by Michelle Mansfield | Dec 14, 2020 | Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Woman, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mom Friends, Motherhood, Parenting, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, stress
“Your life can only be as fulfilling as your interpretation of your experience. Your perception. No matter how great, if you don’t have a healthy relationship to those experiences, then no matter what amazing things happen, you’re not going to feel fulfilled.” ... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Dec 5, 2020 | Adjustment, Anxiety, baby blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Lifestyle, maternal mental health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, stress
As I commuted from the suburbs to the city, I thought I would be able to handle being a working mom, and had always planned on making it work. My friends were making it work. The women on my reality shows made it work. It seemed like a seamless process. You have the... 
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... 
