Making Lemonade Blog

Valentines day, a lesson learnt in expecting the unexpected...

It's a week since Valentines day and with it not being a first that I'd been particularly anxious about, it really taught me to expect...

Samuel Robinson

Feb 21, 20213 min read

I wanted to take some time to talk through how much I've been struggling the last few weeks, but, also how after a chat with my counsellor t

Samuel Robinson

Feb 8, 20213 min read

Being entirely honest about the first 6 months of being a widow, it sucks! Nobody would choose to be in this situation, but, you can survive

Samuel Robinson

Jan 31, 20218 min read

With so much uncertainty throughout the world at the moment, more of us are feeling anxious than ever before and this technique for...

Samuel Robinson

Jan 4, 20213 min read

My experience of our first Christmas without Lauren inspired me to create a word, because it didn't feel like there was one in existence...

Samuel Robinson

Dec 29, 20204 min read

I really want to start this one by saying, I'm not an expert in this at all, in fact I only heard of grounding techniques this week. If...

Samuel Robinson

Dec 13, 20203 min read

Christmas has arrived at the Robinson household. Molly and I have decorated the tree, her elf has made his way from Lapland to cause all...

Samuel Robinson

Dec 1, 20204 min read

Thanks for finding your way here, I'll be sharing other content from our #helptherobinsons campaign on the blog, but here's a snapshot...

Samuel Robinson

Nov 24, 20204 min read

It was exactly a week after Lauren's passing that her 32nd birthday arrived and there aren't the words to explain how uncontrollably sad...

Samuel Robinson

Aug 11, 20202 min read

In the first few days after Lauren died I understandably spiralled into an intensely dark place, whilst I wouldn't go as far as to say I...

Samuel Robinson

Aug 9, 20203 min read

Sharing the news of Lauren's death was the most heart wrenching and painful conversations I'd ever experienced, it was like I was...

Samuel Robinson

Aug 5, 20206 min read