COVID-19
Mental Health Lockdown Guide
Ch-Ch-Changes…How Starting School Looks Different Due to Covid and 5 Ways We Can Minimize the Damage as Parents
As I took a walk with a friend this weekend, we talked about how different her school year was this year as a pre-kindergarten paraprofessional. The children beginning school this year have spent a large part of their formative years under Covid restrictions. There...
The Rise of Pandemic Play…How to Help Your Child Process a Pandemic with Imaginary Play
As months of social distancing, mask-wearing, and COVID safety protocols have worn on, you may have noticed oddities in your child’s pretend play. First, you begin finding your child’s dolls with makeshift masks on. Maybe your child obsessively pretends to take the...
Bearing the COVID Burden: Lightening the Load for our Children
A brief note from the editor. In 2014, I had the pleasure of meeting Brandy Browne back in the States when I was a teacher at a local dance studio. Brandy’s daughter, Grace, was in my class and I’ve followed her story on social media ever since - always shocked at her...
Back to Life: Lockdown Learnings from Lily-Jo
It’s been a crazy five months with highs, lows, and moments of meh, in between. I thought I’d pen some of my personal key learnings so I don’t forget them! It’s so easy to switch back into ‘how things always were,’ when actually, mentally, spiritually, and physically...
How to Cope With Body Anxiety & Covid-19: 6 Practical Tips
If you or anyone you love is struggling with body anxiety, body dysmorphia, disordered eating or an eating disorder please consider reaching out for support at www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk or by visiting The Lily-Jo Project’s designated eating disorders page here....
Post-lockdown Reflection: What We’ve Learned at The Lily-Jo Project
The end of lockdown is causing us all to reflect on how the last 15 weeks have changed us, if they have at all. People are coming out of lockdown with new skills, new patios, new haircuts and new scars from ill-attempted DIY! However, the most important changes won’t...
5 Practical Tips for Managing Post-Lockdown Anxiety
If you or anyone you love is experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19 please self-isolate and if your symptoms are causing you worry please call NHS 111. Lockdown is finally starting to end.The nation has breathed a slight sigh of relief as the R rate has...
Be The Change: 5 People who are changing the world in lockdown!
If you or anyone you love is experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19 please self-isolate and if your symptoms are causing you worry please call NHS 111. With the launch of Lily Jo’s new single, ‘Be The Change’, we are thinking about ways that we can all be the...
Having a Baby in Lockdown: 8 Top Tips for Mums
When I was asked to write something of my experience giving birth in the midst of a global pandemic, my first thoughts were to wait until it was a better time. A time with more balance physically, having a newborn and a 6 year old in lockdown at home, and more balance...
Call the COVID Midwife – Interview With a Midwife, Susanne Grainger.
Episode 4 of Eavesdrop is an interview with a midwife, Susanne Grainger. Rebekah works is a midwife working in an emergency clinic in Manchester. In her interview with Lily Jo they discussed: The impact of COVID-19 on the midwife profession. How the public is coping...
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