This past week has been a struggle. I’m not going to lie. My anxiety is up and down but I can usually manage it quite well. I am missing my wider family, I am missing my friends, I am missing taking the kids to the park and on our little adventures. I’m even missing theContinue reading “When Lockdown Ends…”
Tag Archives: maternal mental health
Parenting. Expectations Vs Reality
Before getting pregnant and having kids I had an idea in my head of how it would all be. I guess we all do. It’s kind of funny when I look back how naive I actually was. Was I in for a wake up call! Early pregnancy I had imagined I would be all happyContinue reading “Parenting. Expectations Vs Reality”
New Year Same Me
That’s right. I’ve spent years trying to be a ‘new me’ but at the wise old age of 41 I have come to realise that I quite like me. The real me. As opposed to the me who was trying to be some kind of better version of myself. Now don’t get me wrong IContinue reading “New Year Same Me”
The Decade that Changed my Life 2010-2020
Being the end of a decade it has made me reflect on the changes in my life over the past ten years. My life now is pretty much unrecognisable from that of ten years ago. Come join me for a trip down memory lane won’t you? 2010 Party girl This year was absolutely rammed fullContinue reading “The Decade that Changed my Life 2010-2020”
Self Care is not Selfish
It is quite timely that you guys voted for the Weekly Bloggers topic to be self care for 2 reasons. The first is that October 11th was Mental Health Awareness Day and self care is a big part of looking after our mental health. The second reason is that lately I have fallen back intoContinue reading “Self Care is not Selfish”
My post partum body
Hello there. Hope you’re all having a great week. I was a bit torn whether I was going to write this up or not but I am here and I am writing with you my invisible therapists ready to read and listen. So…I’ll just jump right in and say I’m going to talk about myContinue reading “My post partum body”
The secret life of me
I have been asked a few times about the name of my blog and Instagram account so I thought I would share with you all in a blog post how the secret life of me was born. If you have been around a while you will know a bit of my story but I willContinue reading “The secret life of me”
Too posh to push?
As April is C section awareness month, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my experiences of C section. This can be a very emotive subject as opinions can greatly differ. This is my experience and my opinion of it. I get very descriptive in this blog so this is your warningContinue reading “Too posh to push?”
Positive Wellbeing Zine for mums
Let me tell you this straight up. Self care is not selfish. Now repeat after me. Self care is not selfish How about you? Do you take time for yourself? What do you like to do? Now if you have been following my blog or my Instagram account you will know about my struggle withContinue reading “Positive Wellbeing Zine for mums”
Co-sleeping
I never set out with the intention of co-sleeping. I naively thought that I would just pop the baby into the Moses basket and off he would go to sleep, right? The last time I had a decent night sleep was sometime in 2012. My first son was born by C section in September 2012.Continue reading “Co-sleeping”
