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As a non-medically trained author, to have my book ‘Another Twinkle in the Eye – Contemplating another pregnancy after perinatal mental illness’,  highly commended for outstanding contribution to medical literature by the British Medical Association, is such an honour. Last night I went to the Awards ceremony held at BMA house in London to discover […]

Postnatal depression and other perinatal mental illnesses are the cruellest of thieves as they steal some of the magic that early parenthood can bring. Watching a new play tonight by Helen Jeffery, ‘The Brink’, reminded me of how vitally important it is that we do make people aware that regardless of the best plans and […]

20 years and one day on from giving birth to my darling boy, I am thrilled and honoured to have been nominated for ‘Cheshire Woman of the Year 2016’.  In turn I would like to acknowledge the many people who have made this accolade possible. Back on April 27th 1996 I was simply relieved that […]

I am pleased to say that I have made a pod-cast with my good friends Sue Peckham and James Holmes as part of their Easyloss programme. Sue contributed to my latest book ‘Another twinkle in the Eye – a journey through postnatal illness’ (CRC Press, 2015) with some information about hypnosis. She and James have […]

I am always delighted to give my support to liked-minded people who want to make motherhood as amazing as possible. Through business networking, a number of years ago, I was introduced to Angelita Woosnam, who has an incredible gift as a holistic therapist. I highly recommend her massages. Late last year I noticed on Twitter, […]