7 Tips For Coping With Stress As A Parent
Facing stress is part and parcel of life as a modern parent, no matter what your family situation and no matter how old your children are. Although ordinary, stress is very much something we need to…
Tag: mindfulness
How To Beat Anxiety With Belief, Confidence & Visualisation
I wrote a blog post back in January called Blind Faith where I touched on the power of how learning to think a certain way can have a truly immediate impact on Anxiety and your mood.…
Colouring Books With A Twist (Plus Giveaway!)
Welcome back to the Butterfly Book Club and apologies for the long break. I’m hoping to get all my regular features back up and running now and I’m starting with a lovely one – a treat…
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…
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…
From Parliament To Pub
Despite only living an hour out of London, and commuting there for 15 years, I still get a little touristy. So when the fantastic Dr Raja Gangopadhyay invited me to attend his event at the House…
A Beginner’s Guide To Card Making (Plus £20 Giveaway From The Works)
I’m not arty. Let’s just get that out there. Creative, yes, in terms of writing. But artistic ability? Put it this way, my three year old can draw better stick figures than me. But an…
Can Creativity Encourage Good Mental Health?
It’s widely believed that there is often a connection between creative occupations and mental health difficulties, both historically in terms of some of our most famous artists and writers, and more recently when we look at…
Am I Sick Or Sad? Managing Emotions After PND
I’ve been sad a lot lately. Life has thrown us a few curve balls this year and 2016 hasn’t been quite what I hoped for or expected. It’s hard when life doesn’t go your way…