maternal mental health | The Nourish App

Helping mums navigate the emotions and struggles of motherhood and find more connection, compassion & calm.

I feel like a failure. I keep getting it wrong. Changing our ‘Failure Story’ in motherhood.

“You’re always getting it wrong” “What’s wrong with you?” “Why are you so rubbish at this?” “You’re hopeless” “Failed again!” “Why can’t...

Postnatal recovery: how to fix your fatigue

I am a mother to a 20 month old son, currently pregnant with my second baby and a former sufferer of extreme fatigue. I know what it is...

Loneliness in motherhood: ways to embrace vulnerability & find meaningful connection

There is so much shame associated with loneliness isn't there? It really plays to that voice of "I'm not good enough". And yet we ALL...

Life After Birth: a real account of the transition to motherhood after birth trauma

January 1st 2022. I’m about to swim at a cold water charity event to raise money for maternal mental health. Water temperature 14...

Why Maternal Mental Health Matters

This week (2-8th May) is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week – a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental illness while...

It’s OK not to find parenthood blissful (dealing with shame)

Motherhood comes with a lot of expectations. The image that so many women have is of a content and happy mum cradling a sleeping baby....

Mum Rage & the Mental Load – What Helps?

Feeling stressed? Exhausted and irritable? Raging silently? If the answer to any of these is Yes, then you may also be wondering how...

Finding motherhood hard isn’t your fault and how to empower yourself

Working with women who are mothers I feel privileged to have a front row seat into their inner world. The added pressures that mothers...

Sleep deprivation, desperation and self-care

When my two daughters were four and six, my husband and I had a glimpse of something. We had a stretch of unbroken sleep for almost two...

Bex’s maternity-leave diary and her response, one year later...

Hi, I’m Bex. I know guest blogs don’t typically start with a self-introduction, but I’d feel as though I threw you right in if I didn’t...

Our Founder's Story

The Nourish app was created by Sara Campin after her own struggles with mental health and wellbeing during motherhood. For a long time...