Social media can have both positive and negative effects on our mental health. So if you feel like you may need to take a ‘mental health’ break, then here are some helpful strategies to follow. By Mama Disrupt® Social media is a massive part of our lives [hello late night …
Why it’s time to say bye to busyness
Busy, mama? You’re not alone. If you feel like you’re falling into the trap of busyness, this one’s for you. In this extract from her book ‘I Didn’t Do the Thing Today’, Madeleine Dore tells us why being busy is the prelude to burnout. By Madeline Dore Let’s talk about …
Feel the rage rising? 10 ways to feel more zen
Feeling overwhelmed and stressed AF? Hang tight mama, here are 10 simple tips to add some zen to your life. By Alisha Kinna Zen is about spiritual awakening. Zen is yin and yang, nothing yet everything, beginning and end. In fact, zen means a lot of things, but the one key thing …
What everyone needs to know about PND
Each mum who has PND, experiences it in a different way. But it is possible to break the cycle – you just need to know how. By Heather Lindsay One in five mums suffer from perinatal anxiety and depression. That’s 20%. That’s huge! By definition, it stands for depression or anxiety that occurs …
In a Funk? Here’s how to Feel Like Yourself Again
Feeling a bit bleh? I get it. It’s been a LOOONG couple of years and 2020/2021/2022 [WTF!] has thrown us more than its fair share of curveballs. This means many of our routines have been tossed in the bin, especially working from home. By Fran Dargaville, Functional Nutritionist Anyone who has …
10 Ways to Help New Mums Struggling with their Mental Health
A mother’s mental health in the perinatal period – from pregnancy to the end of the first postnatal year – is crucial to the long-term health and wellbeing of families. Because we all know that mums are the glue that holds it all together. It’s also true that those first days/weeks/months …
[Guest Editor] Revie Jane: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
By Revie Jane Motherhood: it’s been one of the most profound and joyful experiences of my life but, like many, it has come with challenges and uncertainty. From the start, I felt enormous pressure to meet not only my own expectations of what it means to be a good mum, …
Mama, R U OK? It’s OK to not be OK
By Yakira Giger R U OK? My automatic reply is always “Yes, I’m fine.” *Smile and wave, smile and wave…* But why? Why do we feel so CONCERNED about voicing the way we REALLY feel? When in fact, what we really want to say is: “Actually, no – I’m not. I …
Overcoming Postnatal Anxiety and Depression… Twice
By Kelly, PANDA Champion This is my story of how I recovered from Postnatal Anxiety and Depression not once, but twice. It started when I was 20 weeks pregnant I lost my job and unfortunately, it didn’t end well. The next 20 weeks I had at home and while I …