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Me and my phobia I wasn’t always scared of spiders. I remember being very little and happily letting tiny red spiders run over my hands...

In my early twenties, I suffered with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a fear of crowded places, open spaces, or being in places where it is...

This is the fifth week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We are publishing two blogs: one by Becky Fisher, sharing her personal experience with postnatal PTSD, and another one by Professor Colin Martin focusing on describing the clinical and scientific perspective of postnatal PTSD. I knew my life would change that week; I was about to become a mum, but I had no idea that the next few days would also t

This is the third week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to Postpartum Psychosis —a rare but extremely severe postnatal mental illness, which must be treated as a medical emergency to protect the safety of the mother and baby. This week we are publishing two blogs: one by Eve Canavan on her personal experience, and another by researchers Alessandra Biaggi and Katie Hazelgrove from King’s College London, focusing on what we know about the illness and wh

This is the second week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to perinatal Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In honour of OCD awareness week, we are publishing two blogs, one from Maria Bavetta, co-founder of the charity Maternal OCD , about her personal experience of dealing with and overcoming perinatal OCD, and another by King’s College London researcher Dr Fiona Challacombe that focuses on what we know about this condition and the challenges that nee

I am a Black Mother! Words that for many years came with an element of discomfort. Words that for most of my adult life filled me with imposter syndrome and sounded like they were someone else’s familiar truth. The Motherhood group are facilitating another year of Black Maternal Mental Health Week (BMMHW) from the 26th of September to the 2nd of October, and I cannot begin to express the importance of this week for Black mothers. As a Black mother, and Project Manager at The

Trigger warning: This blog talks about eating disorders and disordered eating. Due to the context of this blog post, I will refrain from...

Am I a Fraud? — Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 2 of 2) This is part 2 of a 2-part series, where we will explore the...

Am I a Fraud? -  Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 1 of 2) Have you ever thought ‘am I truly deserving of my position?’,...

Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of anorexia. I am an author and mental health advocate who has lived with an...

Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of self-harm. Disclaimer: While this blog shares personal accounts of...

“Anna has openly shared in a variety of settings her mental health difficulties. This has led me at times to be concerned about her...

Content Warning: This blog is about mental health, OCD and intrusive thoughts of a violent and sexually harmful nature that some may find...

Here's How I Improve My Body Image Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about body dysmorphia and explicit...

It’s late 2018 and I’m clutching the box of antidepressants (that belong to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake...

I have lived with an eating disorder since around the age of 12 and it has slowly destroyed my life up until my age now of 22. My illness...

One of the few constants in my life has been the constant need and desire to be perfect, or at least to be perceived as perfect. But what...

Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal — an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs Given the success of the Maternal Journal project...

I often think of my Grandma, my dad’s mom. I grew up in the same town as my grandparents in the Okanagan Valley of Western Canada, spent...

A personal perspective on neurodivergence How would you react if I said you’re neurodiverse? Collectively, you as readers are! As a...

It starts with a casual aside; a set of syllables that should dissolve into the ether like wisps of breath on a mid-winter morning. Yet...

A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine At Inspire the Mind, we have previously published...

Mania is not your punchline Mania is a misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder that comes with its unique challenges and, as I’ve...

How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring? When we talk about recovery from an eating disorder, we...