Mental Health
How to Protect Mental Health During Lockdown
All areas of life spin round in circles and lockdown is no different. What was amazing last week might feel downright exhausting now. People you could count on during the first few weeks, when you were struggling, might be in need of your help two months in. Children who were previously loving being at home […]
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Food: Paleo Recipes and Gut Health
Review and Giveaway: fourfivecbd Immunity Box
During these strangest of times, protecting and strengthening our immune system is absolutely vital. Being a huge advocate of prevention over cure and all things natural health, I was thrilled when fourfivecbd got in touch to see if I’d like to review their limited edition immunity box. With four bottles of top quality supplements, effervescent […]
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Mental Health
Collective Grief and Comparative Suffering During COVID-19
With the collective grief we’re all feeling right now, I’d like to try and articulate my thoughts. I can’t promise it’ll be massively coherent but hopefully it will bring someone, somewhere a little bit of comfort during these strangest of times. Although I don’t have much experience of death – the only significant person I […]
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Mental Health
The Coronavirus Diaries
Like everyone else, across the planet, I’m trying to make sense of the coronavirus. As we’re pretty certain my husband has had the virus (symptoms started on Friday 20th March) I’ve been keeping a diary. He is literally the fittest and healthiest person I know in real life and is rarely ill. He’s never had […]
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Mental Health
Polly Tries: My Experience of the Role Models Online Resilience Course
When Role Models approached me at the beginning of February to see whether Polly would like to do their online resilience course, we were in the midst of a tricky time. After a great end to 2019 and decent start to 2020, tensions were once again running high. Puberty and autism is a heady mix […]
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