Grief for the living
We associate grief with the sadness which follows death, the loss and the ache of mourning and life without the ones we love. But those things can also come without death. We see people grieving for the loss of their loved ones when conditions like Alzheimers have...
7 tips for school transition when your child has SEND
Transition periods are always tricky regardless of who or what is involved but school transition comes with a whole host of extra emotions particularly when your child has additional needs and / or is unable to talk to you about their experience. I found myself in...
Loving Ethan ~ I’ve changed beyond recognition
Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Could you please share your name and where in the country you are from? I'm Geraldine from the land of the tribes , beautiful Galway city ! Would you mind sharing the moment that your life changed forever? Moments throughout all...
15 blessings in becoming an Auntie
There is a ten-year age gap between myself and sister so although I doted on her when she was first born and through the early years, we saw less of each other as I went through my twenties. Over the last five years or so we have rekindled the bond we shared in the...
Maternal Mental Health ~ Signs, Stigma & Solutions
I recently wrote about my own maternal mental health views as part of Maternal Mental Health awareness week. For this blog, I want to share just a brief summary of other mothers experiences in response to three specific questions that I asked them. 1) What were the...
Maternal mental health – the silent struggle
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance reports that more than 1 in 10 women develop a mental illness during pregnancy or during the first year after having a baby. For this reason, they refer to maternal mental health as perinatal mental health (to include the duration...
Life without Mom ~ I want to live in the now as tomorrow is never a given
Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. Could you please share your name and where in the country you are from? My name is Beth and I’m based in Shropshire near the Midlands where I live with my husband and three children. Would you mind sharing the moment that your...
To the special needs teachers of my son
I didn't want to send Harry to a special school. I wanted him in mainstream with his twin brother doing all the things that other siblings were doing together. I wanted him to have loads of friends and memories to treasure forever. I wanted him to know that anything...
7 aspects of life after divorce
Moving on with life after divorce can be a real struggle. Even where marriages have been oppressive, controlling and abusive, adjusting to a new way of living without those aspects can feel strange at times. I had only been married for 3 years when I decided to leave...
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