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Sometimes a ‘blast from the past’ can fill you with joy! I had one this week that inspired me so much I wanted to share it. In my early career as a teacher, I taught children at a school for children with severe learning difficulties. I was in my early twenties, loved my career and […]

I want to share a personal development in my life with the desire that it may encourage you to keep on keeping on with whatever you feel is your passion or purpose in life. We all need something to motivate us when we the feel need to give it up because we feel ‘the odds’ […]

Today, much of the media is covering the admission by singer Adele that she had postnatal depression with her son and is too scared to have another baby because of the fear of being unwell again. It is so sad that many parents feel this. Yes, fathers can have antenatal or postnatal (perinatal) mental illnesses […]

Having a minor op has been a reminder to me to be grateful for many things in life! Having just had my stitches out and feeling much more ‘normal’ again, I wanted to share my thoughts and why I have been quieter than usual. Just over 2 weeks ago I had surgery on my left […]

For a long time I have wanted to have a conference on perinatal mental health in Scotland. Thanks to the support from the efficient and lively Salford OneCPD team, this was made possible last week as the third of our joint events, based on my second book, went ahead in Edinburgh. The first was one year […]