Reaching Breaking Point: An Inevitable Part of Parenting?

by Sarah Hughes It’s an unwritten rule in our house that I’m not to be disturbed when I’m doing a workout. The kids know it, the husband knows it. At just about any other time I’m fair game. They disturb me while I’m working, eating, on the phone; and that’s just par for the course. But my workout time is sacred. They all know that Mum is a much nicer person if she’s had her daily dose of adrenalin. Last weekend, when the kids’ various football commitments took over and I fou

Children On Social Media... What's The Big Deal?

A Love Letter to Yoga

by Sarah Hughes Reading the recent press coverage about Rebel Wilson, who had attended a party within a week of her daughter being born...

By Sarah Hughes Self-help books have never been my thing. When everybody else was raving about ‘The Secret’ and how it was definitely...

Less Punishment, More Positivity - The Ultimate Parenting Hack?

Screen Time - The Uncomfortable Truth

Retaining Friendships in Your Frantic Thirties and Forties

Why Is Violence Against Women Acceptable On TV?

by Sarah Hughes For almost 15 years I was one of those women who had a love/hate relationship with cardio. I sweated it out on the...

Keeping It Real // Busting the Superwoman Myth

Having been a trainer and Pilates instructor for almost 15 years, I’ve come across every crazy diet in the book and have spent more hours...

by Sarah Hughes When I made the decision to leave my marriage it no longer felt like a decision at all. I had simply reached the point...

Returning To Exercise After Pregnancy: 5 Top Tips

by Sarah Hughes A couple of months ago, as I quickly approached the end of my fraying rope; I came across an article about positive...

by Sarah Hughes It was Christmas Eve and I had way more exciting things to be getting on with than sitting in a hospital waiting room....

by Sarah Hughes I’ve been teaching Pilates for 12 years now and every so often, this thing happens. In fact it just happened again a...

by Sarah Hughes I’ve always struggled with the concept of self-care. Hell, I even struggle with the phrase itself. It gives me the ick...

by Sarah Hughes Have you noticed as your children get older, their Christmas list gets shorter, their pile on Christmas morning gets...