Last week, I gave a public lecture at our local women’s hospital. I love the opportunity to interact with the community because I hear about what’s rea...
7 Hacks for Your Emotional Well-Being While Pregnant
Pregnancy can be an emotionally challenging time. It can feel like thinking about the baby is taking up all of your mental space along with body space—le...
5 Tips for Staying Mentally Healthy During Pregnancy
What does it take to stay in shape during pregnancy? There are tons of articles about physical exercise, but not enough about how to keep emotionally healt...
Using Sleep to Prevent Postpartum Depression
For new and expectant parents, sleep quickly becomes the Holy Grail. While sleep deprivation with the arrival of a new baby is so well known it’s practic...
Where to Get Help if You’re Pregnant and Depressed
Being depressed or anxious during pregnancy isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, research is showing that depression and anxiety are more common during pregn...
Practical Ways to Beat the Baby Blues
Sometimes it takes a celebrity in the news struggling with a health issue to give you the courage to overcome your own barriers to getting the help you nee...
Suicide in Pregnant Women and New Mothers
Last year, one of the most prominent medical journals, The Lancet, led with an editorial that made a bold assertion, “There is no time in the lifespan t...
Partner Conflict Matters to Women’s Emotional Health
Relationship conflict. For many of us, the joy of Christmas is tempered by longstanding family conflicts and tensions that hit us head-on during family ga...