Tag: depression
Postpartum Depression: It May Not Happen Again
Please note that this post contains references to suicide and depression. If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis...
Unmasking: My Journey To Becoming My Best Self
My dad died the week after Christmas. It was sudden. It was unexpected. It was awful. That night, my siblings, mom, and I cried...
Post Holiday Me: Unplugged
I sat down to write, and all my brain could muster was, "what could you even write about?" I could write about how the...
The Nudge I Needed: Getting Help for Postpartum Anxiety
"I started Zoloft about two months ago," she shared.
"How has it been," I asked.
A loved one and I were talking about mental health and...
5 Ways I Combat the Winter Blues
Every October, I begin to dread the changing seasons. The shorter days, the darker nights, and "falling back" are not exactly my favorite things...
Hanging on to Hope: A Pre-teen’s Journey Through Suicide Ideation
Tears stained her chubby, rose-colored cheeks and she gasped for air, as she struggled to catch her breath. I grabbed my eleven-year-old daughter and...
Postpartum Mental Health Awareness with Riley Children’s Health
As a mom suffering from postpartum depression, Tracey McInnes made it a personal and professional goal to help other women through the dark fog...
A Thyroid Cancer Survivor Raising Awareness
“I even had to alert my neighbors in my apartment building to try and keep away from our walls that met because the radioactive...
Mental Health Awareness: Finding Yourself in Parenthood
What do you think of when you hear the term mental health? I personally think of the vast list of mental health disorders, from...
Emetophobia and Motherhood
Vomit. For as long as I can remember, it’s always been my weakness. The smell, the sound, the look. But it wasn’t until my...
You Just Have to Go Through It
We grieve a loss of some kind. In fact, we can physically feel it - the heavy anguish. Everyone at some point will go...
Too Much or Not Enough
Ever been told that you are too much? Ever been told you're not enough? My whole life has been both. I've spent my entire...
My Husband Was Depressed and I Didn’t Know It
"What happened?" I found myself asking. My husband and I were newlyweds. The man I had fallen in love with was kind, outgoing, hilarious,...
What Will They Think? One Woman’s Story of Pleasing Others
“What will they think?”
That’s what my parents would say to me growing up. They being family, friends, acquaintances, including strangers. I grew up being...