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July 2020

BODY IMAGE, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
SWITCHING TO REUSABLE PERIOD PRODUCTS

Before using a menstrual cup I was very weirded out by menstrual cups, then when my periods returned after having my third kid I decided to give them a whirl and have since become one of those people who spends their time trying 'convert' people to using them. Imagine my joy when Kiera of @mamadesigns came forward to write this list about the fact she has branched out into reusable period products (and why she loves them).…
EMOTIONAL, MOTHERHOOD
WHAT I WANT FOR MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO HAS CANCER

Somethings can't be sugar coat. Sometimes life is unfair. Bad things happen to good people. Cancer is cruel and childhood cancer is impossible to rationalise. Here Laura Farmer-Maia shares her hoped for her Daughter Bibi who has high-risk Neuroblastoma…
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THE KID PICKED LAST IN PE

Following yesterdays announcement that gyms will reopen on the 25th, it felt like a good time to share this piece…
EMOTIONAL, MUST READ
GRIEVING MY FATHER

Grief is the most complex of things to navigate, my experience of it is that it rarely follows a set path, in fact part of what makes it so difficult is that it is full of twists and turns. One moment you feel like you are finding a way to live with it, the next it feels like an enormous weight you will never shift. Here Afua Adom bravely shares an account of grieving her Dad:…