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…

So my hair has at least doubled in volume (primarily via an impressive perimeter of frizz!). I’m going through ice cubes like they’re beauty elixirs. I’m dragging Murray by the lead to join me for walks on the Common (when he’s normally bounding out the door before I can tie my laces). There’s no denying it’s…