As we progress through these six months of The Village content, you will notice that “sleep” does not feature at any point. What sleep looks like, and what sleep is available to us as new mothers is so wildly variable and depends on so many things – our baby’s temperament and health, whether we have…

If you are somebody who consumes any level of motherhood content, from writing to podcasts, it is likely that you have heard the idea of ‘mum guilt’ being discussed. ‘Mum guilt’ has become a catch-all term for anything that makes us feel bad as mothers, from the light (fish fingers again) to the heavier (missing…

Hopefully by now those consuming this content as part of The Village, have read and digested my thoughts on both the physical and emotional significance of pelvic floor health, and some simple principles to keep in mind for rehabilitation and strength work. Here, in our final week on the pelvic floor, I have set out…

In our first Pelvic Floor week, I laid out what I find to be a helpful, foundational, and holistic understanding of the pelvic floor. Based on a combination of anatomy, Chakra theory, and yoga, I believe this helps foster reverence and discipline for the recovery and continued care of this part of our bodies and…