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As Mother’s Day approaches and so does my Birthday, I thought I’d write a self-indulgent blog on my gift or wish-list, obviously I am just grateful to be alive, have family around me and be mentally OKish at the moment. BUT I think my unusual gift guide gives you a good insight to me and an alternative gift guide for mums like me who don’t want flowers (a plant or cactus maybe, but not flowers)… All this said, I honestly feel so lucky to have my mum and children still here with me and no gift is as good as just being with them (tantrums and all!)

When a gym crèche near me closed down, the impact on its female users was enormous. It might not seem a big deal to most that two hours of childcare for somewhere in a small city in West Yorkshire had finished, but it is a big deal

Many people with eating disorders suffer in silence because they don’t feel they “fit in” to the norm of what someone with an eating disorder looks like. But it’s not just the person struggling who has stereotypes engraved into their head, as I’ve found, it’s health professionals too

**TRIGGER WARNING** This blog post contains my experience of anxiety, self-harming and coping strategies I’ve used to try and overcome self-harm tendencies. We normally associate self-harm with teen girls but in fact it impacts people of all genders, ages and backgrounds