Mental Health

In general, the holidays are a difficult time for those who are grieving. Infertility is a different type of grief, because you're grieving for something you've never had. It is a constant loop of grief every month. During Christmas,...

Here we go, Mamas. It's our Superbowl. That sprint that starts at Halloween and culminates in New Year's celebrations... well except in Louisiana because then we have Epiphany and Mardi Gras season... but I digress. The merry magic-making holiday sweep...

Have you ever felt sorry for yourself, and then, to snap yourself out of it, you think about how so many others have it so much worse than you? Yeah, that’s me too. I compare my suffering to those...

When the World shut down in March, I think I can speak for most of us when I say that we didn’t expect it to last this long. In hindsight, we should have expected as much. But you know...

I was three hours postpartum the first time I felt shamed for my choice. My husband and I were resting comfortably in our room at the hospital. We were playfully bickering over whose turn it was to snuggle our...

It's a revolving topic these days. 2020 is a dumpster fire. We're all done. Bring on 2021! Think about this though.... what if you took these last months of 2020 and turned it around and made it your year. Remember...

Anxiety is an all too common ailment plaguing us in our modern life. Amongst the myriad of strange and negative things it can do to our bodies and minds, decision fatigue strikes me as one of the more annoying....

“With nothing to compare yourself to, aren’t you perfect?” I have never liked competition. Every time I compete, I feel pressured and disconnected from others. I love harmony, peace, collaboration and win-win situations, kind of like “me happy, you happy.”...

We have been in “unprecedented times” for most of this year. There are so many different stressful, heartbreaking things going on in our community and our state, including a literal storm coming at us right now. And I gotta...

He didn’t mean it the way I received it. I know he didn’t because I know his heart. But several hours passed after his throwaway comment and I just couldn’t shake his words… “Well, maybe you should get a...