By Shara-Rae Jansen When There’s No Reason To Be Anxious—But You Are
If you were to glance in my direction, you’d see a typical stay-at-home mom at the park with her kids.…
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By Her View From Home The Hardest Thing To Say To a Toxic Family Member is No
One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do is say no. When enabling was the popular choice. When…
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When Your Husband is Depressed
He turns to me in the night, sobbing, asking to be held. He sits in our living room chair and…
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I Fight the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health For My Son
Everybody has been talking about mental health lately, and that’s awesome—it’s so important—but we need to talk about the stigma…
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To the Woman Who Doubts She Can: Hold On
I know someone needs to hear this. I need to hear this. It’s a simple two-word phrase: hold on. You…
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Go Ahead and Take 10 Sad Minutes
I could tell the moment she walked through the door that she’d had a hard day. Middle school is hard…
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By Courtney Devich Mommy Needs Medicine—And That’s OK
“Mommy, what is that?” “It’s Mommy’s medicine for her anxiety. It’s one of the ways that God helps me.” It…
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Struggling With Mental Health Makes You a Bad Mom—And Other Lies I’ve Believed
I feel bad for my kids sometimes. I shouldn’t—they live a charmed life. We just moved to a new house…
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By Jennifer Vail I Decided To Be Happy—And it Didn’t Work
I woke up one day and decided to be happy. I’d been struggling with anxiety and depression for a long…
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PTSD Claimed My First Responder Father and I’ll Never Stop Missing Him
As an adult, you come to the realization that your parents won’t live forever. You hope they will be around…
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Anxiety Sometimes Makes Me Believe I’m a Bad Mom
My anxiety sometimes makes me feel like a bad mom. Sometimes, I even hate the mother I am because of…
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By Brittany Meng The Journey Out of Depression Starts With Honesty
I knew the question was coming. This was my fifth pregnancy. Care providers always ask it at the end of…
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