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Why Being Highly Sensitive Could Actually Be Your Superpower
Do you often feel too sensitive for the world around you? Overwhelmed in crowded spaces or loud environments or easily affected by other...
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Dr Erica Bowen
4 min
How to ease anxiety through the power of touch
I’ve battled with anxiety since I was a child. It wasn’t until I had my son, nearly 14 years ago however that I was ‘treated’, through...
sarajanecampin
6 min
Dads Matter: Support for Dad
I created the Nourish app after struggling with my mental health & wellbeing in parenthood, both as a new mum and in juggling the...
Sara Campin
4 min
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...
Laura Dickerson
5 min
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...
Dr Andrew Mayers
8 min
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...
Kathryn Di Virgilio
3 min
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....
Nourish
6 min
15 Ways to find pockets of positivity, even in tricky times
From the safety of the UK, it is hard to even imagine the fear, pain and tragedy that so many Ukrainians are experiencing right now. Our...
Chloe Bedford
4 min
Children’s Mental Health: Signs your child is struggling & what to do about it
This week is Children’s Mental Health week, and with 1 in 6 children aged 5 -16 showing symptoms of a probable mental health problem,...
Elliott Rae
5 min
Dads mental health & the pressures on the modern Dad - An interview with Elliott Rae
Recent research shows that 1 in 10 new dads will experience some symptoms of postnatal depression and 39% of expectant dads are concerned...
Dr Caroline Boyd
5 min
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...
Your 2-minute Mind Break
Sometimes it can be hard to think straight because the mind is racing so fast, we have so much going on. Try this short, grounding...
Nicky Lowe
6 min
The epidemic of stress for working mothers and the three things you can do about it
It shouldn’t surprise me but it does. I still find it hard to read the latest statistics about stress for working mothers, despite having...
What is emotional health and how do we boost it?
While it’s nice to feel happy, pressure to be happy is far from healthy and can genuinely add to our burden. Rather than a perpetual good...
Charlotte Lewis
3 min
The cornerstone of mental health for mothers is self-care: 5 ways to make yourself a priority
Being a mother is the best reason you’ll ever have to take care of yourself. It’s important to nourish yourself in order to pour that...
Emily Mills
3 min
Finding my feet as September sweeps in big changes for me and my family
I feel lost. What am I supposed to do now? Primary school beckons my baby and I feel my role shifting and changing. There’s an empty...
Tips for a calmer start to the school day
Getting the kids out the door on school days is a challenge for every parent, but there are things we can do to promote collective...
Practical ways to boost resilience
We’re all on board when it comes to resilience – we get how important it is and we are motivated to develop our capacity to bounce back,...
3 Ways to Cope in the Moment
Life and parenting is full of tricky times and difficult moments. Whilst we can't always stop the storms from blowing, we can equip...
Yvonne Bignall
4 min
Why self-care is hard and how to make it easier
We all have the same 24-hours per day to work with, but we don’t all have the same responsibilities. So how do we fulfil each of the...
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