Health Round-up: When mental health is affected by trauma
Last month marked Mental Health Awareness month so I decided to approach a few of my fellow bloggers and brave friends and raise awareness on this sensitive subject through their …
Oana Chirila
Life Changes Round-up: Focusing on the positive
Negativity is one of those things we can never completely and totally bulletproof ourselves against. On the other hand, by choosing to make somewhat small but significant changes, we can …
Health Round-up: When pregnancy is not the fairy-tale we thought it would be
Pregnancy is meant to be one of the most beautiful times in a woman’s life but for so many of us, this hasn’t been the case. The causes of distress …
What really happens when you lose a child
Losing a child is fear for all parents. It’s so frightening that we push the thought from our mind…or obsess about it. Blogger Oana Papaconstantinou of Mama’s Haven speaks about what …
Health Round-up: Cancer of embarrassing body areas’ awareness month
Most of us have or will be affected by cancer during our lifetime, in our way or another. With shocking statistics of “1 in 2 people born after 1960 in …
Life Changes Round-up: The strength of a mother
We celebrated Mother’s Day last Sunday and the whole run up to it lead me to ponder on one very important existential question. What gives a mother the strength to …
Life Changes Round-up: Grief at Christmas
Christmas is supposed to be, as the song says, “the most wonderful time of the year”. But for us, bereaved parents, siblings or spouses, Christmas can actually be one of …