Sarah Penn
I left the house! A modern day action film...
Never has a visit to the supermarket meant so much. My week was up, the confines of my house were breached and I ventured forth into the...
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SARAH PENN
Children's and Neonatal Nurse | Journalist | Mental health advocate | Writer
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I'm a registered children's nurse, former-BBC News journalist, mental health advocate and peer support worker. I've worked in China, Italy, Tanzania, London and Cumbria.
I gave birth to my daughter in 2018 and have since shared my experiences of mental illness and worked for the Happy Mums Foundation.
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Sarah Penn
Why lockdown has been OK, actually, in my house
I’ve taken a bit of a downturn physically over the last few days and am now on antibiotics for a chest infection sparked initially by...
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Coronavirus: Day 5 AC (After Childcare), Day 7 home-working -The vortex of toys, tantrums and tears
Are we there yet? Surely it has already been several years since we went in to lockdown? The calendar must have broken. Bizarrely my...
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Coronavirus: Day 2 A.C. (after-childcare), Day 4 home-working
It’s official. We are now living in an alternative reality. Our lives have become a disaster movie. Suddenly Boris is the unlikely actor...
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Coronavirus: Day 1 AC (after childcare), day 3 working from home - simmering anxieties but some hope
In the immortal words of Bake-Off’s Rahul, I am prone to “dooming”. Even when things are seemingly bright and sunny, my mind has a...
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Coronavirus: Day 2 working from home
As the bright sunshine warms the ground, my daffodils stand alert. The cat is curled in a pocket of light – the dust motes dance in the...
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Coronavirus: Day 1 working from home
After the storms stopped swirling and the green shoots started to show through soggy ground, the virus came. As the global tumult of air...
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