Having spent a year juggling far too many balls, it’s about time mothers put themselves first. Here, Annie Ridout shares ideas for working out what you want from life…
women
Work Life
Some new mothers find that maternity leave is best spent focusing on their baby – and not on work. While for others – like Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine App – it presents an opportunity to try something new…
Work Life
Emma Gannon hosts the hugely popular Ctrl, Alt, Delete podcast (2m downloads), was one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 this year and is about to publish her second book. We discuss what it’s like to be successful, as a woman…
Wellbeing
Spotty skin, headaches, chocolate cravings, breast tenderness, anxiety and tearfulness often accompany menstruation. But balancing your hormones can eliminate these issues. Nutritionist Jodie Abrahams explains how…
Work Life
“Facebook’s motto used to be ‘move fast and break things'”, says Abadesi Osunsade – former Amazon employee, and the author of Dream Big Hustle Hard: A Millennial Woman’s Guide to Success in Tech. “This captures the sentiments of most tech startups.” Osunsade shares 10 excellent tips…
Family
With the natural birth movement challenging the more medicalised model of birth, new mothers are feeling as if they’ve failed if they have an epidural, or need medical intervention during childbirth. Emma Svanberg explains why this is a feminist issue…
Mornings
How important is our morning routine? Does it make a difference whether you roll out of bed and grab a coffee – or spring out, meditate and do a 20-minute of yoga routine? To find out, we asked five successful women to share their morning routines…
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
It’s a rarely discussed topic but at least one in three women will have had an abortion by the time they reach 45. So what’s it like to terminate a pregnancy? Joanna Gardner shares her experience…
Wellbeing
The founder of Supercharged Club, Mary Meadows, tells us about being infertile for nine years, eventually conceiving via IVF, blood pressure issues in pregnancy that required longterm bed rest and developing postnatal depression…