It seems to have become culturally acceptable to spend our lives teetering back and forth between worry and anxiety. In Mind Over Mother , Anna Mathur, psychotherapist and mum of three, explains how to: * Understand anxiety, why it affects you and what to do about it * Make your mind a kinder, calmer, happier place to be * Transform your motherhood experience by addressing your thinking 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. Habits are habits because they are so much easier to engage in, regardless of how unhelpful they are. It's written in a conversational style, as though she's talking to you guiding you along her thoughts and musings.

I have killed several people (some brutally, others calmly) and yet I currently languish in jail for a murder I did not commit. Anna's words are like a blanket that wrap you up and give you great comfort, helping you to realise you are not alone in what you are feeling. With over 6 million of the world’s best eBooks to choose from, Kobo offers you a whole world of reading. Giovanna Fletcher, bestselling author of Happy Mum, Happy Baby 'Anna is breath of fresh air - relatable, funny and wise' Sarah Turner, bestselling author of The Unmumsy MumBaby-proof the house; panic-proof the mum.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. I’m often battling with the part of my mind that tells me that if I’m not rushing, I’m not doing enough.

The audiobook is excellent quality and although I have it in hardback too I personally find it easier to take in information through audio. This awareness can really help you as you learn more about yourself and what prompts you to be nudged or catapulted up or down the line.Though he battled for years to marry her, Henry VIII has become disenchanted with the audacious Anne Boleyn. Loads of helpful techniques and question points to help you fully understand and get to the root of how you feel in this season of life. My favourite part about the book was the determination and passion with which the author promotes the idea that worry and mum guilt - those two things that mothers wear like badges of honour sometimes - don't have to be a normal everyday part of being a parent. Whilst I would have agreed a few years ago, sighed and eye-rolled with a half-smile, it saddened me because I now believe there is more for all of us. The emergency pep talks in the final chapter offer words of encouragement for when you really need them, it's a resource that you can and will keep coming back to in the future.