I learned an important lesson when embarking upon my first journey into motherhood. Never underestimate the postpartum bowel. Trust me. The neighbors saw. It all started on a warm day in March. My daughter was born in January. Living in …
Three Tips to Combat Postpartum Depression
PPD can be a sneaky one. You’ve gone from pregnant to not pregnant in the same moment you become the center of the universe for a hot-off-the-presses human. Recovering from childbirth is at best messy; it takes days, weeks, years …
Don’t Allow Work to Take Over
Work is like laundry, even if you did it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, there’d always be more to do. For your own mental health, the health of your team, and even your marriage and kids, you …
Bad Days, Not Bad Years
About three years ago, my husband and I decided to pack all of our belongings, sell everything that didn’t fit into our truck, and head to Nashville for a fresh start with our four-year-old daughter. We had been stuck in …
Clean Breath
May 14-20 is Mental Health Awareness week I’ve never been considered a neat person. I’ve struggled with depression since I was a child, and my way of dealing with life was simply just not dealing. Cleaning so easily overwhelmed me, …
Postpartum Depression
May 14-20 is Mental Health Awareness week PPD can be a sneaky one. You’ve gone from pregnant to not pregnant in the same moment you become the center of the universe for a “hot off the press” human. Recovering from …
When Your Bundle of Joy Brings a Bundle of Blues: Understanding Perinatal Depression
“Is it just me?” “Why can I not get it together?” These thoughts plague many women throughout the journey of motherhood. In fact, if you can honestly say you have never had them, we need to have lunch! I want …
Are You Sad . . . or Depressed?
Everyone has an occasional low day. Sometimes sadness is triggered by big stuff: the loss of someone special, getting fired, money problems, marriage problems, mommy problems, mother-in-law problems. Sometimes sadness results from smaller stuff: lack of sleep, a messy house, …