But during the last weeks of 2017, Dr Lesley Kay, senior midwifery lecturer at Kingston University and fascinating researcher of women’s birth stories, asked me to come to a midwifery conference in London which she was organising.
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I’m really, truly sorry about that.
I love social media as I've found midwives that I would never have had a relationship with otherwise. (more…)
Every day I’ve written these emails, or published the thoughts of others, I’ve had to deeply consider the message of promoting kindness in midwifery.
Today (our one but last day of these emails!) I want to share the game changing strategy that I used practising as a midwife and I use in business all the time.
Chartered psychologist Aryanne Oade uses a three-part definition to examine whether an incident at work is bullying, or just an unfortunate circumstance.
‘Ellie, are you having a drink?’
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This week I was talking to a friend who has a manual job in a warehouse. He's in his sixties, would describe himself as 'working class' and he said to me 'I couldn't believe how much I loved my son when he was born. I was so protective. Such a fierce, fiery love. But we're British, can't have any emotions, that's enough of that!'
The author Glennon Doyle Melton talks about a technique that carpenters use. A joist is a beam that holds together a stronger structure and sometimes it starts to weaken.
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Words are powerful and often turn into actions.
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