Category " ‘Eyes without Sparkle – a journey through postnatal illness’"

As it is Father’s Day on Sunday here in the UK, I would love to highlight just how important fathers are – and to share with you some of the amazing work around International Fathers Mental Health Day. I love and adore my Dad! He has always been such a support in my life in […]

I was invited to speak at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital as part of the 1st Neonatal Mental Health Awareness Week (15th – 21st April) #NICUMHAW. Ironically, it was me that has been made aware! I feel that it is only right to pass on what I learnt and felt, as part of the purpose […]

I am involved in a project to develop a standardised, valid and reliable assessment to measure Behavioural Tendencies and Emotional Intelligence in the workplace. These are excellent to show how we can work at our best and interact with others. If you would be interested in assisting in this study we will invite you to […]

I’d like to share and invite you to attend some of the events I will be at in the next few weeks. On Friday I was in Ashford in Kent to speak to foster carers and social workers about ‘Easing the Pain of Loss’. The aim was to enable them to support the children in […]

Just before Christmas, I shared this brief post (see below) on various social media sites: ‘On this day in 1996, I was waiting for a psychiatrist to visit me at home. As a new mum, I had walked the streets barefoot in my nightie; I’d attacked my Dad; I’d threatened to harm my beautiful baby […]