Your Pelvic Floor and Your Emotional Health are Linked

This week saw the publication of Baroness Cumberlege's inquiry into the handling of the vaginal mesh scandal: she said that women have been "dismissed, overlooked and ignored for decades". Women are told their pain, their dysfunction, their trauma simply does not matter. And it's NOT GOOD ENOUGH. So with this as the prevailing atmosphere, no …

How to stay calm and sane during isolation

While “stay safe/healthy” has become a common sign off in the age of coronavirus, we need to nurture our ability to stay sane, too. The situation is constantly changing and evolving, and this is a ripe environment for anxiety to thrive. It may start to affect our sleep, our appetite, which undermines our resilience and coping …

Navigating the New Normal

How are you all coping with these strange and unprecedented times? Firstly: a reminder that this IS an extraordinary event and we are, quite rightly, suffering the fight or flight response which is triggered by a threat to our lives. This is a physical response: you may feel jittery, your breath may be more rapid, …

Your pelvic floor – how childbirth affects it, & how you can strengthen post-birth

I've actually lost count of the amount of women who have said to me that "it's too late" to heal their pelvic floor after childbirth. It makes me sad and even a bit cross that we so easily accept this feeling of being "not quite as good" after babies, and don't think that we are …

Postnatal Pilates – my new book is out now!

My new book Postnatal Pilates comes out today! And it's #1bestseller in Family and Lifestyle Physiotherapy on Amazon!! Whoop!   It's your guide for trying to make yourself feel better, stronger, more supported in your motherhood graft: being a mum is physically hard work, we need to be strong for all the lifting, pushing, carrying, …

How to approach Christmas without Motherwhelm

Christmas is a time of joy, and sometimes the gap between reality and joyfulness can make us feel like we're not quite getting it right. Here's my handy guide to lowering your stress levels as the Christmas season approaches. Be realistic: you cannot be present at every single school and nursery event. This is where …

Socially awkward introverts: how to get over social anxiety this “party season”

I'm currently reading I'm Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously, which has made me laugh out loud and nod in hearty agreement lots, and I'm only a couple of chapters in. All of my adult life, I have been a shy introvert: or a Shintrovert, as Jessica …

Things I’ve learnt about returning to full-time work after babies

I've been back in full-time work for nearly 3 months now – almost out of the newborn phase! I feel like any life transition takes at least 3 months to recalibrate to a new normal. The past 11 weeks or so has been an entirely new arrangement, as Freddie started school the week before I …

Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 18 – Greta Solomon, Holistic Transformation Coach

Tell me about yourself! Tell me more about being a Holistic Transformation Coach, and how you came to do what you do. Hi, I’m Greta Solomon and as a Holistic Transformation coach I give people the space and guidance to transform their lives on a fundamental level – from the inside out – using the …

Why we all need a “wellness toolkit” for our health, wellbeing and…Christmas!

What is a "wellness toolkit"? I first started gathering a wellness toolkit when I went through a really shocking bereavement when I was 28. My best friend from school died in a surreal DIY accident and it was like chucking a hand grenade into my life, everything in my life as I knew it for …