Category: Mental Health

Mental Health Self-Care

The 5 Best Ways to Enjoy Being a Mom Without the Overwhelm

There’s no denying it: moms are overwhelmed. Our culture expects so much from moms, and yet provides so little support. We’re expected to keep a clean house, raise perfect children, invest in our marriage, workout, get enough sleep, be involved in the community, have friends, dress well, and so, so …
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What It Really Means to be a Good Mom

If you’re a mom, you’ve probably wondered at some point whether or not you’re a good mother. Motherhood is one of the most challenging jobs in the world, so it’s no wonder that we sometimes feel as though we don’t measure up. After all, a good mom would never yell …
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How To Make Mom Friends

So you just had a baby. The baby’s healthy, you’re recovering well from childbirth, the two of you are bonding, things are great. Or they should be. But you’re starting to realize that babies aren’t exactly great for conversation. Things can get a little lonely when it’s just you and …
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The Mental Load Empowers Women

There’s been a lengthy cartoon floating around the internets of late (read it here), and, briefly summarized, it talks about how women carry the mental burden of most tasks around the home and how terrible this is and how men do nothing and they’re worthless sloths who contribute to the …