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Thanks to Pippa for these short videos from the United Kingdom’s Time to Change campaign. They’re short and engaging. You may like to pass them on to people you know who have friends or family with...
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The World Doesn’t Need More Superheroes
‘All I ever needed to know I learned in the mental hospital,’ says Glennon Doyle Melton, from the Momastery blog, in her recent TEDx Talk. It’s sort of Glennon 101, an introduction to the big themes...
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Matters of Life and Death: Series Outline
I am a locum pastor! My homie Stu is off on a well-deserved holiday with his family, and I’m helping hold the fort at Wellington South Baptist Church in Island Bay. Starting this Sunday, I’m preaching...
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Matters of Life and Death: Being Human
What should a doctor do when a terminally ill patient asks her to ‘end it all’ with morphine? What are the implications of expectant parents having Down’s Syndrome screening for their unborn babies?...
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Matters of Life and Death: Dementia and Ageing
I read some of Sandy’s story on Sunday: I am 57 and was diagnosed in 2004 with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I was a bank manager and was very active in my community and church. One afternoon, I...
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The Science of Happy
Hooked by these fabulous, science-based happiness infographics (I’ll pop one at the bottom of the post – too much scrolling otherwise!), I’ve started using Happify, an online service full of activities...
View ArticleTalking about Birth and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD: Jenn’s Story...
The day my daughter was born was the day I began a journey I never imagined would be mine. Let’s rewind a bit. When Matt and I had been married for three years, we felt ‘as ready as we’d ever be’ to...
View ArticleWhy I Am a Feminist: Lisa Revisits The Beauty Myth
A very warm welcome to first-time guest poster, Lisa Sengelow! I invited Lisa to write this post about the impact of Naomi Wolf’s book on her, expanding on a comment she made in a feminist mother’s...
View ArticleHow to Support Someone with Postnatal Depression / Postpartum Depression: 9...
Do you know someone with PND/PPD? The answer is ‘yes’ Around 10-15% of women who give birth experience postnatal depression, so if you know more than eight women who are mothers, you probably know...
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Making Parenting Easier: Tips, Laughs, and Being Kind to Yourself
Parenting is flipping hard work, yes? You’re responsible for, as my friend Jess says, tiny sociopaths. They’re cute, sure, but they have little in the way of empathy, self-control, or social graces....
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