indelible ink in everyone’s bullet journal. I had an aromatherapy massage today, a long...
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Anya Hayes
May 16, 20173 min read
Mum fail?
This morning brought some more spectacularly misguided comment from the Daily Mail about the state of motherhood, basically summing up in...
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Anya Hayes
May 15, 20176 min read
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...
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