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 | 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 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 | 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... 
