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Supporting your neurodivergent child/teen to manage their health condition

Rebecca Smith is a blogger and recipe developer (GLUTARAMA) , social media editor and virtual assistant. More importantly, she is mum to two amazing kids with Autism, Coeliac Disease and Type 1 Diabet...

Anxiety Carer Children and Family Diabetes Medical Journey

11 Sep 2024

Asking for help as a carer

I recently took part in a support group for partners of people living with stage 4 cancer through Shine Cancer Support . They were a group of funny, honest and insightful people who offered valuable s...

Anxiety Carer Children and Family

20 May 2024

14 Things Not to Say to a Family Diagnosed with Cancer

When my husband was diagnosed with cancer our family was thrown headfirst into a new world of tests and tumours, studies and survival rates. The love and support of our friends and family has been so ...

Cancer Children and Family

8 Feb 2024

How Diabetes Has Impacted My Family

Francesca Davis is an aspiring journalist, currently living in Barnsley. Having lived most of her life in London, she is slowly adapting to life in the countryside with her parents and her cat, Tribbl...

Children and Family Diabetes

7 Feb 2024

Supporting Children With Chronic Health Conditions to Build Resilience

Families who have children living with a chronic condition are well versed in the daily challenges that their child may have, and how living with a medical condition can potentially affect their menta...

Children and Family

24 Mar 2023

How I use my anxiety and loss to help others

Embarking on the journey of motherhood is an exciting new chapter, but sometimes things never plan out the way we think they will. I was in my own happy world, loving every minute of being an expectan...

Anxiety Children and Family

18 Feb 2023