Why Rest Matters to your Mental Health
I work in perinatal mental health. I see a lot of women struggling with perinatal anxiety, depression and rage. I also work with women during… Read More »Why Rest Matters to your Mental Health
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Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.
When I got pregnant, I was “warned” that birth would be painful, that I would probably need drugs to cope, that a woman’s body is inherently… Read More »Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.
Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I know that it causes trauma, because I’m seeing a lot of the distress that it has caused in the… Read More »Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.
Pass The Bomb: who is going to contain your anxiety when you are with your newborn baby?
New parents are anxious. And according to research, they are getting more and more anxious. I often hear cases of mums unable to sleep because… Read More »Pass The Bomb: who is going to contain your anxiety when you are with your newborn baby?