by Michelle Mansfield | Oct 7, 2019 | Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, Stress
Adjectives are thrown at us from the moment we arrive on this earth. Even as an infant, you may be labeled as “strong-willed”, “easy”, “challenging”, “happy”, or “man, she’s got a temper on her!” Many joke and find ways to make this baby appear to be as real of a...
by Michelle Mansfield | Sep 24, 2019 | Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Self Care, Stress
Comparison is a bastard when it comes to motherhood. We’re rarely comparing to become better; we’re comparing and feeling like shit about ourselves. Yes, there are times when I’m scrolling, reading, or observing other women and become inspired to be a better version...
by Michelle Mansfield | Aug 26, 2019 | Anxiety, Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Kids, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Natural, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression
This isn’t meant to be a rant about how social media is evil, we need to destroy our accounts, or bash it to every parent we interact with. I have found so many positives in social media that I cannot discount nor discredit how it’s helped me become the mother I am....
by Michelle Mansfield | May 14, 2019 | Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Natural, Parenting, Postpartum
The first few months after Brooklyn was born, I didn’t leave the house much. Partly because it was the dead of winter, along with everyone in the world proclaiming she could die from the flu. Those two things are valid points but I never really acknowledged to myself...
by Michelle Mansfield | Apr 16, 2019 | Baby Blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Happy Child, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Postpartum
I am so guilty of this habit we, as mothers, have created when it comes to casual conversation. “Hi! How are you?” “Gosh, SO busy. How are you?” “OMG SO busy too. I can’t keep up!” “I know, right?” The conversation takes a screeching halt. At times you may even find...