Fiona Rogerson – Perinatal and Trauma Counselling
Best Tips to Heal from Birth Trauma – from a Perinatal and Birth Trauma Specialist “Why can’t I just get over my birth trauma?” “Why am I still struggling with this? It’s been years.” “I should be able to just move on.” For those of us who have experienced birth trauma, these questions can […]
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“My fertility struggles left me with a sense of failure” – When Becoming Pregnant isn’t Easy Struggling with fertility issues and undergoing IVF treatments are some of the most emotionally challenging experiences a person can face. As someone who has walked this path myself, I understand firsthand the rollercoaster of emotions, the sense of
Why motherhood feels lonely… Motherhood can be one of the most isolating and lonely periods in a woman’s life. New mothers often report feelings of abandonment and isolation, despite the fact that they are almost never physically alone. For many it can be hard to identify the reasons for this. Here are 10 reasons why
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Why is it so hard to change things? You know things are tough right now. In fact, they’ve been tough for a while. So you know that something has to give. Something has to change, but you’ve tried it before and you’re back to where you started. Maybe it’s setting boundaries with family members,
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Splashed all over social media we see “gender reveals”, in the form of pink or blue sprinkle-filled cakes, confetti-filled balloons, coloured smoke bombs, and even pink or blue paint-ball games. An amazing, exciting moment for some, but for others it’s a moment that can be consumed by feelings of shame when disappointment regarding the baby’s
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I want to share with you an easy mindfulness technique that I share with many of my clients. These five steps are a way to ground yourself in the now, take you out of your head and help stop your flooded thoughts. Your thoughts are directly linked to how you feel and although we feel
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Out with the old, in with the new If you’ve read my story, you’ll know that what initially established back in 2015 as Exhale Birth, then moved to Exhale Counselling & Wellbeing in 2019, was founded as a culmination of my own personal experiences, my education and my deep desire to facilitate an avenue
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Meeting our needs for a healthy pregnancy in uncertain times… Last week I was asked a question by a woman currently expecting her second baby how she can meet her needs for a healthy pregnancy in the face of so much uncertainty… “With all of the fears and anxieties surrounding my birth experience to
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While studying for my qualifications in counselling at university it was always strongly suggested that as professional counsellors, we ourselves should engage in our own personal therapy alongside our client work. For how could we authentically join our clients on their journey if we haven’t been through the counselling process ourselves? It made complete sense,
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Yesterday, while waiting outside my youngest son’s classroom to pick him up from school after his second day of full-time schooling, I was speaking with another mum about our little ones being back at school. She asked me how I felt about having all of my children now in school full time, if I was
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