With conversations on Maternal Mental Health on the rise, and more women speaking up about the way they feel, Anna Mathur’s insight as a psychotherapist AND mother make her someone you feel you can trust. She offers little nuggets of gold while reminding us to point some of our kindness and love inwards.’ Giovanna Fletcher, bestselling author of Happy Mum, Happy Baby

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Some examples of self-care might be as simple as going to the loo when you need it, rather than hopping around the kitchen as you get your own child a drink! It may be doing some exercise, calling a friend when you feel low, going to bed earlier, or validating a feeling that passes by. Anna is breath of fresh air – relatable, funny and wise’ Sarah Turner, bestselling author of The Unmumsy Mum This competition is being organised by Little, Brown Book Group Limited of Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ (“Company”). Whilst the word ‘vulnerability’ may conjure up images of a defenceless newborn baby it’s also a thing of such strength. Being open and honest, can feel like a muscle that needs to be strengthened, especially when we’ve felt misunderstood or our honesty has been abused in the past. Choose people who have historically been kind and warm in their response to you, and take small risks of vulnerability with them. Perhaps it might be that you share a little more than ‘all good here’ in a message response, or you accept an offer to watch the baby whilst you rest, whereas before you’d have declined out of worry of being a burden. Little by little, strengthen that muscle of vulnerability. You don’t have to tell everyone everything, but it’s so good to have at least two people in your life who get more than the simple ‘I’m fine thanks’ response. One may be a professional such as a health visitor or therapist, another might be a friend or family member.m a n a = k 1 − k × l i f e \color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}mana={k \over 1-k}\times life

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The idea behind the structure of this introductory course is that you come out of it with a solid enough a knowledge to practice MOM in your daily life independently . l i f e − ( 1 − k ) × m a n a k = 0 \color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}life-(1-k)\times {mana \over k}=0Two-Stone Ring Requires Level 49 +(12-16)% to Cold and Lightning Resistances 5% increased maximum Energy Shield k = X 100 {\textstyle \color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}k={X \over 100}} be the proportion of damage taken from mana before life. To completely remove all mana, the damage, A Movement Rehabilitation Specialist and the founder of MOM, who has been improving movement abilities whilst minimising injuries since 1993. Holds a Masters in Dance Education from NYU, a Fellowship from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (London), a Sports' Therapy and Hydrotherapy Diplomas, amongst other therapeutic qualifications. The table below show the necessary mana/life ratio required for varying amounts of Mind over Matter. In 1995, Hadass ran an extensive research at a Ph.D level in collaboration with the University of Surrey and Central School of Ballet (London), for which she received a Wingate Scholarship. The research examined the benefits professional dancers gain from using MOM as part of their daily training.

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m a n a l i f e < k 1 − k {\textstyle \color [rgb]{0.6392156862745098,0.5529411764705883,0.42745098039215684}{mana \over life}<{k \over 1-k}} , then mana will have run out before all life is removed.When we compare ourselves to others, we amend our understanding of how well we’re doing dependent on our conclusion. It’s a lot of power to be giving away, allowing the half-stories, and filtered images to dictate your worth. Coach yourself through these moments in the way you would guide someone you care about. The most powerful tool Anna has to communicate this isn’t the letters after her name, it is the fact that she is open about her own experience of maternal anxiety. By sharing her journey, she gives you the confidence to reframe yours. I find it so helpful to switch up ‘I’ve got to’ to ‘I get to’. I recently used it whilst doing the washing, finding myself exasperated at the relentlessness of it all. It turned ‘I’ve got to do yet another load of washing’ into ‘I get to do another load of washing. Clothes worn by my children who I’m so blessed to have. I’m using a washing machine, an item not available to so many people in the world, housed within a home that keeps us safe and warm’. What was in one moment a boring job I resented, suddenly had me feeling happy and fuzzy. No matter how efficient, organised and experienced we are, we simply are not created to do this motherhood journey alone. Whether your ‘village’ is online, off-line or a mixture of both, having people to talk to, share with and lean on is vital for positive mental health and happiness. Anxiety is making motherhood a less pleasant, more fraught and pressured experience, and we do not have to accept joy-sapping worry and energy-draining overthinking as part of the motherhood job description. In Mind Over Mother, Anna Mathur, psychotherapist and mum of three, explains how to: