Transforming the Narrative on Fatherhood and Mental Health
I’m William Nicholson, a dad of 3 and an activist for social and systems change. I’m passionate about supporting health and wellbeing...
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Our Latest Articles
Zoe Darwin
- Nov 11, 2021
- 6 min
'Who's the real Dad?' Two-Father Families and Surrogacy
Any parent can experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period (from conception to one year following birth), regardless of...
Michael Johnson-Ellis
- Nov 10, 2021
- 7 min
Struggles with 'Imposter Dad' Syndrome
I’m Michael and I’m married to Wes. We met by complete chance in June 2012 at Birmingham Pride no less, both single and not looking for a...
Kristi Priestley
- Nov 4, 2021
- 6 min
Fathers and Perinatal Loss - Why we still have a long way to go
“I was so anxious and couldn’t enjoy being pregnant, because I was so worried to attend every scan in case it was bad news; I couldn’t...
Jamie Cowen
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
Stillbirth: Learning to live with trauma
Learning to live with trauma Hi. I’m Jamie. At the time of writing this, I’m 43 years old, living in north London with Kath, my wife, and...
Vaheshta Sethna
- Oct 28, 2021
- 6 min
Paternal perinatal depression: It's time we brought fathers into the perinatal agenda
‘With the elation came a significant adjustment to the novel, demanding and various roles that accompanied the arrival of Olive’. In...
Joe Straker
- Oct 27, 2021
- 7 min
Becoming a Father during lock-down and Postnatal Depression
Becoming a Father during lock-down and Postnatal Depression Ever since around 17-years of age I’ve suffered from some form of mental...
Jane Iles
- Oct 21, 2021
- 6 min
The Perpetual Birth
“How exciting!” “Aren’t they gorgeous!” “How’s your sleep?!” Just a few of the typical responses new parents are greeted with after...
Arran Williams
- Oct 20, 2021
- 7 min
Lightning Can't Strike Twice? A fathers experience of childbirth.
I want to start this with a huge thank you. To our friends and family who have been there with us, to the amazing NHS staff who helped...
Carmine Pariante
- Oct 13, 2021
- 5 min
Reframing Fathers' Mental Health: An interview with Elliott Rae
An interview with Elliott Rae, founder of "Music.Football.Fatherhood." “It was 2015 and mental health wasn’t really a thing at that...
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