Ulcerative Colitis, Motherhood & Me

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Ulcerative Colitis, Motherhood & Me episodes

August 18, 2022 Big Changes: When Anxiety Tries To Challenge Me
It’s only a few short weeks away til the Wedding and suddenly the nerves are setting in! Work is being challenging and I don’t know which way is up these days. But still I have to keep moving forward. Anxiety is always hanging around like a creepy ex or a jealous friend and waiting for me to fall down the moment I start to feel like I’m no longer in control. **As always listener discretion is advised, as most of my content refers to anxiety, depression and mental health struggles**
50 min
July 20, 2022 Anxiety: The Awkward Friend Who Lives With Me
**TW: Anxiety and mental health - listener discretion advised. ** Tonight I wanted to focus more on how I live with anxiety and how it affects me in different ways and how it is not always necessarily a negative thing. I talk about how it’s affecting me currently and how anxiety can lead to feelings of guilt and other emotions.
50 min
July 11, 2022 Big Plans Ahead
Most of my recent posts have been quite raw and emotional, so tonight I thought I would try and focus and redirect on to the positive things that are coming up in the pipeline
35 min
June 14, 2022 A Brain Full of Bees
Hello again! Apologies for another lengthy absence! Tonight I try and fill in the gaps; whilst sharing how feeling so many feelings at once leaves me feeling like I have a brain full of bees. As always TW for content containing themes around mental ill health and grief - listener discretion advised. Explicit language also used x
54 min
May 15, 2022 Ups and Downs: Living with overwhelming Feelings
Continuing on from recent posts about the loss of my estranged father and the cruel twist in my quest for closure; I explore how recent events have affected my thoughts, feelings and emotions. I look at other factors that drive me to keep moving forwards, and providing a healthy dose of distraction to prevent me from slipping backwards in my recovery. **TW: grief, depression, anxiety, parental loss, breakdown of parental relationship.**
45 min
April 27, 2022 Finding Answers: Part 2
This follows on from my previous episode and the response I got from one of my relatives. TW: grief, loss, family relationships, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, depression - listener discretion advised - occasional explicit language
37 min
April 19, 2022 Finding Closure: Looking For Answers
**TW: Grief, loss, mental illness, abandonment, family issues - listener doscretion advised** Those who have read my latest blog post will know how I discovered that my estranged biological father passed away. How i was not contacted by his family and subsequently removed from the family. Please excuse the lengthy episode, I’m still trying to work it all out. Lots of love UCM xxx
58 min
March 01, 2022 Too Many Tabs Open - Why We Need To Talk Before It Mounts Up
**TRIGGER WARNING** this episode discusses grief, loss, mental ill health and themes of anxiety - Listener discretion advised.

This episode kinda follows on from my previous two, where things got a bit much for me last week and how I should have spoken up about my feelings before it got to this stage.
I neglected to take my own advice, and ended up breaking down again, unable to contain all the feelings and anxieties I had been experiencing, in addition to attending my friend' funeral, which was very hard.
As always I discuss the importance of seeking out support, whether it be peer or professional and how talking can decompress some of that pressure that mounts up which can leave us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
Keep talking, keep listening. Look out for your friends and loved ones, but also don't neglect your wellbeing.
Useful links to helplines and charities on my Wordpress site - just search for Ulcerative Colitis Motherhood and Me and select the Useful Links tab
Lots of love

UCM xxx
51 min
February 14, 2022 Fizzy Head - Having Too Many Tabs Open!
**TRIGGER WARNING** Please be advised of the content at the beginning of this episode, where I recap the previous episode. This briefly talks about themes of suicide and mental health - Listener discretion advised.
Tonight's episode talks about the concept of having "too many tabs open" in your head and trying to keep on top of all the tasks expected of you as well as organising several things at once.
I talk about how I try and keep on top of feelings of being overwhelmed by stress or stressful situations and how, at present. I feel that things are under control, even though I worry about literally everything!
UCM xx

28 min
January 30, 2022 Friends For A Reason: For Ethan
*Trigger Warning* content includes suicide, mental illness and trauma. Content may be upsetting for some listeners, discretion advised. I never thought I would make an episode of this nature, but I felt it was important to share. I would like to dedicate this episode to someone who showed me so much kindness in the darkest of days, on hearing the heartbreaking news. Please keep talking about mental health, please reach out, check in on your friends/colleagues. It’s ok not to be ok ❤️
27 min