<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Cafélias]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are a safe, enjoyable space for anyone with additional needs. We provide food at the right texture for you, equipment, activities and community!]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:04:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cafelias.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Joy unfiltered: What is a child who has William's Syndrome really like?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't read this article if you want a check-list for William's Syndrome (WS). Read this for quirky facts, development tips and the real reason why WS brings joy to everyone.]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/wsfeatures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693716fd7dbf00d525d9cc21</guid><category><![CDATA[The Little Things]]></category><category><![CDATA[Williams Syndrome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Genetic condition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy of parenting]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca1eac_d890f0e9a8c44c34938550b8d52b6344~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_615,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Doctor’s View, Without the White Coat]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is PTSD and What to do about it. With a note on how to support someone living with trauma.]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/trauma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6936d8d1c8b0d2d201cc2ef6</guid><category><![CDATA[Neurodiversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding yourself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Child Loss]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:43:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fb6e0c8bba604906b6081dfa47f299b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm p*ssed off at Hindsight]]></title><description><![CDATA[
A poem on Hindsight:

Why didn't you tell me this to start?
I could have been better!
I should have known better!
I clearly didn't play the right part]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/hindsight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6936d545e118f56a96ef52e3</guid><category><![CDATA[Child Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:12:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scientist Behind Grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal reflections of a doctor who lost a child, understanding grief and her path to healing]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/the-scientist-behind-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69319da536e8a9c5d11fd831</guid><category><![CDATA[Parent guilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Child Loss]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:56:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca1eac_09f00ca8b66d477684ab03793e211c64~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cemetery People*]]></title><description><![CDATA[You don't know you're a cemetery person until you become one.

*Trigger warning: Twin loss, surviving twin and ICU story. Personal images we]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/cemetery-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663a2263a8c76885a76209f3</guid><category><![CDATA[Finding yourself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart Surgery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Williams Syndrome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Genetic condition]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:59:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dab0b6d24acb4521a7094a3f80a32dc2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenting with Anxiety - Part I]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Not everything that weighs you down, is yours to carry’.                                                                                                           Anonymous. I was a trainee General Practictioner (GP) the first  time I was called a ‘worrier’. I remember feeling taken aback; is that what the term for me was? It sounded like a nice way to tell me I was anxious and anxious was definitely not a good thing. My mum was anxious. Sometimes her anxiety would overwhelm me, even as a...]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/parenting-with-anxiety-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654cd9bb3c3c95b01c1b47b3</guid><category><![CDATA[Finding yourself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parent guilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back to work]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_927041e0b6314fe7918007a70b6eea51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_837,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>GP Maman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenting with anxiety - Part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turns out that love is directly proportional to worry. Becoming a mother was a literal explosion of love and worry all entangled together li]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/parenting-with-anxiety-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654cda163e33789ae246bc64</guid><category><![CDATA[Neurodiversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parent guilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding yourself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_2de93c1c86b945d999dc29e3d23b1e54~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_238,h_375,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>GP Maman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our special autism and ADHD needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our journey has felt quite traumatic for us and I realised how lonely and overwhelming all of this must be for all Special Education Need...]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/our-special-autism-and-adhd-needs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653f8b871d26feea350791a5</guid><category><![CDATA[Neurodiversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category><category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:56:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_672a51479fda40c9b0a40dd2cba8f60f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_373,h_280,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leandra Hamblin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A letter to you]]></title><description><![CDATA[except to say that I see you, I think you’re doing really great, despite that heavy feeling in the pit of your stomach, and that you are app]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/letter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6511795c7e196f5e55198081</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:46:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_8486d25cff614f4597e28e52303582e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naz Hernandez</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diagosis of William's Syndrome: One Family's Journey [Part 2/2]]]></title><description><![CDATA[[**Trigger warning** Images of child post-open-heart-surgery] 

Continued from Part 1...]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/___ws</link><guid isPermaLink="false">644cfbe59367d1a27d35ac6f</guid><category><![CDATA[Physical Disability]]></category><category><![CDATA[Williams Syndrome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart Surgery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Genetic condition]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_5ba18464d0c94020bc11b9d8018a4bf7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diagnosis of William's Syndrome: One Family's Journey [Part 1/2]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had this terrible feeling that something was 'wrong'.]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/diagnosis-of-williams-syndrome-one-family-s-journey-part-1-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6427e454e21e14d8639e7784</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 19:29:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_323ea40e651942ed8c9ba950d2c520ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirsten</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disabled people are people, with hopes, goals and aspirations]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is so vitally important that communities have places and spaces where everyone feels welcome and included, regardless of their individual]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/hopes-goals-aspirations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63fe07a75e3972eb3b938f34</guid><category><![CDATA[Physical Disability]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_04937b7297bd49f6bdad89493201208f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Phoebe Gibbons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who am I, again? Finding your (new) identity in motherhood and doing so guilt-free]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you know what I wish it was more okay to talk about? The guilt of motherhood. ]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/who-am-i-again-finding-your-new-identity-in-motherhood-and-doing-so-guilt-free</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63cfe6eb65dfecb52c0f0fe1</guid><category><![CDATA[First time mum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parent guilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding yourself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maternity leave]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 08:11:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_37f5afeaf3574ee5ad67c2b78212ee91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nikita Marwaha Kraetzig</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurodiversity: Life and Motherhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[I couldn't decide whether to write this blog as a GP or as a mum, but when I started writing I realised it had to be both.]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/neurodiversity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">638520d571c87d5108d6290d</guid><category><![CDATA[Neurodiversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back to work]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:57:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_ba2b5df5d715431cb7a9c2f3d8b35f50~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>GP Maman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUD and the Little Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm writing this from an Italian café ("table for one and a buggy, please") after I turned down my first-choice venue when I realised that I]]></description><link>https://www.cafelias.co.uk/post/fud-and-the-little-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6385118647397f59082985ec</guid><category><![CDATA[First time mum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maternity leave]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Little Things]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:55:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/58cab7_66522cc541d14d4fac9920d1d9a48191~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lara Geraldes Vincent</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>