Childbearing Years Mental Health & Exercise The years of childbearing and parenting young children can be some of the most challenging. For one, the hormonal shifts that accompany pregnancy and childbirth can throw many women into a struggle with a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder, like...
What creates the ups and downs so common in female emotions? What role does the brain play, and how do hormones factor in? Why is it that most women were never taught these crucial truths? Join me for my new, FREE webinar all about "Women's Emotions," as we...
As women, and especially as mothers, we are creators. Creators of human beings, creators of families, creators of homes. We nurture, love, uplift, and inspire, and all of these requires creativity. It's easy as busy women and moms, however, to let our creativity fade, to let...
It's that time of year again--May, or as my friends and I call it, "May-hem!" The end of the school year, commitments galore, graduations, the summer-shift approaching, and all month long, what do we celebrate? Motherhood. How fitting! Between mother's day, Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month (May)...
Last week, I shared my personal struggles with depression in my post, Overcoming the Stigma of Depression: "I am the FACE of DEPRESSION (& Anxiety)." I have been deeply touched by the outpouring of support from so many who have joined me, stating, "I, too, am...
I am the face of depression and anxiety. It has taken me a while to come to grips with this fact. I don’t want to be someone who struggles with depression. I’ve worked hard throughout my life to understand mental illness and to apply the tools...
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” ~Helen Keller When you look at your future, what do you see? Do you see yourself growing and becoming the person you've always desired to be? Or are you clinging so tightly to negative...
It’s that time of year again—time to resume my This is How We Grow Personal Growth Group! Last year was the first year I took it online, but really I’ve been doing this incredible group for going on five years. Hard to believe what started...