Until about six years ago, I treated my menstrual cycle synonymously with my period. The only thing I was keen to align was the absence of my period and my next scheduled weekend away. For every social invite, I’d consult the proximity of the next dismissively scrawled ‘P’ in my diary before confirming my attendance.…

There’s a sliding scale of life on which a certain tipping point resets our years to start again in September, not January. Parenthood is a failsafe trigger.  ‘Hot girl summer’ was another missed headline on social media, exchanged for ‘hot mess summer’ in which I met Instagram’s idealised workouts in the sun with actual suitcase…

Astrid was facing me when I delivered her, lying on my side. I was only vaguely aware of my husband cutting her cord while we spent a few minutes alone, her against my chest, us against the world. Her first cry, like a geyser breaking surface, softened the tension of worry in my chest. There…

Four days after my last post (circa 18 months, one eventful twin birth and a global pandemic ago), my third trimester ended abruptly with the arrival of my twin girls. In many ways, I feel like my Never-Neverland of a fourth trimester is only now coming to close, so forgive me for only now reflecting…

Coming at you from Dubai (6 weeks into relocating), and with a 35-week twin bump so big I have to assume a pretty compromising position just to write this post at my desk! My babies are very nearly fully cooked – my OB here will allow them to stay put until 37 weeks if they…

In an age in which we are beginning to understand the connection between mind and body – and to demand more from our fitness regimes as we try to crunch more benefits into less workout time – it’s little surprise that most disciplines are competing for the title of ‘best exercise for mental health’. But…

Earlier this year I released my first book: Mind, Body, Bump; The Complete Plan for an Active Pregnancy. I am so proud of the resulting product and its empowering content, which takes a pregnancy-progressive approach to the language and mindset of ante-natal training and helps you to feel informed and excited about the unique challenges and…

If you’ve read the first two instalments of this series, you’ll have hopefully begun to understand the precious balance of moving your body and giving yourself the time and space to be moved. Of course, having purpose is one of the most integral ways to feel moved and to get moving in a direction that…

In the first instalment of this series, I shared my four top tips to get moving as a new mum. Movement can also be a conduit to being moved, and to good mental health for new mums. BUT – and this is a big but! – sometimes the pressure to keep up your pre-baby exercise regime…

Scroll back to posts preceding this and you’ll see nearly two years have passed. As it happens, I was also expecting my first baby. Put two and two together and you can probably guess some of the challenges I’ve been tackling between then and now. And tackle them I have. Rarely ‘by the book’. Not…