empathy – Page 2

November 9, 20202020, anxiety, bravery, calm, change, choice, communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, fear, feelings, future, Hope, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, trust, unknown

Bridge over troubled water

Can anyone else believe we are in November already and can count on one hand the number of people who have been […]

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020anxiety, attachment, bravery, community, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, light, loss, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Candle in the wind

I’m a bit unsure as to how to introduce today’s blog. I think all I can do is allow the words below […]

October 12, 2020attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, busyness, calm, choice, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, future, guilt, Hope, love, mental health, messy, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, tranquility

The sweetest gift

Why is mum guilt such a real and often daily thing? Why is it that when they’re tucked up in bed you […]

September 28, 2020bonding, choice, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, learning, love, love languages, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Endless love

Love. What a tiny looking word with such a weighted and complicated meaning. Prior to having kids or even getting married, I […]

September 9, 2020attachment, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, change, community, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, Uncategorized

Mama

One of the lovely things about being a mum is there is this unspoken understanding and acceptance that we are all in […]

August 6, 2020anxiety, attachment, breastfeeding, calm, change, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, learning, love, mental health, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, premature, relationship

To boob or not to boob

Too much, too little, on-demand, engorged, painful, sore nipples, forever hungry, mastitis, blocked ducts, embarrassing leakage, breast pads, exhausting, emotional, frantic feeds, […]

April 21, 2020attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, grateful, mental health, mother, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, self-care

I will survive

A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those […]

March 18, 2020communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, Hope, love, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, thankful

Hope

I don’t want to say much today. I feel too much is being said. So just a very little pause for thought: […]

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020adoption, adoptive parent, attachment, basic need, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, individuality, love, love languages, mental health, mother, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, Uncategorized

The Power of Love

I know I’m a bit late in the month to be thinking about love, but I was struck by a somewhat saddening […]

February 5, 2020February 16, 2020attention, attention-seeking, attunement, busyness, change, consumer, Creativity, emotions, empathy, expression, family, family time, feelings, grateful, individuality, negativity, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, thankful, tiredness, try

Be thankful

I feel confronted by a challenge at the moment, and one I have to admit, I don’t yet have the answer to. […]