Self care is essential for good mental health. For many, it is also something that can have a major effect on their mental health, before and for a long time after the birth. The month of May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. It is estimated that one in five mums will experience ...
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Why it is important to celebrate your small wins
So many of us can go through the day completely disqualifying any positives that may have happened. We don’t always recognise what we have accomplished and if we do, we might say something like “that was just luck” or “it’s no big deal”. We don’t give ourselves permission to celebrate our wins, ...
Minding Mummy Workshop
For mums of all ages and stages. Minding Mummy is a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) based workshop, made up of four modules, focusing on anxiety, depression, identity/confidence and self-care. Minding Mummy was created as a safe space for mothers to learn new tools and techniques, and to ...
Boost your confidence by showing yourself some self-compassion
Give your confidence a little boost through some self-compassion and kindness. Sometimes we believe the negative self-talk as it triggers of certain negative beliefs we have about ourselves. These limiting negative beliefs are often formed in childhood, from the labels that were unfairly attached ...
Living with Depression through Covid-19
Depression is much more than feeling sad. It is a very real mental health condition and affects the mind and body. Depression affects how people sleep, eat, and see the world. Depression can make you want to isolate yourself from the world and hide away. Yet this often reinforces feelings of ...
Don’t be so hard on yourself: How to help boost your self-worth
When it comes to your self-worth, only one opinion really matters — your own. Yet we should be very gentle with ourselves as we tend to be our own worst critics. Sometimes searching for evidence to validate our self-limiting beliefs, which are often negative, setting ourselves up for a lifetime ...
Re-entry anxiety – Adjusting to life again after lockdown
The lockdown cloud is slowly starting to lift and whilst some of us are eager to feel a sense of normality again in our lives, the prospect of a ‘new normal’ can bring some new anxieties. Re-entry anxiety, is a specific type of stress related to the fear of being unable to or not wanting to ...
Three ways to boost your confidence
Self-confidence is about trusting your abilities, qualities and judgment. When you believe in yourself, you’ll be more willing to try new things. Whether you apply for a promotion or sign up to a gym class. Believing in yourself helps to give you the confidence to put yourself out ...
Mental Strength
Living daily with a mental health illness requires so much strength.Strength to face the world and your thoughts, to mask your feelings behind a smile and to try and make it through the day without having a panic attack. Living with an invisible illness is exhausting and frightening. Yet often ...
Three reasons to surround yourself with positive people
The people who you spend the most time with can influence or change your mood and how you view yourself and your abilities. When you are surrounded by positive people who genuinely want the best for you, you’re more likely to adopt empowering beliefs and confidence. Just as you benefit when you ...
