9 Tips for Better Body Image in Pregnancy and Beyond
Learn to love your pregnant body with these 9 great tips for a better self image during pregnancy and beyond
Printable Winter Self-Care Bingo
This Printable Winter Self-Care BINGO sheet is full of ideas for fun and practical activities you can do to take care of yourself and promote your own mental health this winter season. Self care is self love. Mental health is healthcare.
Printable Summer Self-Care Bingo
Sometimes we forget about self-care because we’re so busy taking care of others. This fun and free printable helps you figure out small ways to practice self care all summer long.
Be Grateful You’re Not a Perfect Mother
This guest post from Sonja Wasden is a beautifully written perspective about experiencing mental illness in motherhood.
The One Trick That Can Help You Lose Weight And Keep It Off
Obesity is not a dirty word. It is a health issue like any other, requiring hard work, determination and a lot of help to overcome.
The First Step to Fighting Obesity Isn’t Necessarily What You Think
I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Novo Nordisk to write about the realities of obesity as a chronic disease. All opinions are my own. As a person who is currently meeting…
How to Write Daily Affirmations That Really Work
Daily Affirmations are simple, specific and positive statements declaring a completed goal. They sound very basic when described this way, however they are a way of visualizing an empowered future for yourself and can have…
Goal Setting For My Mental Health
For a long while now, I’ve been stuck in a place I’m not happy with. I don’t mean physically, although my physical health is less than stellar. It’s more that this year I have spent…
The Truth About Postpartum Depression | My PPD Story
When it comes to Postpartum Depression, I feel like I’ve been through it all. Not only have I dealt with it after each of my children’s births, but I also suffered from traumatic Perinatal Depression,…
The Kind of Parent I Want to Be
This story was originally posted on my Facebook page, written on my phone after I got home from an appointment with my son’s pediatrician. After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida last week, it seemed…
Things You Should NEVER Say to a Mom Battling Depression
Depression before, during and after pregnancy is all too common. Whether you have longed for a child for years or you’ve been through it all before, depression can hit at any time. Sometimes it is…
Self Care is Not Selfish – How to Put Yourself First
Self care means giving the world the best of you instead of what is left of you.
I Was a Rainbow Baby
Yesterday was hard. My brother, Jacob, at exactly 12 weeks old, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on January 8th, 1979. I can’t imagine the devastation that this caused my parents and my older siblings….
Kids | Mind & Body | PARENTING
My Four Year Old Told Me He’s Going to Kill Himself, and I Had No Idea How to Respond
This past week has been hard. My worst fears were realized when my four year old answered my request for him to stop hitting his brother with, “I’m going to KILL myself. THEN you’ll be…
Complications
I haven’t written about it on this blog, though I’ve been talking about it a lot elsewhere. To be honest, I wasn’t sure how to really talk about something so personal in such a public…
A Wave of Light – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
I don’t often talk about my own experience with miscarriage. I’ve had three in total, and each has hit me hard. When I was growing up, I didn’t want children. I saw myself as career-driven,…
It Comes in Waves…
I’m finding it hard to be enthusiastic right now, despite the fact I have every reason to be. Yesterday we had our big 16 week gender scan, which culminated in us finding out the amazing…
Complaining About Pregnancy – Offensive or Normal?
After two previous high risk pregnancies, a traumatic birth with my second son which culminated in me needing a blood transfusion, and a new pregnancy which has been riddled with pain, bleeding and much stress,…
Kids | Mind & Body | PARENTING
A Letter to My Accidentally Famous Son
Dear Dexter, This is a strange letter to have to write to a kid who is not yet three years old. But it is one I have been thinking about for a very long time….
Stay At Home Mommy
Hello. My name is Katie, and I have a mild form of agoraphobia. Or at least, that’s my own diagnosis. It culminates in me being afraid to leave the house. Don’t get me wrong, I’m…
Lessons Learned
They say hindsight is 20/20, and I guess that is true. Because I have been looking back on the last 9 weeks with growing wonder at how something so seemingly small – a blog post…
World Suicide Prevention Day 2012
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, an annual day dedicated to a commitment to help prevent suicide. On average, nearly 3000 people commit suicide DAILY, and for every person who is successful, there are about…
Depression, Suicide, Love And Redemption
WARNING: This post may contain triggers for those who have dealt with suicide or depression. Today I read an article that got me to thinking about my history of depression. The comedienne, Sarah Silverman has…
7 Suitcases, 2 Boxes, a Pillow and Me
Today was hard. I ain’t gonna lie… since we moved to Florida, there have been a lot of hard days. It’s been two weeks today. The first three days were pretty awesome. The weather was…