Category " Newspaper"

Today an article in the Daily Mail stressed that half of new mothers are in crisis and suffering from postnatal depression. The article reads: – A generation of new mothers is in crisis, the Tories have warned. More than half are said to show signs of post-natal depression as they are increasingly left to fend […]

Today I was invited to speak on BBC Radio Manchester on Heather Stott’s morning programme to comment upon the latest research on postnatal depression. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/local_radio/ Two studies had been published in the British Medical Journal. http://www.bmj.com/ The studies have found that counselling and peer-group support for new mothers might help prevent depression. The first study […]

I just had a chat to my friend Sue, who featured heavily in my book and remains one of my best friends. She told me that I had been in one of the local papers recently, after my trip to Australia. The article is here … http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/3719866.Mum_spreads_to_word_to_fight_post_natal_depression/ Older ones are http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/archive/2005/03/02/Cheshire+Archive/5207137.How_I_put_the_sparkl_e_back_into_motherhood/ http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/archive/2005/04/11/Cheshire+Archive/5204693.Breaking_silence_on_illness/ http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/1783834.Winning_the_battle_against_post_natal_depression/  

(Photo by Janet Jones http://www.janetjonesphotography.co.uk/) In the last couple of years I have learnt a great deal and met many interesting people through my membership with the Professional Speakers Association. http://www.professionalspeakersassociation.co.uk/ In recent months another of the members, Clive Gott, who is an inspirational humorist, heard me speak and decided that he also wants to […]

Thanks to my visits to Europe earlier this year with www.forwardladies.com I now am being heard in Europe. As this ladies group is based in Yorkshire we decided to let the media know! So thanks to Diana White at Forward Ladies I got a full page in the Yorkshire Post on Wednesday. See the article […]