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Mental Health

Your mental health is not an afterthought, mama! Motherly is right by your side with judgment-free advice and resources.

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At my 6-week postpartum checkup, I lied to my doctor about my postpartum depression

As a physician myself, I knew that our healthcare system doesn’t adequately support mothers after childbirth. Here’s what helped me instead.

Updated Jan. 18, 2023
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How to reclaim your identity after being a cancer caregiver

Here are some tips that may help you during this transition time.

Updated Oct. 20, 2022
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Woke up wanting to push the restart button? You’re not alone, mama

And it doesn’t make you any less of a mother. It just makes you human.

Updated Nov. 29, 2022
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The Sunday Scaries can plague kids, too

Experts give advice on how to help your child cope.

Updated Apr. 11, 2022
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The pain of watching your parent’s health decline when you’re a mom is brutal—and you aren’t alone

If you too are part of the “the sandwich generation”, if you have lost a parent, if you are watching a parent die, if you are seeing a loved one’s health decline, you aren’t alone. 

Updated Apr. 05, 2022
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How to be a good mom: Ditch perfectionism and embrace being ‘good enough’

Your child needs you—a healthy version of you—not a perfect you.

Updated Sep. 25, 2024
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8 signs of stress in children—and when to seek expert help

How do you separate normal kid adjustment behavior from something more significant? Here's how to tell when extra support may be needed.

Updated May. 02, 2022
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Dreading pregnancy or childbirth? It may be tokophobia 

Fear of giving birth can exist on a spectrum, but tokophobia is a rare, severe form. It may cause some women to elect for a C-section or avoid pregnancy altogether.

Updated Nov. 10, 2022
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Constantly doomscrolling? An expert shares how to avoid the rabbit holes

It's time to stop losing sleep over that late-night searching and scrolling, once and for all.

Updated Nov. 30, 2022
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5 easy ways to help your teen start a gratitude practice

Practicing gratitude regularly can change the brain's structure to boost happiness.

Updated Jan. 05, 2023
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Gender-affirming care for trans youth is life-saving care

Removing access to that care can have dire consequences.

Updated Sep. 19, 2022
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To the mama struggling with postpartum: It doesn’t make you any less of a mother

Truth is, the postpartum period is hard, and we don’t talk about it enough.

Updated Mar. 03, 2022
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Spotting postpartum depression can be difficult. Here’s why you should enlist your partner’s help

Coming up with a plan together before PPD arises could help you get the care you need sooner.

Updated Apr. 23, 2024
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Meet the first FDA-approved video game to treat kids’ ADHD

68% of parents reported improvement in their child’s ADHD symptoms after 8 weeks of playing EndeavorRx.

Updated Feb. 18, 2022
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Postpartum anxiety stole my joy. Here’s how I got it back (and then some)

My first year of motherhood came with a flood of persistent and overwhelming worry that prevented me from enjoying simple pleasures.

Updated Feb. 13, 2022
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