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Raising a Child Against Society’s Expectations

This week on My Mountain we’ve got Elizabeth MacDonald, writer at My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear.  You can also follow her blog here.  Today, she is writing about her more unexpected parenting methods… There are hundreds of…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships 0 comments May 5, 2017May 9, 2017 by Laura

Overcoming Fear Of Pregnancy In Older Women

This week on My Mountain we’ve got Kristi Cathey from Intelligent Mother discussing a phobia that is more common than we realise… The people of ancient times have never been wrong when they said that…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships 1 Comment February 17, 2017February 14, 2017 by Laura

How do you explain depression to your children?

We’ve got such an important topic for this week’s My Mountain from Jane Jones*.  Explaining mental health to our children is absolutely vital but it can also be really daunting… I’ll start with a little…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships, Uncategorized 1 Comment February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 by Laura

How I Learned to Trust Myself as a Parent

I’ve decided to open up the My Mountain series again, on more of an adhoc basis, as I’ve had a couple of new guest bloggers contact me who fit the series so beautifully and who’s…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 2 Comments January 27, 2017January 21, 2017 by Laura

Guest Blogging Opportunity – Parenting Challenges

Following the fantastic contributors last year I’m now re-opening the My Mountain series – a guest blogging feature where I invite other parents to share the biggest challenges they’ve faced since deciding to start a…

Posted in Blogging, Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 117 Comments January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 by Laura

It Goes No Further – Guest Post by Eliza Hope

At the beginning of this year I began a guest blogger series where I asked other parents to come forward to share their biggest challenges since having children.  I was completely overwhelmed by the variety,…

Posted in Anxiety, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Recovery, Relationships 1 Comment November 4, 2016 by Laura

Feeling Frustrated As A Parent – Guest Post by Jen Taylor at Mom Tricks

Welcome to the last post in the My Mountain series (for the time being at least).  When I had the idea for this series back in January I had no idea I would get such…

Posted in Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 8 Comments July 23, 2016July 29, 2016 by Laura

Being A Mum With Emetophobia – Guest Post by Emetomum

Thank you so much for your lovely response to last week’s post – adoption is a fascinating topic and I loved learning more about it.  Another great topic this week from Emma (aka “Emetomum”) about…

Posted in Anxiety, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 20 Comments July 15, 2016July 21, 2016 by Laura

Love – Guest Post By Adoption: The Bear Facts

This week I’m sharing a beautifully honest post surrounding adoption (originally found here). I’m so grateful to Nicole for allowing me to republish it as part of this series.   Some people fall in love…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 17 Comments July 9, 2016July 12, 2016 by Laura

Dealing With Parenting Challenges – Guest Post by Karen Becker

This week’s My Mountain post is a little different as we’ve got some expert advice from lifecoach Karen Becker, who specialises in working with divorced and blended families.  Today she is kindly sharing her parenting…

Posted in Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Relationships 12 Comments July 1, 2016July 8, 2016 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to two hilarious & challenging kids aged 10 & 4. Here you can find 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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