Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Self-Care For Parents
Self-kindness is a huge part of mental health recovery. Often we’re unkind to ourselves without even realising it! During an Anxiety relapse a couple of years ago friends kept telling me to stop giving myself…
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…
I’m now 24 weeks pregnant and as the anxiety about the pregnancy itself begins to ease I allow myself to imagine life as a mum of two. Unrealistic expectations were a big trigger for my…
2018 has been my favourite year since becoming a mum and recovering from postnatal depression, anxiety & OCD five and a half years ago. I feel the strongest and happiest I’ve ever felt since that…
A few months back I created the post and printable 10 Affirmations For Anxiety Sufferers and wrote about how positive thinking, mantras and affirmations were more than just hippy nonsense and can actually contribute hugely…
Attending your first ever session with a therapist can be a really daunting and nerve-wracking prospect but definitely worth the trouble. Therapy can play an extremely important role in your recovery from Anxiety, Depression or…
Why did I get Postnatal Depression? Why did I develop Anxiety? Why me? These questions haunted me for a really long time during the latter stages of recovery. After the initial illness begins to pass…
Dear Caterpillar There’s a reason I love taking time for reflection and it’s this; if I hadn’t paused to consider this post I’m not sure I would have realised that the last year has easily…
I often wonder what I’d be doing with my time if I’d never suffered from PND and begun this blog. Would I have found another hobby to fill my time and help me establish my…
Bonding can be very difficult if you’re a new mum suffering from Postnatal Depression and Anxiety. It’s a common myth that all mums with PND struggle with bonding; this isn’t the case and bonding issues shouldn’t be…