by Michelle Mansfield | May 25, 2023 | Boundaries, Communication, Healthy Woman, Lifestyle, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Relationships, Resentment, Self Care, Stress
These are two VERY hard things to do. EXTREMELY difficult. So know that I know this as you listen. I still struggle with empathy and compassion. Every day. Whether it’s something connected to my life or when I watch the news, initially my emotions take over and... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Mar 31, 2022 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, 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
I’ve always had guilt in some capacity throughout my life. Then came motherhood and BAM! My guilt amplified & took on an entirely new form. I tried to hide it. Push it away. Ignore it. Nothing worked. It ate at me. Was I spending enough time with Brooklyn?... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Jun 17, 2021 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Woman, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, Stress
Where is the life that you loved and what life have you been thrown into? I will admit, I had a bit more time to get a little too comfortable in the land of “Me” before my daughter was born. I’m probably considered an “old mom” in today’s standards. Living in the... 
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 | 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... 
