Category: Living

• Wardrobe zen – Marie Kondo meets IKEA PAX hack tutorial

  

  In times of stress and when I need to regain a semblance of control over life, I find great comfort in organising. It’s probably my favourite activity all the time but it’s especially soothing when I’m feeling low, when my grief hits me hard enough to make brainwork impossible but leaves enough energy and motivation…

  Charlotte Turner

  Home-Making, Living

  Bedroom, Clothes, DIY, Home, Home-Making, IKEA, IKEA Hack, IKEA Pax, Living, Marie Kondo, Organisation, Renovation, Stewie, Storage, Wardrobes

• One piece at a time – the power of puzzles for healing

  

  Jigsaw puzzles are perhaps the most perfect activity for people in the trenches of grief, and generally anybody who would like some mental and emotional respite. There was a long period around the time we were waiting to find out why Stewie had died, and after we did, where all I could manage to do…

  Charlotte Turner

  Creating, Living

  Activities, Bereavement, Creating, Grief, Grief rituals, Jigsaw puzzles, Loss, Mental Health, Nursery, Stewie, Wellbeing

• Rediscovering my purpose – Travels With My Son

  

  I had just attended a womens’ circle for womb healing, intended to help us become more in tune with our inner selves and our creativity, as well as healing past trauma and releasing emotional blockages. It was pretty woo woo even by my standards, but seven months on from the reality shattering stillbirth of my…

  Charlotte Turner

  Creating, Grieving, Living, Remembering

  Baby loss, Bereavement, Breathwork, Grief, Grieving, Journalling, Living, Loss, Meditation, Reiki, Sound healing, Spirituality, Stewie, Stillbirth, Support, Travels With My Son, Wellbeing, Womb healing, Writing