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  • Therapeutic Thursday… The Week Leading Up To The Warrior Mom Conference

    This past Monday, the article below came up in my Facebook newsfeed.  It sparked my interest a lot because those of us who have been through Postpartum Depression or have seen a wife, daughter, friend experiencing Postpartum Depression will ask, “What the heck could you love about Postpartum Depression?!” 7…

  • Wordy Wednesday… The Week Leading Up To The Warrior Mom Conference

    Words…  words can hurt, heal, describe feelings, activities.  They are big, they are small.  Some carry intense emotion, while others are minute.  When we write, we use words to describe our characters in our stories.  What are they feeling?  What do they look like?  Where are they going? What happens…

  • Teach & Tech Tuesday… The Week Leading Up To The Warrior Mom Conference

    Teach and Tech Tuesday… I know, what the heck does that mean?! Today I am going to provide information on Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Psychosis, etc. and resources that can help.  I added the Tech into it because through the years, there has been a lot of resources that can…

  • Motivational Monday… The Week Leading Up To The Warrior Mom Conference

    The 1st ever Warrior Mom Conference through Postpartum Progress is this weekend in Boston, MA and I’m so excited to go!  It will be a weekend of learning, laughing, crying and lots of hugs!!!  I’m so grateful to be going and can’t wait to be around so many people who have…

  • Should I Have Become A Mother?

    There is much debate in the last few years on whether or not the Mentally Ill should be allowed to have children.  The following article appeared on my Facebook newsfeed yesterday: Should People With Mental Illness Have Children?http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/parentingchildwithmentalillness/2012/03/should-people-with-mental-illness-have-children/ I find it ironic that this popped into my newsfeed as I…

  • Depressed People May Choose To Be Sad… An Article Review

    I am a part of many Facebook groups relating to Depression, Anxiety and Mental Illness overall.  I read a plethora of articles a day ranging from a new finding in Depression cures to how to calm yourself during a major panic attack.  Some articles are very intriguing and others are…

  • I Have “A Dark Secret”…

    With the end of Climb Out Of The Darkness for Postpartum Progress my husband has started nagging me, “When are you going to finish your book?!” That’s a very good question.  I had told him I would finish when the Climb was over but even though I am an Alpha…

  • Climb Out Of The Darkness 2015… A Recap

    First off, Happy Father’s Day to all the great Daddys out there including my own and my husband. Yesterday, on June 20th 2015, thousands of women, their spouses, their parents, their friends and their children participated in the 3rd Annual Climb Out Of The Darkness to raise awareness (and funds)…

  • Aren’t All People With Mental Illness Violent?… Oy!…

    I recently read the following article by Gabe Howard on psychcentral.com: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dont-call-me-crazy/2015/06/snarky-answers-to-common-questions-about-mental-illness/ I loved this article because it says everything that those of us who suffer from a Mental Illness feel when we get asked the following: Are you like that person with mental illness I saw on TV?I get…

  • I’m Surely Dying… My 1st Panic Attack

    It truly amazes me how in the matter of just a few days, my body and my brain, can completely double cross me…  A friend of mine recently posted how we are less than 200 days away from Christmas.  This had me thinking about last Christmas and my immediate family…