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From the first sip of Malibu and coke in my teens through a good portion of my twenties I loved drinking. So much fun and the occasion bit of misbehaviour! But responsibility grew so did the glaring reality of the fact that even the odd drinks had a hugely detrimental impact on my mental health. So, I decided to go sober and it's amazing.…
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Relationships with our parents can be complex at the best of times. But for some, like Robyn, it goes beyond being challenging. After a lifetime of struggling to connect or even feel loved by her Mum she now lives Estranged from. This list talks of making Peace with that.…
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This chilling list looks at how a Mothers job at a Child Protection Officers shapes the way she parents her own child. Its laced with a desire to make the world safe, but also the weight of responsibility that comes from having seen and heard unthinkable horrors.…
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EMOTIONAL, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, SOCIAL MEDIABUYING SPERM (ONE YEAR ON)
You are in your late 30's. You want a baby but haven't the right person to have that baby with. Liv Throne decided to have child via a sperm donor. This list is follow-on from her earlier list about choosing that path and pregnancy and looks at the first year of parenting as the only parent.…
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Endometriosis is very common and it’s thought that 1 in 10 women. At worst it can be life limiting, at best it is life altering. In spite of this it is based represented and misunderstood. In a bid to change that this anonymous shares the reality of being an endo-sufferer.…
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Who else has this imagined of who we will be when we 'grow-up'? And then you get to that age or point in life and realise that although you may have changed and grown in some ways, there is always more stuff to learn. Not only that you have a whole load of stuff to 'un-learn' too. Here, Ashleigh Edwards explores where her head is at 50.…
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Birth trauma can have a huge impact on those early weeks and months, possibly years with a child. Rather than falling in love with our new bundle, as per the Hollywood portrayal of childbirth, we are left preoccupied with flashbacks of labour. Here, Deborah Caldicott talks of seeking help and finding peace.…
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I am all for self acceptance: it’s definitely an ambition of mine to be in a place of body neutrality…