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Manisha Sheth - Baby Loss & Perinatal Counsellor

Counsellor & trainer supporting parents and professionals with baby loss, perinatal mental health, and culturally aligned care.

09/12/2025

🦋 Culture, faith, and fatherhood have a powerful influence on how men experience and express grief after the loss of a baby.

In many communities, fathers are expected to be the protector. The one who stays steady, supports their partner, and keeps the family afloat. But this role often comes at a cost: their grief becomes invisible, even to themselves.

🍂 For some, cultural or faith expectations can bring comfort.
🍂 For others, they create pressure, silence, or guilt — the feeling that they must accept the loss without showing pain.

The truth is this:
🍂 Fathers grieve deeply.
They just do it in ways the world doesn’t always recognise.

If you’re a father navigating loss, please know:
🌿 You are allowed to feel.
🌿 You deserve support.
🌿 Your grief is not secondary.
🌿 Your story matters just as much.

If this resonates, share it with someone who may need to feel seen today.

~ Manisha 🦋

07/12/2025

🦋 For the partner of someone who’s hurting…

When someone you love is grieving, your world shifts quietly.
You might feel like you need to be the strong one, the steady one, the one who holds everything together while you’re breaking a little on the inside too.

🍂 Maybe you’ve been supporting them with every last part of you,
while your own grief waits in the background.
🍂 Maybe you don’t want to “add” to their pain.
🍂 Maybe you’re scared to say how much you’re hurting too.
🍂 Maybe you’re grieving a baby no one knows how to ask you about.

Partners often go unseen in loss.
Not because you don’t matter, but because you make yourself small to protect the person you love.

But hear this:

🍂 Your grief is real.
🍂 Your feelings matter.
🍂 And you deserve space, support, comfort, and care. Not just the expectation to “be strong.”

You’re allowed to talk.
You’re allowed to feel.
You’re allowed to be held, too.

If this resonates, you’re not alone.
🌿 Save this for the days you forget your own heart deserves tending to as well.

~ Manisha 🦋

01/12/2025

🦋 Parenting asks so much of you... your mind, your body, your patience, your energy.
And in the middle of caring for everyone else, it’s so easy to forget to check in with yourself.

🍂 Here are three simple questions that can help you understand what you need today:

1️⃣ What am I feeling right now? Actually feeling.
Not what you think you should feel. Not what others expect.
Just the truth of this moment.

2️⃣ What’s one thing that feels heavy, and is there a small way to soften it?
A task you can postpone.
A boundary you can set.
A moment of quiet you can take.

3️⃣ What’s one thing that would help me feel 5% more supported today?
Asking for help.
Stepping outside for air.
Eating properly.
Letting yourself rest. Just a little.

🍂 These aren’t big changes. They’re gentle invitations to come back to yourself.

If today feels like a lot, you’re not alone.
Check in. Slow down. Let something be easier.

🌿 If you try these, tell me, which question was the hardest to answer?

~ Manisha 🦋

27/11/2025

🦋 In early parenthood, overwhelm rarely comes from one big moment. It builds quietly, through dozens of tiny demands that never stop.

And when the seasons change, your nervous system feels it too.

Shorter days, colder weather, more logistics, more germs, more decisions, and less rest. It all adds up.

If you’re finding everything a bit harder right now, that’s not a personal weakness. It’s your body trying to protect you in a season that naturally strains your energy and capacity.

🍂 You’re allowed to slow down.
🍂 You’re allowed to say “not today.”
🍂 You’re allowed to need support.
🍂 You’re allowed to choose the gentler option, even if it disappoints others.

Parents don’t need to “push through.”
You need room to breathe.

🌿 If this resonates, send it to a parent who might need the reminder today.

~ Manisha 🦋

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26/11/2025

🦋 Supporting neurodiverse clients through pregnancy and the early parenting transition requires more than just warmth. It calls for curiosity, flexibility, and attunement, especially because many clients may not realise they’re neurodivergent, or may carry a negative association with the label based on past experiences.

Swipe to learn more about how you can help! This isn’t a checklist, but a starting point to reflect on your own practice.

🌿 I’d love to hear your experiences, whether you’re neurodivergent yourself or support neurodivergent clients in the perinatal period.

~ Manisha 🦋

20/11/2025

🦋 Lately, more neurodiverse individuals have been coming to therapy during pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood. Their stories have echoed something I’ve witnessed in my own life too.

Watching my son, who’s on the spectrum, move through “simple” transitions like the pandemic, making new friends and starting secondary school has shown me just how deeply change can be felt in a neurodivergent mind and body.

🍂 And it’s made me reflect on how pregnancy and parenting can be uniquely intense for neurodivergent parents.

Not because they’re doing anything wrong, but because so much of the world isn’t built with their sensory, emotional, or cognitive needs in mind. From overstimulating environments to systems that expect one “normal” way of coping, the perinatal period can amplify the mismatch between a person’s needs and the world around them.

🍂 Whether you’re a parent navigating this or a professional supporting families, over the next two posts I’ll be sharing practical ways to honour these experiences with understanding and attunement.

Because neurodivergent parents deserve support that truly sees them, without judgement, without assumptions, and without asking them to “mask” their way through one of the biggest transitions of their lives.

🌿 If you’d like future posts to include specific themes or questions, feel free to share below.

~ Manisha 🦋

19/11/2025

🦋 Men need care too, today, and every day.

International Men’s Day is a reminder that men’s mental health deserves space, compassion, and real support.

🍂 Men often carry their stress in silence. They protect, support, and hold so much, yet rarely feel able to ask for the same in return.

🍂 Many men are quietly struggling with overwhelm, anxiety, identity shifts, and grief. And because society teaches them to keep going, keep strong, keep quiet… too many never reach out.

🍂 It’s no surprise that men remain at significantly higher risk of su***de, especially in those moments when no one knows they’re hurting.

🍂 And for fathers, particularly those navigating loss or early parenthood, the emotional load can be even heavier, yet almost invisible.

This day is about reminding the men in our lives, and the men reading this, that they deserve care, softness, and support too.

🌿 If you’re a man who rarely gets asked how you’re doing, consider this your check-in:
How are you, really?

🌿 And if you support men, work with men, or love men, make space for the truth behind the silence.

Men need care too.
Not just today, but every day.

~ Manisha 🦋

16/11/2025

🦋 Autumn is often described as cozy and calm… but for many new parents, it’s actually a one of activation.

Shorter days, colder weather, disrupted routines, isolation creeping back in... All of these changes quietly affect the nervous system, especially when you’re already running on limited sleep and constant alertness.

Here’s what tends to happen this time of year:

🍂 Less daylight = lower energy + heavier mood.
Your circadian rhythm shifts, which can amplify irritability, fatigue, and emotional overwhelm.

🍂 The world slows down, but your baby doesn’t.
The mismatch between your body wanting rest and the reality of parenting can create frustration, guilt, or overstimulation.

🍂 Memories surface when seasons change.
For many parents, autumn evokes past transitions, losses, or stressful life chapters, and the body remembers even when the mind isn’t consciously thinking about them.

🍂 Isolation increases.
Colder weather often means fewer walks, fewer social interactions, and more time homebound… which can quietly heighten anxiety.

If you’re feeling “off” right now, it’s not you being dramatic. It’s your nervous system recalibrating to a new season while you’re already navigating the biggest transition of your life.

🌿 Give yourself margin. Gentle routines. Light exposure. Connection where you can get it.
Your body is adjusting. You’re not doing anything wrong.

~ Manisha 🦋

13/11/2025

🦋 So often, emotions from our past spill into the present without us realising.

🍂 You get angry at someone for doing something that reminds you of how someone once hurt you.
🍂 Or you feel frustrated when someone doesn’t respond the way you wish you had, back when it happened to you.

These feelings often resurface during pregnancy or parenting, because those experiences take us back, to our childhoods, to our early relationships, to the parts of us that still need healing.

🌿 The work isn’t about suppressing these feelings. It’s about placing them.
🌿 About saying: this belongs to then, not now.

Once we process the pain from our past, it stops controlling how we respond in the present.
And in that space, you can start to reflect on what mattered, what helped, and what gives you hope.

~ Manisha 🦋

11/11/2025

🦋 BOOKING NOW FOR 2026 🦋

Thanks to , is opening up a few more dates for our online training workshops, and we’d love to have you join us!

🍂 These workshops are for anyone working in maternity services or supporting families who have experienced the loss of a baby, or who are navigating pregnancy after loss.

🍂 Midwives, doulas, counsellors, student practitioners... you are all welcome.

🍂 We’ll explore real experiences, culturally safe practice, trauma-informed communication, and how to support families with confidence and compassion.

We can’t wait to learn, reflect, and grow together, and to continue shaping care that holds families with dignity and kindness.

~ Manisha 🦋

10/11/2025

🦋 Are you a Muslim female counsellor interested in supporting mums and families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood?

Or a trainee counsellor (Level 4 and above) looking for a meaningful placement?

Support Me CIC is launching an online Perinatal Counselling Service specifically for Muslim women, and we’re looking for counsellors to join our team.

Why this matters:

🍂 Too many Muslim women face barriers when trying to access mental health support, cultural stigma, lack of representation, or fear of not being understood.
🍂 Your presence could be the difference between someone staying silent and someone getting help.

You’ll receive:
🌿 Training in perinatal mental health
🌿 Training in baby loss and grief support
🌿 Experience working with families across the UK
🌿 Supervision and community support

If this aligns with your heart and your values, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Email: manisha@supportmecic.com
📝 Apply here:
https://forms.gle/iVXWjERSCVGUxSwJ7

Let’s build culturally safe spaces together.

~ Manisha 🦋

07/11/2025

🦋 We all have an inner voice, but not all inner voices speak the same language.

Your inner critic pushes, shames, and compares.
Your inner kindness supports, encourages, and accepts.

The goal isn’t to silence the critic completely.
It’s to strengthen the voice of kindness, the voice that reminds you:

🍂 You’re doing the best you can
🍂 You’re allowed to be human
🍂 You don’t have to earn softness

Today, pause and ask yourself:

🌿 Which voice am I listening to?
🌿 What would my inner kindness say instead?

If you feel comfortable, comment below:
Which voice is louder for you today, the critic or the kindness?

Save this for the days you need the reminder.

~ Manisha 🦋

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