2019 | Mummy Tries

For a leftie like me, the UK General Election results were nothing short of devastating. To think that people would rather have proven liars in control of our country baffles me, but it would appear that people are ‘sick of facts’. They want to feel something. Oftentimes I have a different stance on societal issues […]

Unsugar Coated Motherhood

Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas

14th December 2019

I’m usually one of those annoyingly smug people who has all their Xmas gifts wrapped by the 1st December. As an avid charity shop buyer, I usually pick up pressies all year round and stash them. But distractions have well and truly got in the way recently, hence this list. Truth be told, it’s more […]

Mental Health

Is “Kids are Resilient” the Biggest Lie Parents are Sold?

14th November 2019

My first inkling of the “kids are resilient” myth came from my own mother, when I was 23 years old. I was travelling in Asia and took a phone call about my half brother who had been sectioned. He was a classic case of a drug addict who started young. Smoked his first spliff at […]

Mental Health

How to Be Sober Without Losing Your Friends or Your Sanity

10th November 2019

When I embarked on my latest sober adventure in May, I actively decided against AA and saying one day at a time. Rather than jumping head first into online sobriety communities, I have spent less time on social media. Immersing myself instead in the things going on inside my own four walls. Many people have […]

Food: Paleo Recipes and Gut Health

Sugar and Teeth: Just One of the Devastating Consequences of a Neglectful Childhood

8th November 2019

Having joked many times in the past that I grew up on a diet of sugar and neglect, I didn’t think writing this piece would evoke such emotion. Yet here we are. They say toothache is the next worse pain to childbirth and now I’ve experienced both, I’m inclined to agree. The photo below is […]