Why Can’t I Sleep as a New Mum?
Becoming a new mum is an incredible journey filled with moments of immense joy and love. Yet, amidst this new chapter, a common question arises: Why, despite…
Balancing Motherhood and Self: Maintaining Your Identity
The journey of motherhood is one of profound change and adaptation, often leading many women to grapple with their sense of self and identity. At the heart…
Preparing for Parenthood: A Guide to Perinatal Mental Health
The journey to parenthood is an extraordinary time filled with a range of emotions, from excitement and joy to apprehension and anxiety. Perinatal mental health, which encompasses…
Understanding ARFID: When Picky Eating Becomes a Serious Eating Disorder
As a parent, you might be used to hearing your child say, “I don’t like that” or “I’m not hungry.” It’s common for children to be picky…
Understanding Childhood Anxiety: Signs, Causes, and Strategies for Support
Anxiety is a normal emotion that we all experience at some point in our lives. However, when anxiety becomes excessive and interferes with daily life, it can…
Postnatal Depression and Anxiety in Dads
When a new baby comes into the world, a lot of things can happen, and a lot of things can change. Typically, much of the attention goes…
What is the mental load – and how to ease the strain
If you look at raising children and running a household as an ongoing (and particularly important) project – who in your household is the project manager? The…
Understanding and healing the ‘mother wound’
Our relationships with our parents – and often particularly our mothers – shape our personalities and our lives. When it comes to our mums, and all that…
Sex after baby: Tips for postpartum intimacy
When to start having sex again after delivery is a hot topic (!), but the arrival of a baby can act like a relationship earthquake – your…
Relationship stress after having children: Is keeping romance alive after baby arrives possible?
It may be an understatement to say that being a new parent is both incredible and incredibly hard. And – despite the incredible side of the equation;…
Early Years Parenting in a Pandemic: Tips to Maintaining Equilibrium and a Positive Perspective
Being a parent to young children can be hard at the best of times. They keep changing! The goalposts keep moving, and trying to stay ahead of…
Self-Identity – Where did I go?
Being a brand-new (or second-time or third-time…) parent is hard. All of a sudden we need to get to know a tiny new person and try to…