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Coming Clean

The strange thing about the internet, and particularly blogging, is that it’s often easier to disclose your deepest, darkest feelings to a world wide web full of strangers than to the people you’ve known all…

Posted in About me, Anxiety, Depression, Peer Support 41 Comments February 18, 2016May 6, 2018 by Laura

Book Review: A Monster Ate My Mum by Jen Faulkner

I’m reviewing another picture book for this week’s Butterfly Book Club but this one is a little different – and incredibly special.  On the surface, A Monster Ate My Mum seems like a fairly ordinary story about a…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 35 Comments February 14, 2016 by

Parenting with Anxiety – Guest Post by Josephine Ruggieri

I couldn’t be happier with the response to this series so far, thanks so much for everyone who read and commented on Min’s post last week. We have lots of really wonderful writers lined up…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support 48 Comments February 5, 2016 by

Meeting the #pndfamily

Regular readers will know that perinatal mental health features regularly in this blog, following my own experience of PND and anxiety in 2013 (and brief anxiety relapse last year). You have also probably heard me…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Peer Support, Recovery 9 Comments January 26, 2016 by

How Do You Self-Care?

I’ve touched on self-care several times previously but today I thought I’d share the (sometimes) random activities I partake in as a means of looking after my emotional wellbeing. Self-care is important for everyone but…

Posted in Anxiety, Motherhood 28 Comments January 20, 2016October 29, 2017 by Laura

10 Things I’ve Gained from Postnatal Depression

PND is such a frightening and terrible experience, one than I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy and one that I desperately don’t want to repeat. To indicate that there are positives to such an…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Recovery 28 Comments January 8, 2016April 19, 2018 by Laura

Who Am I Now? Identity After Motherhood

This post was originally written as a guest post for Mum Plus Business, a website dedicated to helping mums set up their own business or move into flexible working.   You expect a great deal to change when…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Recovery 32 Comments December 21, 2015 by

100 Weeks of #pndhour

A short but very sweet post from me today. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about Rosey of PNDandme and her amazing work, especially in regards to #pndhour. I wish so deeply…

Posted in Blogging, Peer Support, Recovery 16 Comments December 15, 2015 by

Five Tips For Managing Anxiety & Depression During The Holiday Period

One of the worst things about Postnatal Depression is that it’s a period of depression during a time when society expects you to be at your happiest. Similarly, dealing with any depression or mental health…

Posted in Anxiety 41 Comments December 8, 2015August 30, 2018 by Laura

Book Review: Mothering Through The Darkness

*Trigger warning: this review contains reference to suicidal thoughts.* What strikes me most when reading the heart-wrenching anthology Mothering Through the Darkness is how indiscriminate Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders really are. They can, and…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 28 Comments December 4, 2015 by

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