Ceryn Rowntree

Growing up I was the girl who never quite felt she was enough, so I far too often settled for what was there rather than holding out for wha

There's a belief that everything comes from a place of either love or fear, and that if we want happiness we should fight or ignore ever

I saw a story recently about women sharing their post-labour photos in comparison to Kate Middleton's photos straight after giving birth

Recently I was on a night out with some of my favourite ladies when they started talking about their bodies. After one of our group listed the things she hated about herself the others joined in the conversation, until one commented: “But that’s normal. None of us like what we see when we look in the mirror.” It totally wowed me. Here I was with a group of beautiful, successful, intelligent and all round wonderful women, and every one of them nodded their heads in agreement.

Only human? It's OK, I am too! It turns out no one has the kind of perfect life you see on their Instagram, but that's OK - because

I write a lot about Self Love, but hands up… until quite recently I don’t think it’s a concept I fully “got”. As far as I was concerned Self Love meant being able to look in the mirror and give a Fonzie style “heeeeey” rather than focusing on my faults. And once I had that cracked? Well then Happy Days (pun totally intended); Self Love was mine! Of course there was some stuff in there about looking after myself along the way but that mirror moment? That was the Holy Grail of