Plank guide, part 2: bracing, breathing and knee planks
In the first part of our plank guide, we found out about hollowing and the importance of finding the right posture before you start, as well as how much breathing affects…
Plank guide, part 1: posture and when you can start after pregnancy
There are few exercises that you can vary as much as planks. If you do planks correctly (because yes, you can also do them incorrectly), you will exercise your whole…
How to know whether your behaviour is self-sabotaging
Hand on heart, are you someone who never allows yourself to succeed? Who throws a spanner in the works of everything you do, time after time, destroying or postponing important…
Abdominal separation: why isn’t it healing?
You’re doing ‘everything right’. You’re doing ‘all’ the exercises. And everything you’ve been told to do. By the book. And yet … nope. Your stomach hasn’t got a lot better.…
Abdominal separation and baby carriers: how baby carriers can interfere with healing
Do you use a baby carrier? Make sure you’re carrying your baby correctly. A carrier can be an indispensable piece of equipment sent from heaven for a child who wants…
Wetting yourself: common, but not normal
Pregnancy is all about pressure. It is very important you understand this before I carry on. Pressure on the pelvis, pressure on the abdominal muscles, pressure on the connective tissue,…
How to stop black-and-white thinking
Many people have been there, and a number of them have got stuck and are unable to think in any other way. It’s always been a case of either all…
Handy dietary advice for new parents
Becoming a parent is an enormous change in your life. From one day to the next your priorities will change, and all your focus is on the baby. The early…
Personal development – the most important investment you can make
Important though it is to exercise your body, it is just as important to exercise your brain. As a CBT coach, I would suggest that the way to all change is…