Wishes for 2019
The biggest aim of The Butterfly Mother is, and always has been, to help other mums going through PND, Postnatal Anxiety, Postnatal OCD or any other mental health issues. However, every once in a while…
Category: Anxiety
Five Anxiety Recovery Goals
It’s the time of year when many of us are making plans and thinking about our goals for 2019. But when you’re struggling with Anxiety, thinking even a few minutes into the future, let alone…
Evening Routine For Anxiety Recovery
Thank you to everyone who downloaded my morning routine printable. Routine was a really big part of my recovery from Anxiety and today I want to share the next printable in this series – Evening…
Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – First Trimester
Anyone who didn’t read my last post should probably go back and take a look before reading this one! But in short, for anyone brand new, I experienced severe PND and Anxiety following the birth…
The Impact that Stress Can Have On Your Health
Stress is an evolutionary reaction to situations that threaten us. It alerts us to problems and encourages us to make an appropriate response, whether this is fight or flight. This made sense for our ancestors…
Rainbows
On 13th September I got some very surprising news. And even though it’s now more than two months later I still feel like I’m absorbing it. Many of you know through this blog about the…
Morning Routine For Anxiety Recovery
I found routine incredibly important during Anxiety recovery. I wrote here about all the benefits of routine when you’re struggling with Anxiety, Depression or OCD – 5 Reasons Why Routine Improves Your Mental Health –…
Intrusive Thoughts – Five Quick Tips
Intrusive thoughts were one of the worst symptoms I experienced when I had Postnatal Anxiety & OCD. They were so violent and abhorrent in nature they caused me huge distress and left me questioning who…
Anxiety Help – The Traffic Light Technique
Today I’m sharing the very first Anxiety management technique I was taught right in the midst of my Perinatal Mental Health breakdown. I’d never experienced Anxiety before and had no idea what was going on…
Five Steps For An Anxiety Free Back-To-School With Stick2Me (plus giveaway!)
As the beginning of Caterpillar’s second year at school looms I’m struck, as always, with a whole host of emotions. Change of any kind is always tricky for someone with a history of Anxiety and…