Sleepless Struggles of Mom and Son
We all know what a struggle it can be to get enough quality sleep when you’re a parent, and some of us even have experience of insomnia too. I’m really pleased to have guest blogger…
Tag: depression
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…
Five Reasons Exercise Is Great For Anxiety
I should admit right from the off that I’m both overweight and pretty unfit so this is most certainly not one of those motivational, expert, gym-bunny posts. However I did want to share my recent…
There’s Always Something New To Learn About Anxiety
Every time I’ve struggled with anxiety I’ve ended up realising that it’s actually a learning experience. This doesn’t mean I enjoy it, believe me – I wouldn’t wish these experiences on anyone. However, I can’t…
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…
What Is Perinatal OCD & Why Don’t Our Doctors Understand It?
Last week the inspiring Dr Carrie Ladd (RCGP fellow and developer of the Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit – read more here) invited Sarah and I to speak to a large group of local GPs about…
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…
Five Tips For Talking About Mental Health
Telling someone you have a mental health issue can be very frightening. I’m not talking about blogging or advocating and walking on Westminster – I’m talking about reaching out to a friend or a family…
Anxiety Cheat Sheet
Last week on #pndhour we discussed the ups and downs of recovery from Perinatal Mental Illness. One of the most frustrating things about getting better is that just when you think you’re making lots of…
Blind Faith
Blind faith. I’ve had those two words written in my blogging notebook for the best part of year. Following tonight’s hopeful and inspiring #pndhour discussing the ups and downs of recovery from perinatal mental illness…