Why we’re Zoom’ed out: The downside of video calls
We originally noticed video call exhaustion at the beginning of the month. It’s now been confirmed not just by observers of modern culture like us but by actual scientists who …
Anxiety
SEND: Ideas for easing stress and anxiety at Christmas
The Christmas holidays can be an overwhelming time of year for BritMums’ SEND familles. This month’s round-up by Ann at Rainbows Are Too Beautiful focusses on tips and tactics to …
Teen & Tween Round-up: New Starts
Half-term is over and the nights are drawing in. Our kids have settled into their new schools, new year groups and even university. Here’s what our Britmums teens and tweens …
Teen and Tween Round-up: Anxious times
Quite without planning it, there seems to be a bit of theme with this month’s post – we’ve got an awful lot of anxious tweens. Is this a modern phenomenon, …
Mental Health Round-up: Acceptance & perceptions
We’re somehow racing towards the end of June and OMFG it’s the summer holidays soon and I still can’t make these shorts fit and it’s sports day tomorrow and woodlice …
Mental Health Round-up: Suicide, Rape & Stigma
It appears that Spring has most definitely sprung upon us with actual sunshine and everything. As I’m recovering from my Easter egg hangover, I’ve been in the garden willing all …
Mental Health Round-up: PND, PP & Self Harm Awareness
Well hello you, nice to see you here. Pull up a pew and a mug of something of highly caffeinated, I may even share my biscuit stash with you, just …
Living with anxiety and trying to beat it
Em Rathbone is happy to stay home and look after her children she writes about their life at snowingindoors, Em also suffers from anxiety and depression BUT she’s determined to …
Health Round-up: A bumper start to 2013
Happy New Year one and all! Welcome to the first health round-up of 2013 and boy, it’s a bumper edition this month. We ended 2012 with the sad news …