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A (Couple of) Days in the Life of a Parent with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
I thought it would be an interesting exercise to spend a couple of days really tuning into my body and document every physical sensation, and some of the accompanying thoughts, to develop total awareness of my natural coping strategies dealing with my EDS symptoms. It...
14 Tips for Helping Your Child Build Language Skills
Language skills are important to your child's future. Strong communication can help them to manage their emotions, develop healthy relationships, and succeed professionally. As a parent, you can accelerate and enhance their verbal development by the way you interact...
EVERY Baby is a Precious Gift!
This just made my heart melt and my eyes leak a little 😍 This Mother and Son are both beautiful people and are lucky to have each other. Every baby is a precious gift! As a trained antenatal teacher, we often talked about planning a holiday to Holland but getting...
11 Basic Guidelines for General Health and Longevity
What Happens When You Ignore a Crying Baby
Building emotionally healthy children is such an important part of being a parent, especially as we're seeing more and more younger people developing mental health issues like anxiety and depression. And it's really exhausting and challenging at times too. So next...
Love Your Life LOVES: Madge the Vag
Loving your body is such an important part of loving your life. This series is a great way to explain some of what's going on with your original BFF 🙂 Lots of taboo subjects and myths explained in a fun but informative way. We LOVE Madge for her way of making...
Do-It-Yourself Placenta Encapsulation
[Warning: Graphic Images of Placentas] This is my 'recipe' for how I encapsulated my own placenta after the birth of my third baby in June 2016. I am not a midwife, but I am a qualified antenatal teacher, so I advise you to do your own research on the benefits and...
How to Give at Christmas, at NO Cost To Yourself!
My sister has the same genetic condition as me and my children (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). She strives hard to live a normal life as much as possible and has such a strong spirit! She has worked so hard over the years to make the best of what cards she was dealt with,...
Uncovering the Links Between Emotional Trauma and Feeling Triggered
This is why it's so important: A) to do your own healing work before becoming parents B) to be aware of the current research into attachment and children's brain development, and the parenting practices that both contribute to it and can harm it, and C) learn how to...
Guide to Holiday Finances
15 Reasons to Embrace Criticism
Why the Birth Class you Want isn’t Necessarily the One You Need
This is so well written and completely true! Yes, I am passionate about empowering women to draw on their inner strength and birth in a way that research supports (such as keeping in upright positions as much as possible so that they can work with gravity, being aware...
