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Simple Self-Care For Busy Mums
We have all got those friends that proclaim to read multiple books a week, learn a new language, do yoga sessions before work, go for long rambles in the countryside and continuously talk about how self-care is essential for mental health. They are right, of course, but the chances are…
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Comparison is the Thief of Joy
“Comparison is the thief of joy’ Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the USA once said. And over 100 years later, it’s never been truer in the digital age we now live in. It’s so hard not to compare yourself to everyone else and in this era where we live our…
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You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup
You can’t pour from an empty cup. And don’t I know it. The blog has taken a back seat recently, as I have been trying to get my travel business off the ground, whilst simultaneously being a stay-at-home mum. Let’s start there. I vastly underestimated how difficult being a stay-at-home…
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Why I Broke Up With Slimming Clubs…
If you have been following my blog for a while, you will know I have mentioned my struggles with Binge-Eating disorder before. One of the by-products of that is I am significantly over-weight. Even when my binging is on an even keel, due to my size if I want to…
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
TRIGGER WARNING: In depth discussion about eating disorders, negative thinking, talk of dieting. So Eating Disorder Awareness week is coming to a close, and it almost passed me by, as I have been a little insular lately. Back in January I posted how I was going to make 2019 the…
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Hopes & Goals For 2019
Looking back on my list for 2018, I didn’t get much done that I wanted to. But 2018 was quite frankly, a whole pile of crap. It was easily the worst year I have had in a long time. I battled with a quite severe bout of depression, which in…
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Beating The Black Dog…
So for the past couple of months I dropped off the radar, which so early on in my blogging project, was disappointing! But my mental health had to come first and it took a nose dive considerably about March. When I started to feel crappy in about October, I put…
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Coping With Birth Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Seeing as it’s Maternal Mental Health Awateness Week, I thought it would be a good time to talk about birth trauma and PTSD. The birth of The Biggest was a profoundly traumatic time, all kicked off by the presence of meconium in my waters when they went at home at…
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March Round Up
So I thought I would start a monthly round up, as it also gives me a chance to talk about how some of my goals for the year are going. First up, March was a busy one! As well as The Littlest’s first birthday, two of my step-nieces also had…
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How To Advocate For Yourself When It Comes To Birth Choices: My 2nd Birth Story
So I now have a one year old, The Littlest’s birthday was last week and today we had a Naming Day Ceremony / 1st Birthday Party for all our family and friends, so I thought now would be a good time to talk about my birth story with him, and…
