I have heard women report the best and the worst of birth stories. One woman I will never forget told the story of how her baby ultimately didn’t survive and she was seeking therapy to prepare herself before trying again. It makes me wonder, what is the right amount of information to know beforehand?

Spend 2.5 hours on Saturday afternoon for your body, brain and emotional health and set your intentions for the next 6 months. The session includes: Mindful yoga - body stretch and strengthen session, Evidence-based presentation on effective stress management, 30 minute session of deep relaxation. If this sounds like it might be good for you, please register by Thursday 14th June.

Feeling guilty is familiar territory for most mums. It usually comes on during pregnancy and comes and goes throughout motherhood. Each day we make choices and in turn we question if we did enough. The good news is that to feel guilty you have to care enough to do so. However it’s tiring being weighed down with guilt, so let’s look at what we can do to keep it in check.

How do you manage stress? Do you exercise, go out for coffee or some other form of self care? There is growing interest in mindfulness as a means of taking a mental break and bringing us back into the present moment.  So if your first response is that I don’t have time to practise mindfulness then you are someone that could benefit from giving it a go.

Making peace with the relationship you hold with your own mother is essential to creating space for building a satisfying relationship with your child. I often say to women who describe feeling angry and let down by their mothers, to reflect on what type of mothering they had growing up.  It is normal to experiences memories of your own childhood when you become a mum.

It is becoming more common to have children later in life. This means women have often spent extended time in the workforce before having children and come into the role having experienced lots of success and enjoyed the social atmosphere of the workplace.