by Michelle Mansfield | May 18, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, stress
Brooklyn arrived into the world on February 22nd at 6:27am. By 7:30am I had a lactation nurse in my room bringing my baby to me for my first dose of mom reality. I wasn’t even given time to longingly stare at my baby where before I knew it, she propped me up with... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Mar 10, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, stress
What’s more awkward? Sitting on the couch at your parents’ house on Easter Sunday as a converted Jew or your pastor brother asking about the book you’re writing about your postpartum depression experience? Where everyone around you turns their heads and widens their... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Mar 3, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Friendships, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mom Friends, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, Self Care
No matter what label and story you’re telling yourself, the fact is that as human beings we need human interaction to survive. As moms, we crave connection beyond baby. We desire face-to-face over staring at our computer screens. We are wired to interact with... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Feb 10, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, stress
The circle of women surrounding me had some pretty heavy stories circulating about their postpartum experiences. I had been attending a breastfeeding support group where throughout the hour we could share any stories or ask any questions about breastfeeding, or... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Jan 27, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Friendships, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Mom Friends, Motherhood, Parenting, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, Self Care
As early as preschool, our first “tribe” surrounds us. The walls of the classroom create our first version of relationships, which usually include hitting, pinching, screaming, constant runny noses, pink eye, hand-foot-and-mouth and the rest of the daycare STDs. The... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Nov 11, 2019 | Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Natural, Nutrition, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, stress
When I was a new mom, I never knew that there was medication that could possibly help me with the feelings I was having as a new mom. My feelings may not have qualified for a formal diagnosis, I’ll never know, but I will be honest in admitting that it would... 
