I am delighted to introduce Cheryl Lee-White a local parenting blogger who has kindly written this blog all about self-care, which is sooo important! Time Out for You Taking time out for you and implementing a self-care routine is probably one of the best things you can do as a Read more
Rachel found me after reaching out to her local domestic abuse organisation for advice. Unfortunately due to the way they are funded they were unable to help as she wasn’t local to them but they referred her to a similar service in her local area for support. However, after speaking Read more
Yesterday I was watching Lorraine on GMTV https://www.itv.com/lorraine talking about domestic abuse and she mentioned a phrase that a previous survivor of domestic abuse had described: ‘I wasn’t bruised on the outside, but I was black and blue on the inside’. This phrase literally blew me away. It was the Read more
You may have heard about the new scheme from Boots chemist (and also now Superdrug) for people experiencing domestic abuse. In response to the concerns about the increase in the incidents of domestic abuse since Covid-19 lockdown and the worries about victims being unable to access help, organisations are starting Read more
How are you adjusting? Are you adjusting to the lockdown measures? In our house we all seem to have transitioned quite well -though we are only just about at the end of week 1, it might not feel like that by week 3! It seems there might be increased restrictions Read more
Being forced into isolation is a struggle for many reasons .You may feel unwell at the same time as feeling alone, you may not be used to spending huge amounts of time without interaction or cooped up indoors or perhaps because home is not a safe place at the best Read more
Read my latest blog on https://www.thegrouphug.com https://www.thegrouphug.com/2020/03/02/being-in-an-abusive-relationship-is-bad-for-your-health/
Don’t worry, you aren’t alone! Some common worries people have include: Are you going to tell people what I have disclosed? NO! Everything you tell me is 100% confidential. The only time that information is shared is when I have a serious concern about an imminent and serious threat to Read more
When I was going through my divorce I had no idea what to expect – I only knew one other person who had been divorced at that time and had no knowledge at all about what it entailed. How would I know? I had never needed to until that moment. Read more
