What is Postnatal Depression & How Can I Help?

Depression, Hypnobirthing

What is Postnatal Depression?   Postnatal depression is a depression that occurs after birth. A third of people get depression that begins during pregnancy, so it is inclusive to use the word perinatal, which can begin between the start of pregnancy to around a...

How does trauma affect the brain?

Anxiety, Depression, stress, Trauma

How Does Trauma Affect the Brain?   Do as I say not as I do. Stop being sensitive, you’re too dramatic. You’re so dumb. I’ll chuck the cat out if you keep doing that. You like that?… You’re weird.   These sentences are all forms of verbal abuse. You...

What is Depression & How Do I Know if I Have It?

Depression, Mental Health

What is Depression & How Do I Know if I Have It?     Last week I felt stunned to see a tweet announcing the death of someone I follow. Not a friend or anyone I have ever communicated with but someone who I rooted for. Whose blog I read with the deepest...

Easing Stress During Pregnancy With Hypnobirthing

Hypnobirthing, stress

Easing Stress During Pregnancy With Hypnobirthing   Pregnancy and stress are not synonymous. However pregnancy does not remove you from life and often these days life is stressful. Pregnancy is individual, some find it physically challenging, others emotionally...

How Hypnotherapy Can Help With Stress Relief

stress

How Hypnotherapy Can Help With Stress Relief   When I see the word stress it quickly takes me back to a moment last week. I arrived home from a morning run with only a short amount of time before needing to leave the house to take the children to an activity. My...

How Sleep Affects Your Mental Health

Mental Health, Sleep Issues

How Sleep Affects Your Mental Health   What came first, the chicken or the egg and other questions like this will puzzle us for years to come. For most people though they are the questions we hypothesize over with friends at the end of a long weekend away when...