self-care – Page 3

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019Activity, adventure, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, Holiday, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, seasonal, self-care, stress, summer, thankful, Uncategorized

What a wonderful world

As the end of a pretty hectic term draws to a close I think it’s about time I took a minute to […]

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019Activity, adventure, anxiety, attachment, birth, body, communication, community, education, Exercise, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, labour, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, stress, Uncategorized

Don’t stop movin’

Our bodies are the texts that carry the memories and therefore remembering is no less than reincarnation – Katie Cannon (p. 184) […]

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019adventure, attachment, communication, education, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, learning, mother, Parenting, play, self-care

Miss Polly had a dolly

“Ah the wonderful world of a child’s imagination” Raymond Briggs, The Bear This winter (or should I say eight months) has been, […]

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019Activity, Creativity, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, play, self-care

We are family

When did you last take a minute to stop and think about what you value as a family? Good question, she says, […]

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019Activity, Creativity, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, play, self-care

We’re going on a bear hunt

This time last year we were basking in that glorious British heatwave. This time this year I’m sitting here in a hoodie! […]

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019adoption, adoptive parent, attachment, birth, community, fostering, mental health, mother, Parenting, self-care, socializing

To infinity

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Woah, that little life tottering around in front of me totally depends on me and many […]

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019birth, community, Exercise, Food, Health, Nutrition, mental health, mother, Parenting, post natal depression, pregnancy, self-care, socializing

You’re Beautiful

Our bodies are extraordinary concepts. Our minds are even more staggering. Yet, however detached we may feel from one or the other […]

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019birth, mother, Parenting, pregnancy, self-care

It’s a kind of magic

Sickness and utter exhaustion, blissful and divine, excruciating pain, emotional rollercoaster, terrifying, life-changing, nothing prepares you, incredible love, feeling like the most […]

May 3, 2019May 1, 2019attachment, Exercise, mental health, mother, Outdoors, post natal depression, self-care

Picture Perfect

Today marks the end of maternal mental health week and the focus for today is positivity. When I was at university I […]

April 17, 2019April 15, 2019Creativity, Food, Health, Nutrition, mother, Parenting, self-care

More tea vicar?

Hands up who loves a good cup ‘a tea? Whatever the variety, sometimes there is not a lot that beats it. I […]