The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. 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. We all have a relationship with self-sabotage, a tendency to put barriers in the way of our progression and our happiness - at home and at work, both on and offline. I’m often battling with the part of my mind that tells me that if I’m not rushing, I’m not doing enough.

You seem to be in this endless pursuit of perfection and yet no matter how perfect you are for your baby, you never seem to see it. Habits are habits because they are so much easier to engage in, regardless of how unhelpful they are. Even after parenting for 10 years successfully, I have experienced all the mum guilt , over thinking and intrusive thoughts associated with the part of doing the best job ever over these years. I so wish I had this book when I was a young first time mum, the content of this book makes you feel so human and not alone when you navigate the early years of parenting!Anna Mathur is a mum of three, an experienced Psychotherapist and passionate psycho-educator, with a specialism for working with women. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Anna has an amazing way of assuring you that the way you're feeling is normal, that you're not alone and that it is ok to not be ok.To be able to dip in and out of the pages when time allows is really helpful and I know passages will be read and re read over and over when the darkness descends. Perhaps, head home and replay it over and over in your head, wishing you had said something different. In this extract from her book Mind over Mother: Every mum’s guide to worry and anxiety in the first years, Anna talks to us about how to start recognising your own anxious thoughts.

It's written in a conversational style, as though she's talking to you guiding you along her thoughts and musings. 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. Anna Mathur is an experienced Psychotherapist and passionate psycho-educator, with a specialism for working with women.

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 could understand the first chapter being a run down of anxiety but I picked this up expecting a bit more and I don’t have the time to keep reading to see if it gets deeper. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. After losing her grandad and her job as an illustrator in quick succession, she is at a crossroads in life and needs a break.

She's quit more jobs and relationships than she can remember and she still sleeps in her childhood bedroom. In this book she offers context, reasoning and perspective on postnatal feelings, worries and anxiety. The last few chapters were especially helpful on my sleepless anxious nights of early postpartum days.A really great tool for working through current anxieties or worries but also for being aware of how to cope and manage for any future anxiety to come.