Grooming: When Everyone Becomes The Victim
Would you recognise grooming? The odds are good that you wouldn’t. Grooming isn’t an obvious crime it’s a slow, gradual one, that undermines everything in ways that you often won’t recognise.
validating experiences
Birth Trauma: Is There A Healing Timeline?
Women who are experiencing birth trauma or grief are often desperate to understand how long it will impact on them. There is no healing timeline, but there are some things you can do to help you out.
Fear Is A Compass For Birth, Not Trust.
Are you afraid of birth? Did you know that you can use your fear to guide you towards comfort, and safety?
Birth After Previous Birth Trauma
Have you experienced birth trauma? Are you now expecting another baby, or planning to try and conceive one soon? Here are ten tips on managing your past trauma before and during your next birth.
Let’s Stop Denying Birth Rape Already
People are horrified when they hear the term BIRTH RAPE to describe an experience with a maternity care provider, but birth rape is a real thing, and qualifications do not prevent rapists from raping.
Birth Trauma: When Your Friend Has A Baby
When you have birth trauma it can be incredibly triggering to see your friends planning their own births, and it can leave us feeling very . Here are six easy tips on managing Vicarious Birth Trauma.
Adult Circumcision Gone Wrong
I’m a 43yr old Australian man with two sons. I was intact until my twenties when a doctor gave me some poor advice on managing phimosis and I “chose” to undergo a circumcision. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into! They gave me a general anaesthetic for the operation, and I was assured […]
Health: So Much More Than Weight Loss
The pressure to lose weight is enormous, but there should be more pressure on the beauty and weight loss industries to rein in their propaganda. Thin doesn’t equate to happy, nor healthy.
The Truth About VBAC Numbers
Some people claim that 75% of women successfully VBAC, others claim that only 8% do. What on earth could cause such a discrepancy between these numbers? What is it that we are not being told here?
When your Child is Angry in Public
Finding a way to balance your child’s needs with social expectations is tricky for a conscientious attached parent. Here’s a few tips and some comforting words from someone who’s been there before.