There’s a particular kind of tired that doesn’t go away with a good night’s sleep. You rest, but you don’t actually recover. You’re functioning, technically, but something underneath feels dry and depleted, like you’ve been drawing from a well that nobody’s been refilling. I’ve been feeling like that for years, and it’s what the first…
Category: Postpartum Depression
Stress Hygiene (And Why We Don’t Talk About It Enough)
We talk about skincare. We talk about gut health. We talk about what we eat. But we don’t really talk about how we handle stress on a daily basis, even though it plays a big role for a lot of us. Let’s be honest, stress is kind of just part of everyday life now. We…
When It’s More Than “Just a Phase”
My Experience with Postpartum Depressio, and What I Wish More People Knew Motherhood is often talked about in a very specific way, the soft moments, the connection, the love you’re supposed to feel right away. And sometimes that is part of it. But there’s another side that doesn’t get talked about as much. The heaviness. The fog….