I am deeply honored today to share a very important guest post. I recently published an article here, titled, "Mental Illness, Stigma, & Suicide: Finding hope in the darkest times," in which I shared several of my encounters with depression, loss, and suicide. In particular,...
For the first time ever, my internationally-sold DVD, Postpartum Couples, is available online for FREE! I've seen Postpartum Couples probably a couple hundred times, and yet I still get choked up as I listen to the stories of these three couples--as they honestly share what it...
Women are particularly vulnerable to depression and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum. In fact, 15% of pregnant and up to 20% of postpartum women experience depression, while 6% of pregnant and 10% of postpartum women experience anxiety in the form of extreme worry, panic, PTSD or Obsessive-Compulsive...
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)...
This post is adapted from my new book, Who Am I Without You? with New Harbinger Publications, coming March 1, 2015 (and available for pre-order now)! In fact, this post is a preview of chapter one. If you're going through a breakup, divorce, or relationship loss, then this post...
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...
“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...
My oldest child is now officially away at college. After weeks of buying supplies, packing, and trying to teach him all the last minute lessons I could think of, we unpacked his dorm room, I squeezed him tightly, and then I got in the car...