by Michelle Mansfield | Aug 12, 2019 | baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal, Maternal Mental Health, Maternity leave, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mom, Motherhood, New Baby, New mom, New parent, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety
The cliché of the changing relationship after a baby enters your life. How THAT much more amazing your relationship becomes and how it “bonds” you both with this magic being you brought into your lives. The words “complete” and “fulfill” and “bliss” get thrown out so... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Aug 5, 2019 | baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Maternal, Maternal Mental Health, Maternity leave, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mom, Motherhood, New Baby, New mom, New parent, Parenting, Parenting tips, Perinatal Mood Disorder, Postpartum, Postpartum Anxiety
Dear Mother of my Past, I see you sitting in the corner with your chai tea latte, biscotti and stroller. Looks like this may be your first adventure out of your house with your new baby. She’s all cuddled in her stroller dressed in the onesie from grandma, along with... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Jul 15, 2019 | baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Postpartum
“My anxiety begins the moment the sun rises and my son awakes. The constant pressure I feel to be playing with him constantly AND that I should be enjoying it. Most of the time I sit and stare at him and wonder what the hell we are going to do next. The clock strikes... by Michelle Mansfield | Jun 19, 2019 | baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Kids, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Postpartum
I seem to base all my “shoulds” on photos, commercials, and social media posts when I see parents doing all the kid-things with smiles on everyone’s faces. Bath time for example. It starts with the registry and me scrolling the aisles of Buy Buy Baby where there’s an... 
by Michelle Mansfield | Jun 3, 2019 | baby blues, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting tips, Postpartum
I didn’t have a child at the same time period as many of my friends and the common woman, whatever that means. Brooklyn is my one-and-done and I had her when I was 36, quietly approaching 37. No, I wasn’t 80, but in the world of pressured timelines and your OBG... 
by Michelle Mansfield | May 14, 2019 | baby blues, Busy Mom, Depression, Happiness, Healthy Family, Healthy Woman, Holistic Health, Hormones, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Natural, Parenting, Postpartum
The first few months after Brooklyn was born, I didn’t leave the house much. Partly because it was the dead of winter, along with everyone in the world proclaiming she could die from the flu. Those two things are valid points but I never really acknowledged to myself... 
