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MOTHER OF ALL LISTS
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BY CLEMMIE TELFORD, EMOTIONAL, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFULIS THREE THE MAGIC NUMBER?
I have resisted writing this list – because I was concerned it lacked the gravitas of other post. That maybe…
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Imagine going for routine blood-tests while pregnant, leaving the clinic without giving it a second thought. Only to later be diagnosed as HIV Positive. How could this be happening? What did it mean? And how would it impact her unborn child. So honoured this anonymous author came forward to share her story.…
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EMOTIONAL, INSPIRING, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MUST READ, SOCIAL MEDIA, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFULQUIT THE COMPARISON
Comparison is the thief of joy. Never has that been more pertinent than in the Digital Age where we find ourselves in a perpetual 'scroll state', absentmindedly judging our worst bits by everyone else's best bits. No wonder that Lucy Sheridan, THE Comparison Coach, is in such demand. Her sage advice on how to move away from habitual comparison is invaluable:…
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From mastering auto-cue to eating lunch on the fly en route to a court case, right through to the institutionalised sexism that still exists in the new room. Alex Beard tell us all about life as a TV journalist.…
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HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL‘HANG-XIETY’ AKA ALCOHOL INDUCED ANXIETY.
The dreaded 'morning after the night before'. Perhaps a banging headache or nausea? Both of which can be fixed with a good breakfast and a paracetamol. Same can't be said for the impact booze has on your head space, leaving some, including author Gail Buckley, with a terrible intrusive thoughts and paranoia. …
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY PARTNER’S A CONVICT
This list, from an anonymous author, sheds light on raising kids whilst your partner is in prison. The issues of which are even more complex than you might expect. …
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS MY SURROGATE
"The fact that someone would care about us enough to offer something so enormous felt incredibly special. Whether it worked or not, what she had offered was indescribable. We went from feeling like the unluckiest couple in the world, to the luckiest! How many people have a sister in law that would offer to help you have a baby?! " Helen Loates shares her surrogacy experience.…
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, USEFULTHE DO’S AND DO NOT’S OF DATING AS A SINGLE PARENT
Dating is such a complicated game isn't it?! Playing it cool but not too cool, being open and open-minded but not so much that you are an open-book?! Let alone when you have a small person to think about too! Here Jaya Chingen offers a balanced account of her experience plus tons of empowering advice.…