Wellness
A few months Ago I Decided to Wean off Antidepressants. Here's How it Went.
Throughout my third pregnancy, I experienced debilitating moments of anxiety and sadness, and found myself unable to cope.
by: Brianna Bell
Mummy
How to Be an Introvert Raising an Extrovert... Without Losing Yourself
When I became a parent six-years-ago, I never considered that my kids’ personalities would be completely different from my own.
by: Brianna Bell
Mummy
Does Anxious Mom Automatically Equate to Anxious Kid?
Earlier this year I received a diagnosis that would be alarming to most, but left me feeling freed: I have panic disorder.
by: Brianna Bell
Kate Spade and the Unspoken Truth about Suicide Ideation in Mothers
In The News
Kate Spade and the Unspoken Truth about Suicide Ideation in Mothers
Kate was young, and I hadn’t heard that she was ill. I wondered what could possibly have happened to her. Then I saw the words: Suspected suicide.
by: Heather M. Jones
Wellness
I Live My Life with Pure O - a Purely Obsessional Form of OCD
Not many people have heard of Pure O. It's not like compulsive hand washing, or checking and ticks like in Neil Hilborn's poem, "OCD."
by: Glynis Ratcliffe
Mummy
Remember This When You're Pushed to the Limit
There is a deep shame in realizing that in that moment, as fiercely as you love this child, you don’t like them.
by: Heather M. Jones
Wellness
I Want My Child's Inner Critic to Have Compassion
We often shame ourselves into inertia. There is a better way.
by: Kelly Flannigan Bos
Kids
Taming the Beast: When Anxiety Attacks Hit in Childhood
His declaration that he was dying threw me into a panic. I knew it wasn’t true, but it was unbearable to hear him say it.
by: Heather M. Jones