Motherhood takes you to the deepest parts of yourself.
It strips you back, rebuilds your foundations, and creates space for something new to bloom.

This transformation has a name: Matrescence.

Matrescence is the physical, psychological, and emotional transition a person goes through when becoming a mother. Much like adolescence, it’s a profound rite of passage marked by huge hormonal shifts, body changes, and deep identity and relationship shifts.

Finding this word brought me so much validation.
It gave language to something I felt but couldn’t fully explain.

Because sometimes the overwhelm, grief, growth, and becoming of motherhood can feel so hard to make sense of until you realise this isn’t just struggle.

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Don’t worry about hour long workouts.

Do this instead:

And if you don’t have weights, no problem. Start with your baby, toddler or even a bag of books.

Minimum: 2 strength sessions per week
Full body (push, pull, squat, hinge, carry)
Even 20–30 minutes counts

We often complicate it too much. Just start where you are.
Consistency always beats perfection.

Save this as your weekly reminder to get lifting 🤌

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Such a special moment 🤍
This workshop was for women in postpartum. Giving you the space to actually pause, reconnect with your body and mind, and realign with yourself again.

I’m on a mission to make mums feel more heard & seen, through moments that remind them they matter, not just as mothers, but as women.

After baby, it’s so easy to disappear into everyone else’s needs and forget your own. This was about giving women permission to stop, even for just an hour, and remember what it feels like to come back to themselves.

Because once you feel what rest actually feels like, you want more of it.

That’s how you start training the muscle of self-care. And not by waiting until you have time, but by practicing taking it.

Thank you @babysensorybrum for facilitating this space with so much care.

Next one coming up - but this time, with your little bundle of joy too 🤍.

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When it comes to health, we want the big fixes and quick results. But real health and alignment come from the small, consistent things we do daily.

Posture check: helps prevent long standing pain, stiffness, aches, and niggles that interfere with daily life.

Mental check-in: helps you ask the important question to yourself:
1. How are you doing today?
2. What are you feeling?
And allow your answers to take up space in your mind and your routine.

The art of postural and mental alignment really comes from keeping it simple, easy, and effective.

Anddd your body is always giving you signals. Can you hear what it’s telling you listening today?

💌 Send this to a mama friend to remind her that her needs matter too.

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Mum to mum: yes, motherhood is all encompassing and all consuming. But lose yourself in it, and your kids never actually get to see you. As your women’s health physio (and biggest cheerleader), hear me on this: looking after yourself isn’t selfish.
It’s how they get to know who their amazing mama really is 🤍

💌 Save this for the day you find yourself at the bottom of the list.

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There is no doubt that modern parenthood is challenging on multiple levels.
But there is always room for gratitude, knowing that this chaos will one day be cherished memories.

This is where you will find me when I’m 80, wishing for just one more ordinary day like this.

So for now, we just buckle up for the ride! 🎢

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Before you think about “getting back”
Let’s start here:

1. gentle movement
2. core connection through breath
3. posture awareness

This is real recovery, starting with strong foundations first!

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Think of your core as your body’s natural corset 🤍
It stabilises, supports and moves with you through motherhood

Start simple don’t overthink it
Reconnect first

🤍Gently switch it on
🤍Breathe into your tummy not your chest
🤍Hug & hold

Then build it up
3 to 5 to 7 to 10 seconds week by week you’ll feel it coming back

Because motherhood means lifting carrying feeding rocking all day long
This is where your core really matters

So don’t forget
switch it on before you go into mum mode 🤍

Send this to your mama friend, otherwise she may never know!

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Going back to the gym postpartum isn’t about a timeline… it’s about readiness.

As a women’s health physio, this is what actually matters first:

1. Can you manage pressure through your core
2. Do you feel connected to your pelvic floor
3. Can you move without pain or compensating

Because being “cleared at 6 weeks” doesn’t mean your body is ready for load.

This is where so many mums end up with leaks, pain, or setbacks without realising why.

Start slower than you think
Build gradually
That’s how you get back to feeling strong again 🤍

Save this for when you’re ready to return to the gym

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sometimes we forget…
they were just two people who chose each other first 🤍

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9 months to grow a baby…
6 weeks to recover?

That’s the expectation.

Then mums are left thinking something’s wrong when it still feels hard.

It’s not you.
It’s the timeline.

6 weeks is just the start, so be kind to yourself ♥️

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