Women sharing life together
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In September 2006 my younger sister (40 years old) rang me to tell me she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was so calm about it and went on to tell me that she had found a lump months ago but did nothing about it. She went on to have a double mastectomy and was so [...]
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This is a blog sent in from one of our Raphaellers. It’s an honest and open account of a situation that many struggle with …… My beautiful baby boy is 3mths old and I love him to bits but it has also been the hardest time for me. I also have an amazing 8yr old [...]
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This is an interesting conversation we had on the radio recently which caused quite a stir. We’re not talking dislike or get annoyed with, we’re talking full on HATE, to the extent that you would turn your back if something bad was happening to them, perhaps even that you would WILL something bad to happen [...]
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so we wanted to promote the great work that Breast Cancer Care does, highlight their annual fundraising dinner and fashion event on 6th October in London (here’s a clip) and talk about the disease and how you can be more aware: Every year nearly 46,000 people receive the devastating [...]
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I think we can all agree that life has changed dramatically from the days when we were children. Life is more expensive, families are more spread out, often across the world meaning less Grandparents on call and the working environment has changed drastically with far more flexibility and many working from home. This means the [...]
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Bullying?… Not just in the playground … By Alice Todd For three years I, Alice Todd, was bullied. There, I’ve said it! That wasn’t so hard … it’s taken me seven years to admit it out loud because I wasn’t bullied at school. I was bullied at work. I was 30 years old, in a [...]
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Hello my name is Vicky and I am a single mum to an 11year old son called Thomas. If you are a parent, you will know that it not only is one of the greatest gifts you could ever be blessed with, but that it is also one of the greatest challenges you can be [...]
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Feminism is an incredibly broad arena which we can discuss at different levels. This post is purely about how the affect of feminism has changed the way we have long term / life partner / marital relations….. There was an interesting inteview in the papers this month with Fay Weldon, author and feminist icon saying [...]
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I recently read that one in seven of us admit that we are so scared of childbirth that it puts us off motherhood altogether. It can get as bad for some as suffering with a recognised psychological condition called Tokophobia, the level of anxiety is terrible. It made me remember the fear I had too [...]
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We’ve all been there, like we’ve all been learner drivers, we have all been single. So when did the “them” and “us” suddenly happen? Yes I put my hand up, I am single. But does something happen? Do you forget you were ever single when you meet someone? Forgive me, it has been awhile. It’s [...]
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