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Archive for May 2019

Maternal Mental Health is important at ALL stages of being a mum

This week is UK Maternal Mental Health Matters week. Savvy bloggers published and promoted posts all week. Crappy bloggers like me post at the end… And there you have it. Mental health in a nutshell. Comparing yourself to others. Finding yourself lacking. Overly self critical, even vicious. If one of my children had the same […]

#StayClassyMama 29

Hello and welcome to the #StayClassyMama linky. Great to see number of linkees was up last week, thanks for joining in! Please have a read of the rules and make sure you have my badge on your post or page! Let your blogging friends know about the link up and encourage them to join us! […]

April vegan favourites

  It’s been another busy month and I have enjoyed discovering new vegan products. April has been dominated by two main events: Zach’s birthday and Easter, yay! As Zach’s mum, I wanted a treat for myself to celebrate my amazing child producing ability so we went to Bella Italia in Windsor: yum! Moving on to […]

What She Saw, by Wendy Clarke

This is such a powerful book! I will, however, give a trigger warning as it does deal with domestic abuse… What She Saw tells the story of Leona, a jewellery maker who lives in the Lake District with her partner Scott and teenaged daughter Beth. Beth is struggling with the pressure of school bullies and, […]