Hi,As you can see The Anxious Pixie had bit of a hiatus. Things over the list two years have been a bit wobbly. The appearance of COVID-19 and Brexit have heavily affected life in the UK. There have been a lot of challenges to contend with. My biggest one was the passing of my Nan. … Continue reading Hiatus… →

When people find out I am known as Pixie, I always get asked why... The story behind this nickname is an explicit one but it all boils down to this.I used to be a brave extroverted, sexual creature who didn't care what people thought of them. The birth of Pixie occurred one night on Brighton … Continue reading The Birth of Pixie. →

Last year (2020) on the 2nd of April, I lost my wonderful Nan. I've had a hole in my heart and a shadow over me since. I'm not the same person I was last year. A year ago the UK was locked down for the first time. The Covid-19 pandemic was well and truly a … Continue reading A year without her… →

I struggled a lot with the appearance of my body while I was pregnant. I had had pregnancies before, where I'd started growing a bump, everything would be ticking along fine, and then there'd be blood, the next day my babies were gone. After my second miscarriage I stopped telling people when I was pregnant … Continue reading How I hated my Pregnant Body… →

As we all know I can be quite an anxious person. One of the main areas of anxiety for me used to be money or lack thereof. When I was younger my money sense was pretty much non-existent. It was especially bad around 2008 when I got a credit card and an overdraft and decided … Continue reading Anxiety and Money Matters →

I have had behavioural issues most of my life, my Mum complained to the doctor about them when I was very young. At one point I got so bad that my Mum's mental health really suffered and the GP offered to have me fostered so that she could have some respite from me. The events … Continue reading (not so) Beautiful Trauma… →

Pearcey, Pearce, Pikey, Richard (I'm the only person that ever got away with calling him by his proper name!)... What can I say about my first love? Like most people I met my first love in secondary school. He used to hang out with his best mate and a few other goth/rock/metal types around the … Continue reading My first love… →

For those that don't know my beautiful Nan passed away on the 2nd April 2020. My Nanny - 1944-2020 Any of you that knows me personally knows that I have always been a Nanny's girl and I worshiped her. My Mum tells me that I am a lot like my Nan, she tells me that … Continue reading …and now you’re gone. →

This week is Children's Mental Health week and my son's school have been taking part in activities surrounding mental health. Exploring emotions and feelings to try and help children better understand why they feel the way they feel, and how to protect their mental health. They have been doing worksheets, games, stories, watching videos and … Continue reading Children’s Mental Health Week 2020 →

For those that know me - learning to drive has been the bane of my life. I've passed my theory FOUR times! Every time I got it I let it expire because life got in the way. Poor health, bad choices, family drama, babies, buying a house... In November I FINALLY passed my test after … Continue reading I PASSED!!! →