The BritMums Blog

Claire was excited to win a BritMums competition to attend the Women of the World Festival this week, see the play Losing It with Ruby Wax and a chance to meet the star herself, but that was nothing compared to her excitement to tell us about her inspiring experience… I was greeted by a delightful [...]

In the immortal words of the Backstreet Boys, “My Mac is back…alright!” Or something like that. Yes, praise the Lord, I’m online again so I’m hoping to get back onto a tighter schedule vis-à-vis my work for Brit Mums. So, for the last time (possibly,) sorry this one is late! I have, however, in the [...]

Sup. How are we all? So, Wednesday has rolled around again and I’m still without my beloved Mac … (168 hours if you’re remotely interested). I’ve managed to sneak on my Other Half’s laptop while he puts Skig to bed so let’s see just how nimble my fingers are.  Aaaaand … go! My first choice [...]

Angeline Brunel  has only been blogging for a few months, but her honest accounts of living with Postnatal Depression have provided a refreshingly supportive mirror to other sufferers – and their loved ones.  Here, she recounts those darkest days and how much lighter her life is now.  I was delighted that I was given the [...]

Nina Grunfeld is the founder of Life Clubs (lifeclubs.com), weekly personal improvement workshops around the country. This week’s workshop is on how to understand and work with the changes in your life. Here, she guest blogs for us about changes that affect us as parents and bloggers. In around 500 BC, Heraclitus said ‘Nothing endures [...]

Being able to express yourself is one of the biggest benefits of writing a blog. Ghostwritermum – aka Susanne, a mum of two and a teacher – talks here about what spurred her to blog and gives her advice on making the most out of confessional writing. She writes: I recently read an article that [...]