When it comes to meditation, I think people have a slightly warped idea of what it actually is. People tend to picture someone sat, cross-legged, their hands in that little OK sign (gyan mudra) in perfect silence and peace.
Tag: Postnatal Depression
How Talking Can Help With Depression
When it comes to talking about how you feel, it’s important that you start by simply labelling the emotions you are feeling. Just saying “I feel stressed” can start the ball rolling and get you talking about where you may feel that stress is coming from, and how you can go about addressing the issue. If you want a simple way of putting it, just go with this: Name it to tame it.
Helping Male Postnatal Depression By Being Involved
I said on the Postnatal Depression Toolkit page that not everything being covered is going to be applicable to everyone. This is one of those suggestions that is aimed more at the fathers who are suffering from PND than the mothers. So if you are a mother in all this, then feel free to pick another option. Or you may be concerned about your partner, in which case, there may be something here for you to read.
Appearing on This Morning to Talk About Postnatal Depression
Well, here’s something I never thought I’d say. Today we sat on the This Morning sofa and had a chat with Amanda Holden and Ben Shepherd about postnatal depression. Appearing on This Morning to Talk About Postnatal Depression It all started last week. Someone from the Wales Online asked me […]
Ways to Help with Postnatal Depression – The PND Toolkit
If you’re reading this then there’s a chance that you might be looking for ways to help with postnatal depression. What I have here is a toolkit. It’s a survival guide, advice page, suggestion list, whatever name you want to give it. But it’s aim is to help someone get through […]
Attending Baby Groups to Help With Postnatal Depression
We were never supposed to do this alone. Raising a child was something that the whole tribe likely would have taken a role in. And as for the mother, she would’ve been surrounded by others who had either been there before, or ones who were in the same boat as she was. My point being, if you’re struggling because you’re doing this on your own, then it’s because you were never supposed to.