I’m a Mom Battling Depression, and My Self-Care Looks Like a Little White Pill
Self-care is the modern mom's mantra. It's the buzz word in parenting groups. We slap a hashtag on it and…
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Kate Spade’s Tragic Death Could Have Been My Own
When it seems like someone has it all, seems is the word to key in on. Famed handbag designer, Kate…
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Dear Anxiety, You’re Robbing My Kids of Their Mama
I remember spending countless family dinners gathered around my grandma's kitchen table with cousins, aunts and uncles, and my grandma…
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My Hurting Heart Was Masked By Motherhood
I was trying to escape motherhood and I didn't realize it. I was in a dark place and I didn't…
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Silencing the Lies of Divorce
I am sitting here crying while I type this. I am hurting and I can't even pinpoint from what. Rejection.…
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I’m a College Educated, Middle Class Mother; Postpartum Anxiety Landed Me In a Psychiatric Hospital
Shame . . . is what I felt in the Emergency Room telling them I needed psychiatric help. Shame .…
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Anxiety Makes Me Afraid to Fly
I'm talking heart racing, break out in sweat, can't breath, dissolve into tears, certain-of-death anxiety that begins days before even…
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Five Strategies I Use to Beat Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
My hands were shaking as I dialed the number to my doctor’s office. I held the phone to my ear…
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How To Handle “The Talk” With Pre-Teens, From a Mental Health Therapist
As a mental health therapist, I'm familiar with "the talk". I've had a lot of "talks" with children and teenagers…
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Postpartum Psychosis Is No Joke: Why I Won’t Be Seeing the Movie “Tully”
Editor's note: contains movie spoilers I really wanted to see Tully. The first trailer I saw for the upcoming Charlize…
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