Guest Blog: When Fear Meets Love: Navigating Postpartum Anxiety And Other Emotions After Baby Loss

When Fear Meets Love: Navigating the Complex Emotions of Postpartum After Loss The other night, as I sat in my therapy room with a mum holding her rainbow baby, she shared something that stayed with me. "It's 3 AM", she said, "and I'm standing over that crib again. My hand is hovering over my baby's […]

Why your anxiety might go up a notch (or three) around the festive period

Christmas is supposed to be the ‘most wonderful time of the year’, right? For lots of us, wrong! While we might really look forward to Christmas, for lots of mums it can feel really overwhelming and we might notice a real uptick in our anxiety. So what’s going on? Here are a few of the […]

Could being a Highly Sensitive Parent explain your feelings of overwhelm as a mum?

Do you often feel overwhelmed by the sensory overload of being a parent (the noise, the mess, the constantly being touched…)? Do you find it difficult to make decisions around parenting? Maybe the different options go round and round in your head making you anxious because you want to carefully weigh up the pros and […]

Grieving not being able to breastfeed your baby

Is the word 'grief' appropriate when talking about the feelings surrounding not being able to breastfeed your baby? For some women, grief is absolutely what they are experiencing. However, you might not feel like you are allowed to grieve this loss because the people around you are confused by the depth of your feelings around […]
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