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Why Is Postpartum Anxiety Worse At Night (& What You Can Do About It)?

Postpartum anxiety is very real. About 6% of pregnant women and 10% of postpartum women experience anxiety. And moms aren’t the only ones, dads do too. But why is postpartum anxiety worse at night? And what can you do about it? Recommended reading: What Is Postpartum Anxiety? And Can It Be Prevented? If your baby hasn’t started sleeping through the night, then you may be thinking, “when will my baby go to sleep, or how long will my baby sleep before I am woken up again.” This can keep you ...
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What is Postpartum Anxiety? And Can It Be Prevented?

What is postpartum anxiety, (PPA) really? Is it the baby blues, is it like postpartum depression (PPD) or just a little worry about how to take care of your baby? In a lot of ways, it can include all three. The baby blues affects about 80% of moms. It can start at about 2 or 3 days after delivery and can include mild anxiety. However, it only lasts about 2 -3 weeks. Postpartum depression affects 1 in 5 new moms, and 1 in 10 new dads. Yep, I said dads! ...
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How To Focus With ADHD When Working From Home

Living and knowing how to focus with ADHD can be a daily struggle. Put social distancing, working from home, and staying inside much of the time in the mix, and you probably feel like most or all of your systems, strategies, and self-care practices have been ripped away. You may feel like there’s no real certainty of when you will be able to reincorporate these necessities back in your life. Well, as a therapist who is also living with ADHD, I feel your pain. There are some tips that might ...
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How to Live a Normal Life with Depression

You are probably thinking that living with depression isn’t “normal”, but in 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that more than 300 million people were living with depression. That is a lot of people, and many of them are living a normal life. If you are curious about how to live a normal life with depression, then I will share my best tips with you on how to do that. But before we get into the tips, I want you to understand some nuances of depression. The first is ...
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How to Talk About Marriage Problems with Your Spouse

Sometimes talking about certain issues with your partner can be easy. Like, “when and where should we go on vacation?”or “what kind of ice cream should we get at the grocery?” Maybe even, negotiating whose family you will spend the holidays with could be easy. But the real problem happens when you don’t know how to talk about marriage problems without creating more conflict. This can feel scary, especially if your (and/or your partner’s) communication skills haven’t been so great in the past, or you are newly married and haven’t ...
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How To Parent A Child With ADHD When You Have ADHD Too

It would be good if there was an instruction manual on how to parent. Maybe even a child specific one that you bring home from the hospital, that gives you step by step instructions on what to do at each age. I know you get something similar from the pediatrican at every well check, but I mean super specific for your child. I know, I am living in fantasy land. But the irony is that there is a myth of parenthood – the myth that there is such a thing ...
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