Tag: mental health

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, Creativity, education, emotions, Exercise, family, family time, feelings, Hope, individuality, indoor, learning, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, play, positivity, self-care, Uncategorized

What I go to school for

To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better.  Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to […]

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 […]

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020anxiety, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, education, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Holiday, individuality, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, socializing, talking, tiredness, try, work

Whatever next?

I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others.  It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on […]

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020adventure, busyness, change, communication, community, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Goal, individuality, January, learning, love, mental health, mother, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, Resolution, seasonal, stress, talking, thankful, try, winter

New Year; New You?

Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me?  Or who gets to January and thinks […]

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019attachment, attention, attention-seeking, change, communication, family, family time, guilt, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, stress, try, work, work/life balance

Mum Guilt

Earlier this year I heard someone answer the question “what would you do differently in life” as follows: “ I’d fill it […]

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019Activity, adventure, autumn, family, family time, mental health, Outdoors, play, positivity, seasonal, summer

Autumn Days

I am so incredibly grateful that a season as worthy as autumn follows the summer.  Saying goodbye to the warmth and sunshine, […]

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019Activity, body, community, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, running, self-care, socializing, stress, talking

Run Mummy Run!

“Not enough time”, “no inclination/motivation”, “too tired”, “no childcare”, “not sure what to do”.  These may sound familiar.  Fitting exercise in as […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019anxiety, body, change, community, family, mental health, mother, nap, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, sleep, sleep deprivation, socializing, stress, tiredness, try

Sweet Dreams

“I love sleep.  My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway Anyone else feel like […]

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 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 […]