Love it or hate it, exercise is here to stay and we all need it. But let’s look at why we need it so badly. Very simply, our health and wellbeing depend on it and by health, I mean health in body, mind and spirit. Exercise serves each of these areas in such a positive way […]
10 years ago
First things first, we need to talk about relaxin. During pregnancy, a hormone called relaxin is released that affects post-pregnancy readiness for exercise. Relaxin is a hormone produced by the ovary and the placenta and its function is to ‘relax’ your ligaments and slacken your joints. This is essential for the bodily changes that occur through the trimesters […]
10 years ago
Before we even being to talk about the type of food we should be eating for good health as a mum, I want you to remove the word diet from your vocabulary. If I use the word I will be using it to describe foods you should be including in your general diet, not as […]
10 years ago
‘We all need to learn to love the body we are are in because it’s the only one we have.’ I have to be honest, after I gave birth I felt like an imposter in my new body, waiting for my old body to return. I naively thought that as I was a model and […]
10 years ago
The first thing I say to all new mums is this: simplify your life as much as possible. We all think everyone else is coping better than us but the reality is that most women struggle to get any balance at all into their lives when they have children, never mind finding the perfect balance. […]
10 years ago
Is there really such a thing as work/life balance? Can we have it all as mums? Do we have a right to be happy? Should mums stay at home? Is it where they belong? Do our kids suffer? Can you die from guilt? Motherhood brings so many questions but in truth there is just one […]
10 years ago