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mental health

  • What would you tell her?

    This was in my Facebook memories recently… 23 year old Katie, just eight weeks postpartum and eight years deep into disordered eating cycles. Pre-any sort of mental health treatment. (She got…

  • How did the word get tied to productivity?

    fo·cus /ˈfōkəs/ noun1. the center of interest or activity. As an armchair etymologist who loves to discover the origin of written language, I think it’s really interesting that the word focus comes…

  • Being a Good Mom

    Just a reminder… Being a good mom looks like admitting you’re stumped and researching your way to solutions. Being a good mom sometimes looks like being brave enough to ask for…

  • Maybe She’s You Too

    POV: You are with a mom in her (wrecked) minivan (that doubles as a landfill) after drop off on Friday morning. There’s an unidentifiable smell (and when even was the last…

  • Raise your hand…

    Raise your hand if you were raised in religious based purity culture -slash- were exposed to zero conversations about sexual health, safety, preferences and pleasure. 🙋🏼‍♀️ Raise your other hand if…

  • This Isn’t a Mom Body

    In the past I’ve gotten comments on viral “mom body” posts like… “babies didn’t do that to her body”, or “this isn’t postpartum, she didn’t JUST have a baby.”⠀⠀And you know.…

  • You deserve to be whole

    Sometimes a fix can be as simple as looking at medication. Whether it’s getting on meds initially, changing a dosage, or changing them completely. It’s normal to need them. It’s normal…

  • It Did Not Ruin Her

    TW: Suicidal Ideation We know that suicide is far too common, but sometimes I think the well intended narrative gets muddied. It blurs the reality of chronic suicidal ideation. For many…

  • A “good enough” mom

    Earlier this year my therapist blew my mind with the idea of “the good enough mother”. The theory of “the good enough mother” was originally introduced by British pediatrician and psychoanalyst…