During a consultation with a homeopath, Annie Ridout was given an implicit analysis of the inner workings of her mind – based on the state of her home. This morning, she questions whether a tidy house reflects inner calm or if decluttering is futile…
Category Archive: Wellbeing
Wellbeing
We’re told by the media and popular culture that fat is bad; that it’s something to be ashamed of – and that being thin makes us more attractive and successful. It’s hard to ignore these message but not impossible. Here’s how to love your body without losing weight…
Wellbeing
Childbirth elicits fear in most first-time mums – will it be painful? How will I cope? This is why hypnotherapy classes, promising drug-free pain relief, have taken off in recent years. Juliet Forsyth puts forward her argument for personalised hypnobirthing…
Wellbeing
Is it possible to get out on the wrong side of bed? Is laughter really contagious? Can you control positivity and negativity? Annie Ridout explores these ideas, using her daughter as a guinea pig (kind of)…
Wellbeing
As a mother of young children, it can be hard to decipher the difference between finding things a bit hard and an actual mental health issue. The editor Annie Ridout shared a post on Instagram about how her anxiety manifests and was amazed (and troubled) by the response…
Wellbeing
In this moving excerpt from I Found my Tribe, debut author and mum-of-five Ruth Fitzmaurice describes the freedom she feels as she dives into the sea. It’s an escape from her restricting role as carer for her husband, who has motor neurone disease…
Wellbeing
You’re in the early weeks of new parenthood with a baby who won’t stop crying. Everyone offers the same diagnosis: colic. But you have no idea what they’re talking about. Here, we talk colic with the parents who’ve been through it…
Wellbeing
Concerned that she still looked pregnant after giving birth, Annie Ridout sought professional advice. It turns out she had a common – and treatable – condition called diastasis recti. Here, she reveals her midriff for surprising before and after shots (and shares some advice)…
Wellbeing
Women and girls are often told that their worth is based on appearance. Beauty alone is seen as a sign of success. But Annie Ridout wants her daughter to believe that she can be active, involved and powerful – no matter what size her waist is…
Wellbeing
Running a half marathon in the rain, on broken sleep – four months after giving birth – left Annie Ridout ill and exhausted. She realised that new mums, like her, need to listen to their bodies and slow down…