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    Single Parent Pessimist is 10 Years Old

    13th April 2023

    Last week I got a calendar notification that said ’10 years of Single Parent Pessimist’ and nearly fainted. How can a decade fly by like that?!

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    ADHD: The Different Symptoms for Adults and Children

    25th October 2021

    In recent months I’ve started the process of being assessed for ADHD as an adult. This is something I NEVER thought I would write, but that’s because I had no clue what it really looks like. The media and society have stereotyped it as something young boys have who can’t sit still.

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    Ways to Support Your Children’s Mental Health using Therapeutic Play, including Techniques & Activity Ideas

    4th February 2021

    The act of play can be a great therapeutic tool for children, and not just for those with complex needs. Play therapy can help any child to act out and work through their pain, confusion, worries, fears and anything they’ve found traumatic.

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    Indoor Activities for Kids: Ideas to Beat Boredom

    21st January 2021

    As the weather is turning cold, indoor activities for kids becomes more important. Days indoors with the kids can be tough at anytime, but now we’re inside waiting for this pandemic to pass, it’s harder. Last time we had sunshine with plenty of garden play alongside our daily walks, but this time it’s cold and…

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    The 10 Best Things about Being a Single Parent

    29th June 2016

    Recently I wrote the 10 Worst Things About Being a Single Parent, so it’s now time to tell you the ten BEST things. It’s not all bad so it’s about time us solo parents bigged ourselves up!   I’ve included quotes from some of the lovely single parents I’ve chatted to in the single parent…

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Hiya, I'm Claire..

Mum of one, step mum of two and dog mum to Yogi. A veg-growing, food-loving, trashy TV addict. I write openly about life, parenting and my quest to be healthier in mind, body and bank balance. Now a bride to be!

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💪🏾Mental Health | AuDHD | ASC | Fibro | Endo | PCOS
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💔Openly grieving my Partner & Mum

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I talked to people about my fears of him going now I talked to people about my fears of him going nowhere and never seeing him again,  and many more detailed questions, then later that day I asked for a sign via song and this song came on shuffle play as soon as i asked. The lyrics answer everything I asked. Was it stuart? #grievingwidow #griefjourney #grieveoutloud
#griefawareness #griefhealing #grievingwidow #griefawareness #griefhealing #grievingwidow
Sitting in barbers with my son and suddenly had fl Sitting in barbers with my son and suddenly had flashback to last time we were here in August the day before my mum's funeral. 

I was a shaky mess having just lost my partner who was supposed to be at her funeral with me, and i was silently crying and having a shaking panic attack in a crowded barbers. 

A few weeks later im here again but been able to converse with barber and sit without panicking. 

Small progress is being made and I didnt register that until now.

Anyone else dealing with such huge loss, please remember, take it day by day, hour by hour and try to check in with yourself sometimes to see the progress you've made, because its so easy to miss the tiny achievements amidst the grief.

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#grieveoutloud #griefsupport #griefawareness #grieveoutloud #griefsupport #griefawareness
Missing my mama today, nearly 10 weeks since you p Missing my mama today, nearly 10 weeks since you passed, and 8 weeks since my soulmate died. 

Do you do anything to soothe or connect with your inner child?

#grievingdaughter #parentlossgrief #widowlife
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