Tag: mental health
Google And I Need To Break Up: My Battle With Health...
When I was a child, I had some friends who found amusement in scaring me. They'd run ahead as we'd walk to the kitchen...
New Year Momtras: Resolutions And Mantras For Type A Moms
Winter holidays are over, the children have returned to school, and it's back to business as usual for moms everywhere. You're a few weeks...
Let’s Get Reading: Book Recommendations for the New Year!
With winter upon us, the holidays behind us, and that long stretch of cold before Spring arrives, we may find we have more time...
Postpartum: This I Know For Sure
Here's what I know: postpartum is this rollercoaster of chaos; one moment, you feel like you could fly and then the next, it's nothing...
My Husband Lost His Job
My husband lost his job. Before that, many changes were happening within his company, and we knew the layoff was a possibility. Possibility quickly...
Mamas, You Deserve To Be Happy
Listen up, mamas. We have been sold a lie about life. The lie is that life is hard, and we must put everyone else’s...
Please Don’t Make My Son Go Viral
Technology, specifically social media, is here to stay - whether we like it or not. Sharing information, photos, and videos with someone you know...
Permission to Abandon Holiday Burnout
“I regretfully cannot make it.”
Say it with me, “No.”
“Let’s catch up after the New Year!”
Or maybe just the classic, “Hell no! We won’t go!”...
Learning To Forgive My Sometimes Absent Parents
I am one of many kids. I love each one and would never trade a single sibling if given a choice. It's complicated.
My upbringing...
Learning That Good Enough Is More Than Enough
Motherhood is hard. Wonderful, rewarding, terrible, challenging, and all-consuming. It is more than a full-time job on its own. And listing the rest of...
A Life Full of Transitions
We live a life full of transitions. Some are planned - meticulously planned - while others are abrupt and coarse. Some transitions call for...
My Husband Lives Down The Hall
I was planning to move to the guest room. It was a week after our son’s birthday, but this decision had been brewing for...
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...