Everyone is on a different journey, but no-one need walk it alone.
Lemony Snicket, The Blanc Book
Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.
Glenn Close
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.
Michelle Obama
Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or brain, it’s still an illness there should be no distinction.
About Me
My name is Natalie, I am a 30 something year old wife and mum of two children and one cheeky dachshund called Winston.
I am a Mental Health Advocate, Blogger aspiring to change the world of mental health forever.
It was May of 2019 that I decided to set up my website A Work in Progress, to create a blog based primarily on the subject of Mental Health.
Mental Health Blog
Never feel alone on your journey with mental health.
the guilt no -one talks about
Mums got it covered. I have been in a very fortunate position as a mother, in that I have almost always been able to take and pick my children up from school, attend parent’s meetings, sports days and school performances. I understand how extremely lucky I have been,...
Getting better but feeling sad
Welcome back! My mental Health Mini Update My journey has been a bumpy one with many ups and even more downs but on the whole The Curative Hypnotherapy has been incredible and without those sessions and Keith the man behind it all I honestly can’t even begin to...
Apologising for taking care of our mental health
Welcome back! Do you ever find yourself apologising for taking timeout for yourself, taking a step back? Saying no to social gatherings whether it be family or friends?Feeling like you should say sorry for taking care of yourself because you feel like you’re letting...
Finding happiness in the little things
Today when I woke, I opened up my laptop to write with absolutely no intention of this being the subject matter, in fact the original post that I started several days ago is still sitting un-finished on my desktop. I got a sudden surge of inspiration, which is quite...
What is self care?
When I think about self-care straight away my mind goes to, an evening relaxing in a hot bath, a face mask, an hour-long skin care routine and the only light in this house is coming from candles. Don’t get me wrong that sounds amazing and I do still have the...
Date Night
Welcome back! I knew from a pretty young age that if there was any one thing I wanted to be when I was older it was definitely to be a mum. Now at the age of 35, I feel very blessed to be able to say that, my husband and I have 2 wonderful daughters, our eldest is 13...
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