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How Moms Can Destress During the Holiday Hustle
Mothers often feel lots of pressure to make the holiday season perfect for everyone else. Yet after putting in so much hard work to create the holiday magic, they feel like they barely get to enjoy the season.
What Are the Signs of Parental Burnout?
You love your children, yet you feel like parenting has pushed you to your limit. Previously, you managed to find joy even during the busiest, most hectic days.
What Should You Do If You Receive Mistreatment During Maternity Care?
Many women are mistreated when they become pregnant. Perhaps the medical mistreatment you faced began when you were trying to conceive, especially if you struggled with infertility.
Can You Take Antidepressants While Pregnant?
Since you started taking antidepressants, you’ve noticed an improvement in your mood. You’re happy with your progress so far. But maybe you’re starting to question the safety of taking antidepressant usage since you’re about to start trying to conceive.
How Perfectionism Affects Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy marks the start of an exciting new chapter in your life. You can’t wait to meet your baby and become a mother. But at the same time, pregnancy can also bring lots of worries
Is It Normal to Feel Depressed While Pregnant?
Perhaps you were overjoyed to find out that you were pregnant. But as the months have gone on, your emotions have become more and more complicated.
How to Cope When Your Child Goes Off to College for the First Time
Your child has just left for college. While you couldn’t be more proud of them, you’re also sad to see them go. The house feels a bit quieter now that they’re gone.
Coping With Body Image Issues During Pregnancy
It’s perfectly natural to experience body image issues during pregnancy. However, sometimes it can be hard to talk about
Understanding Perimenopause: The First Signs and Symptoms
When you start experiencing symptoms of perimenopause, you might feel confused. Part of you may wonder if you’re physically ill or if something is wrong with you. Many women don’t realize that going into menopause is a relatively slow transition that can take place over several years.
How to Advocate for Yourself If You Notice a Gender Pay Gap at Work
Maybe you thought that you were earning a decent salary at your job. But recently, you realized that you were being underpaid compared to your male coworkers who hold similar positions. Perhaps you talked to one of your coworkers about your salary and were shocked to hear that they were making significantly more than you.
What to Do If You Have Different Desires in Bed than Your Partner
You and your partner love each other deeply. Yes, your relationship has its ups and downs like any other. But at the end of the day, you just couldn’t see yourself with anyone else. However, there’s one challenge that you can’t seem to overcome.
Subverting the Myth that Women Lose Value as They Age
Society teaches women that they should fear aging. This fear is promoted in many forms. It can include advertising for anti-aging skincare, warnings from well-meaning older relatives who want you to get married by a certain age, or movies starring older men with younger female co-stars as their love interests.
Working Moms and Depression—How to Cope
Today, lots of women are trying to juggle motherhood with their careers. This isn’t an easy balancing act.
What Is Enmeshment?
In a healthy relationship, both people care about and rely on each other. However, they also have their own independent lives and interests.
Should You Give Your Child the Freedom to Make Choices?
As a parent, you want what is best for your child. The thought of them getting hurt or facing disappointment upsets you, but you know that as time goes on, you will not be able to protect them from everything. This is just part of growing up.
Why Does Prenatal Depression Occur?
When you were trying to get pregnant, you imagined just how excited you would be when the day arrived. But now that you’re expecting, you’ve noticed a major shift in your mood. You love your baby already, and you’re looking forward to meeting them and growing your family.
Why Do Women Choose Not to Have Children?
Today, it is becoming increasingly common for women to choose not to have children. Historically, women did not have much choice but to become mothers. Until relatively recently, there were no options for reliable contraception.
Strengthening Your Own Body Image Strengthens Your Child's Too
Today, the conversation around body image is changing dramatically, and parents are more interested in setting a good example of positive body image for their children. But how can you achieve this when you didn’t have the same example growing up?

