This is your monthly catch-up email showcasing everything that is coming up for Postpartum Matters CIC and The Women’s Health Hub in the month ahead. If you are passionate about our work, or if you want to keep up to date with events, do consider subscribing below.
Hello!
How are you?
Like really? I’d love to hear from you in the comments ❤️
I’m really struggling for energy, if I’m honest. There is so much to do, so many wonderful things happening and I’m achieving and doing lots but it’s leaving me feeling very very very drained. I’m feeling lucky that I can offload lots of it to other people, but I’m still learning how to do this without massive anxiety.
Struggling to accept help is often wrapped up as a self-development thing but when I really think about where it comes from I think it’s more from my autistic ‘out of sight out of mind’ issue where, when I do give people a task, I then struggle to keep hold of it/ remember it is even a thing, despite me still ultimately being the one responsible for said task. Things like this often make me question whether or not I can actually run a business… And that is just a small insight into the current spirals going round in my head currently 😅
I really want these monthly emails to showcase all the wonderful things we have going on, that you can join in with, without you having to read a full essay - so I’ll get right to it -
What’s happening in May ~
In person:
You can find our up-to-date timetable of free-to-access workshops and support at The Women’s Health Hub by clicking here. We have workshops to support a wide variety of lived experiences, for women and girls of all ages and stages - it’s not just for mothers. So do check it out!
We also celebrated the end of our first year of Mindful Bookbinding on Friday and it was just so special. We finally sewed our final pieces together and I think everyone came away with something to be really proud of. I still have a couple of spots left for our next cohort - we will be starting around the Summer solstice at the end of June. We meet 8 times a year to journal, connect and slowly hand-sew your very own keepsake book. You can read more about it here.
Here on Substack:
✨ The third installment of our online Mindful Bookbinding course was released last week to celebrate Beltane. This is a slow, mindful process and we will be continuing to journal on our seasonal prompts whilst also learning how to make a DIY book press ready to use in future installments. You can read more about the whole process here.
✨Our next community connection circle will be held on Sunday June 9th at 6pm UK time. We read a poem, we journal, we share (if you wish) and we close with a meditation. It’s super chill, you can pop in and out for bits, you can have your camera on or off - it’s totally up to you ❤️. You can see some of our past ones here.
✨We also have fortnightly check-in threads for paid subscribers where we connect with the seasons and with each other and have beautiful conversations together online. You can find all the past community love here. I’ve fallen out with these recently, I tried to do them as actual newsletters but it was just too much, so I will be going back to using the chat function. I know a couple of you struggle using the app so please do reach out via email if you’d like to arrange a Zoom so I can help you set it all up for you to join in ❤️.
These Substack offerings are specifically for my paid membership - it’s £6 a month or £60 for the year and you are so so welcome to join us 💕 all monies go directly towards funding the non-profit.
Sending love & sparkles for the month ahead,
P.S. a few of my favourite moments from April
