I mentioned a few weeks ago my intention to discuss the issue of birth trauma. This one’s a very sensitive topic for me, so I won’t go into too many details as it can be quite physically and emotionally triggering. I’ll also add a trigger warning to some of you reading this, as you may…
Category: 2022
Reflections
I’m going to start this post a little differently. I will post Finding Our Voice (Part 2) soon about this issue of birth trauma but it’s been a big couple of weeks that require reflection. Usually I like to reflect on things much more in the past, where I can provide personal anecdotes that connect…
Finding Our Voice (Part 1)
I’ll have to divide this post into two parts otherwise it will be incredibly long, but both fall under this concept of having lost our voice at some point along this journey, or at least, struggling to be heard and understood by our peers, friends and family. A while back, when I started this blog,…
R U OK (Day)?
The post I wrote last week-“Anxiety” was quite unexpectedly timely. Today is national R U OK? Day; a day dedicated to mental health awareness, suicide prevention and the chance to reach out to loved ones and ask “are you ok?” But when asking, it’s not the flippant “how are you?” you might give when chatting…
Anxiety
Well, howdy there people! Its been a long, looong time since I’ve posted on here. It’s not that I didn’t sometimes feel the need or the want to post at times, but mostly that life got busy and carried me away. To catch you up to speed on things that have been happening in my…