Mother's Day can bring sadness and loss as well as joy and delight. I'm not trying to be a complete downer. I just want to acknowledge what often isn't incase it…
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Many women feel relief if they make it through the first few months with no sign of ongoing post-partum depression or anxiety. Having studied, and experienced, post-partum challenges myself I was…
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I'm moved and inspired by the recent Guardian article: "My friend breastfed my baby" by Elisa Albert. ‘I had never heard of anyone I knew nursing another woman’s child and I never…
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http://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime#t-711125 In this TED talk Dr Nadine Burke Harris explores the effects of childhood adversity on health and wellbeing across a lifetime. "Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public…
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