In honor of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, it is the perfect time to talk about all things mental health after having a baby. Everyone wants to believe that everything is all sunshine and roses once the baby is born. For some, that is the case, but for others, postpartum can feel like a nightmare. 1 in 4 women will experience postpartum depression. Hormonal shifts, sleep deprivation, physical recovery from labor, and psychosocial changes such as a major shift in iden

While some may believe there is no connection between physical health and mental health, the evidence supports the contrary. Many people think that your mental health symptoms are invisibile, when in reality, once you know what you are looking for they are usually easier to recognize. Mental health disorders actually create so many of the physical issues that people tend to deal with on a daily basis. However, this connection between mental health and physical health does not

Anxiety can feel crippling at times, seemingly taking over your life and consuming most of your everyday thoughts. However, anxiety can also be more subtle and less in your face, making it hard to even realize that those quirky behaviors and feelings that show up out of nowhere are even related to anxiety at all. The more common signs of anxiety include feeling helpless or nervous, a sense of impending doom, obsessively thinking about one or more things, as well as increased