By Esther Vandersluis 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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By Nadene van der Linden What To Do When The Mental Load of Motherhood Is Overwhelming
I feel you in the dullness behind my eyes and in the heaviness of my arms and legs. I hear…
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By Brynn Burger Dear Pop Culture, Quit Making Dads Look Like Deadbeats
From my earliest TV memories of Tim Allen and Al Bundy, mainstream media has made husbands and fathers look like…
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By Katie Weber 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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By Shelby Spear I Had a Hysterectomy and It’s Important You Know Why
While we all haven’t had a hysterectomy, as women we do all journey along with a uterus for a time.…
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“It’s Good To Question Yourself” and Other Parenting Truths From a Clinical Psychologist
Preparing for my daughter’s recent school camp was a time of excitement, list checking and shopping for items. Nerves about…
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By Jen Mearns 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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By Shannon Lenz Motherhood Was Supposed To Be Paradise
The needle in my spine sent shock waves of pain straight down my leg. I felt one short breath away…
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By Kristy Ramirez The Message Our Teenage Girls Are Getting About Their Bodies Can Break a Mother’s Heart
Four days of gray skies leave me hungry for the light. I make my way into our backyard when the…
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These Common Hashtags Could Be Attracting Pedophiles To Pictures Of Your Kids Online
There’s very little in this world more adorable than a toothy-grinned toddler splashing around in a bathtub or sitting perched…
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By Ashli Brehm Hey There, Friend…I’ll See You In 20 Years
"We need to get together . . . " Have you said these words? Likely. Likely you say them in…
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By Laurie Larsh 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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