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HEALTH
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Life is mad isn't it? The older I get the more I know that to be true. Where I once thought that happiness was a place you aimed for, I now 'get' that more likely there are sad times tinged with joy and good times with more complex or tricky bits thrown in. This list by Megan Ace is testament to the highs and lows sometimes colliding at once, in this case the death who her Father on the day her son was born.…
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This week is Carer's Week, to mark it I am delighted to share this post from Penny Wincer who cared for her Mum and now cares for her son. Though her experience is uniquely hers, she shines a light on the bigger picture on how under cared for carers are. …
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HEALTH, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGHOW DO YOU KNOW IF ITS AN ACT OF RACISM?
This piece from Tekie Quaye looks at black maternal mortality rates and asks 'How do We Know if Its Act of Racism?'…
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Emma wrote about her experience of Endometriosis for MOAL a couple of years ago and it continues to be one that stays with me, so when she reached out with a follow-up piece on living with a chronic health condition during Covid-19 I jumped at the chance to share it…
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It's interesting to consider how this chapter of lockdown is going to impact our children, isn't it? Though it's been unbelievably challenging, there's sure to be positives to them spending so much time in the cocoon of home with their parents/care-givers close-at-hand. Only time will tell. Though written pre-covid-19, this list from Clinical Psychologist Dr Lucy Maddox is a great introduction to Child development studies:…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, WORK & MONEYCHILD POVERTY DURING COVID-19
Little Village is a London based charity that works like a food bank, but collection clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of 5 and passing them on to families who need them. Founder Sophia Parker gives a glimpse into the impact the Corona vicurs is having on child poverty:…
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This list from artist Elizabeth Cane is fascinating. When she went to seek therapeutic help for spiralling health anxiety she had no idea that the answer would lie in her art…
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As friends started going through puberty and expressing an interest in linking their vagina with sexual pleasure Sarah began to understand that she felt different... here she talks through her 'fanny fear' and in particular how she coped with one of the biggest challenges: childbirth.…