Category " Mental Health"

I was delighted to be invited by Sue Macdonald to be on a webinar and podcast for  The Maternity and Midwifery Hour  recently.  The last time I was on this series I had Long COVID. It felt so good to feel physically and mentally well this time! The other guest was Rosie Dolman, now a matron […]

On 1st March it was Self Injury Awareness Day. I wanted to share some posts written by a young lady, Kerri Jones, whom I connected with after she heard me speak to her fellow nursing students at Edge Hill University. One of the parts of my story of postnatal illness includes my urge to inflict […]

It is widely accepted that the death of a loved one is a major cause of pain, hardship and stress for those left behind – yet why are we still not speaking loud enough to prevent the avoidable deaths by suicide? The latest MBRRACE report released a few days ago highlighted that In 2020, women […]

Many years ago, I heard the Olympic athlete Sally Gunnell   speak about the two opposing internal voices we all have that influence what we do. There is the positive one that encourages and motivates us, telling us that we will succeed; that we are valued; that we have purpose. Then there is the other […]

My passion for perinatal mental health has returned (my previous blog explains why it had subsided) and I’d like to share some updates from the last couple of weeks. I joined a Forum for the Institute of Health Visiting  (iHV) last week in my role as a Champion for the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. It […]