by Michelle Mansfield | Apr 21, 2022 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Marriage, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Marriage, Marriage Challenges, Marriage Issues, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, New Parents, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Parents, Partnership, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, Resentment, Self Care, Stress
It’s OK to say this out loud. There will be days where you are shooting daggers out to your partner because you feel they aren’t helping enough, doing what you need, supporting you the way you want to be supported now that you’re BOTH parents.... 
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 | 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... 
