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Hi Gang! Today’s blog is inspired by a conversation I had last month with a friend of mine over tea and biscuits. As we spent time catching up, she started to tentatively ask about my breast cancer journey as a new mum; what it was like in the hospital, and what it had meant for my career - the normal questions I tend to be asked. However, by the end of our time together we had created a space for her to ask all the silly questions about having breast cancer whilst having a n

This blog is about my inspiration to study the relationship between our tummies and our minds, nutrition and our our kitchens, and how this symbiotic approach to health calms our central nervous system. Today, I want to share some of those thoughts with you.

The Celebration Of Motherhood As I sit back in my chair and close my eyes, I can still see the white sand and turquoise ocean in Thailand that formed the backdrop to my morning yoga rituals at the beginning of April. I can hear our teacher encouraging us to stretch into our back-bodies, sinking deep into the breath of Down Dog. I can feel my ribs expand, my spine strong whilst it supports their articulation. I relish the contraction of my out-breath as I expel a deep sigh tha

I have written before about my personal journey through five rounds of cancer, becoming a Mum in the middle of it all, and the paths that have brought me here to my profession as a post-natal doula. None of it is new, and most days I don’t even think of it, but as spring came around this year with all its blustery energy, I heard a small voice within me say ‘Stop just a minute!’.

I have always thought that we need more ways of expressing our feelings for this lumpy, bumpy thing we call ‘Love’. It is messy, scary, beautiful, happy, achingly funny, soul shudderingly sad, and so often overlooked in the first year of motherhood. In today’s blog I want to take time to hold it carefully and help us find ways to connect more deeply with postnatal love.

Today, I wanted to write to you about how we can help nurture our bodies and minds, spirit and emotions as we transition from one season to the next as I have been thinking about motherhood, work, family. Our nervous systems need deep regulation on a regular, daily, basis. Without looking after our core systems, our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health starts to falter, and that is not a good place to find ourselves. No one wants to feel as if they are spirallin