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 | Feb 24, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Friendships, Healthy Woman, Hormones, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mom Friends, Motherhood, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, Self Care, stress
I was prompted to write today based on an Instagram post by the Blue Dot Project (if you don’t follow them, PLEASE do or travel to their website, www.thebluedotproject.org). It goes a little something like this, “You are allowed to outgrow people.” The caption under... 
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 | 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... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Oct 28, 2019 | Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, 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, Self Care, stress
From the ripe ol’ age of 15 I was slapped with a worker’s permit, along with a uniform and union wage at the end of a check out line at our local grocery store bagging groceries. The moment I could work, I was put to work. This actually started earlier than 15 with... 
