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Elective C-Section Birth Plan

Those of you who’ve been following my Pregnant After PND journey will be aware that I have an elective section booked this time around.  My son was born six years ago via emergency section and…

Posted in Anxiety, Birth & Miscarriage, Depression, Motherhood, Recovery, Self-care, Tips 3 Comments May 8, 2019May 7, 2019 by Laura

Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Third Trimester

The overwhelm is real, people.  With less than a fortnight to go Anxiety has definitely come nipping at my heels in recent days.  I expected this, of course, but it still takes lots of hard…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 1 Comment May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by Laura

PND & Anxiety: ‘Fourth Trimester’ Survival Kit

Thanks to everyone who watched today’s Facebook Live (if you missed it, click here). I want to do everything I can to avoid experiencing PND & Anxiety following my current pregnancy and one of the…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Recovery, Self-care 1 Comment April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by Laura

PND & Anxiety Relapse – Six Ways To Prepare An Older Child

My son asked me a really tough question last week; “When the baby comes will you be sad, I mean, ill again?” First, the little self-correction between sad and ill made me feel so proud…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Recovery, Tips 0 comments March 27, 2019March 25, 2019 by Laura

Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Second Trimester

I’m a little behind on this post as, at almost 31 weeks, I’m well into the third trimester now. But there’s so much I want to catalogue from this pregnancy and I want to help…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 1 Comment March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by Laura

7 Relaxing & Mindful Activities To Do With Kids

One of the greatest lessons I learnt during recovery and early parenthood is that it’s okay not to love every moment you spend with your children. Firstly, we’re all unique and therefore our parenting strengths…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Learning & Play, Motherhood, Recovery, Reviews, Tips 7 Comments February 20, 2019February 18, 2019 by Laura

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…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 0 comments November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 by Laura

Therachat Review – A Therapist In Your Pocket

Last week I wrote about coping between therapy sessions and mentioned a fab new app I’ve been using called Therachat.  Today, I wanted to tell you a little more about Therachat and it’s features, and…

Posted in Anxiety, Brand/Sponsored, Depression, Recovery 1 Comment July 20, 2018 by Laura

How To Survive Between Therapy Sessions With Therachat

A few weeks back I shared tips for anyone currently going through CBT therapy and today I’m back to talk about how you can keep calm and positive between sessions.  When you’re really poorly just…

Posted in Anxiety, Brand/Sponsored, Depression, Recovery 1 Comment July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 by Laura

Rainbow Baby – The Struggle No One Told Me About

Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges and how they face them.  Today we have Toni joining us from Becoming Schultz, bravely sharing her story… Anyone who has had…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Recovery 0 comments May 18, 2018July 4, 2018 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to a hilarious but challenging 5-year-old, with a second baby due in May 2019 (eeek!). I share lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

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