Travel, Writing, Circus
PANDAÂ provides a vital service across Australia by offering the only specialist national perinatal mental health telephone counselling service, as well as reducing stigma around perinatal anxiety and depression, and providing education services to health professionals and the wider community.
After my experience caring for my former partner after a workplace injury, just two years later I would return to the role of carer for my mum. In this post, I discuss how I applied what I learned from my first experience about prioritising my own wellbeing, and establishing and maintaining boundaries.
As Christmas fast approaches, I thought I would take my readers back in time a little. My novel The Wilted Rose tells of several family Christmases throughout the 1960s and 70s, as the Brooker family spend their summer holidays in the Moreton Bay Peninsula. Merry Christmas, and enjoy this free excerpt! https://youtu.be/IM5TolaDReo The Wilted Rose… Continue reading A 1960s Aussie Christmas
Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week finishes today. Thank you everyone who has supported this wonderful cause. Know the signs, seek help early. Be PND aware.
Fathers are not the first we think of when we talk about Postnatal Depression. But one in ten new dads struggle with the condition, around thesame as mothers. Dads matter too!
The second excerpt from my novel The Wilted Rose, in support of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week. Part Two of The Wilted Rose tells the story of a young mother struggling to cope with Postnatal Depression in the late 1950s/early 1960s, when understanding of mental health issues was poor. The excerpt explores a young… Continue reading Excerpt: The Wilted Rose
For more information and helpful advice about postnatal depression, visit http://www.panda.org.au
Up to one in ten women struggle with depression during pregnancy. For more information and helpful advice about Perinatal Depression and Anxiety, visit http://www.panda.org.au.
As part of my effort to support Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week, all of this week I will be posting free excerpts of my book The Wilted Rose. Part Two of The Wilted Rose tells the story of a young mother struggling to cope with Postnatal Depression in the late 1950s/early 1960s, when public… Continue reading Excerpt from The Wilted Rose
Today marks the beginning of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week. Part Two of my book The Wilted Rose tells the story of a young mother struggling to cope with Postnatal Depression in the late 1950s/early 1960s, when public understanding of mental health issues was poor. The first chapter of The Wilted Rose is free… Continue reading Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week Starts Today
