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 […]
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#Blogtober18 day 10: Just Be Yourself for #WorldMentalHealthDay
If there is one thing I want for my children more than anything else, it is to be happy and comfortable in their own skin and in their own heads. I want them to be accepted by others but being accepted and loved by themselves is more important. I know I set a bad example […]
The spectacle of mental health in the public eye as seen on ITV’s Loose Women
I don’t watch live TV, I don’t have time (thanks a bunch, kids). But the allure of the tweets trending on Twitter was irresistible so I watched with horror as a group of 5 grown women hurled insults at each other. The Loose Women show on 29th August 2018 had the opportunity to make a […]
UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 1-7 May 2017
I have seen many powerful messages this week across social and regular media. I debated whether I had anything that I could possibly add that would seem valuable in light of the strength shown by these mothers sharing their stories. I have heard accounts that are tragic. Inspiring. Humorous. Heartbreaking. Thought provoking. My story isn’t […]