The Butterfly Mother - Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Self-Car...

My son is ten years old today.
When I reflect on the early weeks and months of his life, I take pride in how far we have both come. Together.
I was so unwell, the struggle was dark and frightening and felt truly endless. But it did end. I did recover. Light came into my life again and I am grateful every single day....

This is my first new post in a long time.  Those of you who follow The Butterfly Mother Facebook page will be up to speed but I’ve desperately neglected the actual blog for a while now; life just got very busy after our new arrival back in May.  However...

Self-kindness is a huge part of mental health recovery.  Often we’re unkind to ourselves without even realising it!  During an Anxiety relapse a couple of years ago friends kept telling me to stop giving myself a hard time and at first I couldn’t understand...

Bea is nine weeks old tomorrow. It’s been a huge couple of months full of lots of highs and a few lows so I felt it was time to share my experience of the so-called “fourth trimester” as a mum who has previously suffered severe postnatal depression and...