» Listings for January 2020

1. Why Self-Care Is NOT a Bubble Bath and a Cup of Tea

   Posted on 6:00pm Wednesday 29th Jan 2020

   We all know broadly what self-care is – it’s doing various things to look after yourself and your health, whether that be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, blah blah. It seems easy, but it isn’t always. There’s a bunch of problems that regularly seem to come up when self-care is the topic of discussion.

2. Stay Back, Stay Quiet: My First Lesson in Mammalian Birth

   Posted on 10:35am Wednesday 22nd Jan 2020

   I remember my first birth like it was yesterday. Well, I do and I don’t. I have clear memories of it, but they are flashes of clarity in a sea of murkiness, in the way that memories from your childhood tend to be. I was probably around the age of 7 or 8, so I’m sure this can be forgiven.

   I have come to realise that that evening was a rather important experience for me as a person. It is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step and that evening was, I think, my first step.