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Anxiety Recap For Surviving Lockdown

This is my first new post in a long time.  Those of you who follow The Butterfly Mother Facebook page will be up to speed but I’ve desperately neglected the actual blog for a while…

Posted in Anxiety 0 comments April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 by Laura

Nine Ways To Practice Self-Kindness (plus free journal!)

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…

Posted in Self-care, Self-kindness 7 Comments October 18, 2019 by Laura

Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Third Trimester

The overwhelm is real, people.  With less than a fortnight to go Anxiety has definitely come nipping at my heels in recent days.  I expected this, of course, but it still takes lots of hard…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 1 Comment May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by Laura

PND & Anxiety: ‘Fourth Trimester’ Survival Kit

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…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Recovery, Self-care 1 Comment April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by Laura

Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Second Trimester

I’m a little behind on this post as, at almost 31 weeks, I’m well into the third trimester now. But there’s so much I want to catalogue from this pregnancy and I want to help…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 1 Comment March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by Laura

Pregnant After PND – Balancing Expectations

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…

Posted in Anxiety, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Recovery 0 comments January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by Laura

Mindfulness: Five Daily Techniques For Anxiety Recovery

Practising mindfulness and learning how to be present was a huge tool for me during Anxiety recovery.  Anxiety thrives on future worries; if you take the future out of the equation and live in the…

Posted in Anxiety 3 Comments January 15, 2019 by Laura

2018 Highlights

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…

Posted in Advocacy, Anxiety, Motherhood, Peer Support, Recovery 0 comments December 27, 2018December 10, 2018 by Laura

Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – First Trimester

Anyone who didn’t read my last post should probably go back and take a look before reading this one! But in short, for anyone brand new, I experienced severe PND and Anxiety following the birth…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Pregnancy 0 comments November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 by Laura

Intrusive Thoughts – Five Quick Tips

Intrusive thoughts were one of the worst symptoms I experienced when I had Postnatal Anxiety & OCD.  They were so violent and abhorrent in nature they caused me huge distress and left me questioning who…

Posted in Anxiety, Recovery, Tips 1 Comment September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to a hilarious but challenging 5-year-old, with a second baby due in May 2019 (eeek!). I share 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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