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 | May 19, 2022 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Change, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, New Parents, Parenting, Parents, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care
Today’s solo episode is giving you some updates on something I’ve been talking about for ummmm…coming on 4 years! Why am I putting this out there? Because it’s something many of you have been encouraging me through, supporting me, waiting for,... 
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 | Apr 26, 2021 | Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Healthy Woman, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression
It’s 2am and pitch black in my daughter’s room. I rock back and forth in my glider as I nurse her with one arm and flick my thumb down, down, down the rabbit hole. I pause on a perfectly filtered photo of a table of my friends holding up their fun and colorful... 
