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Health & Wellness

You can’t be a perfect mother. So be a ‘good enough’ mother.

Children are resilient and their emotional responses in the moment are not a measure of how good you are as a mother.

Health & Wellness

Best-selling author Katherine May on why ‘wintering’ is important for the mental health of moms

Her book 'Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times' is a must-read for anyone struggling with the pressures of motherhood.

Health & Wellness

Prince Harry + Oprah get real about mental health in powerful new docuseries trailer

"The Me You Can't See" releases on Apple TV+ on Friday, May 21st.

Health & Wellness

Shay Mitchell is ‘nervous’ to have baby #2 for mental health reasons

The actress is getting candid about her desire to give her daughter a sibling—and the major fear that's affecting her decision to have another baby.

Mental Health

To the first-time mama

To the first-time mama: It’s normal to feel nervous and excited as…

Life

‘I’m just tapped out’: This mom of 5 is going viral for saying what we all feel

"The laptop wouldn't connect to the internet. The baby was fussing. My oldest was frustrated I had to pull her from what she was in the middle of. I had noise coming from each room with all the kids trying to, you know, 'school', and it took every fiber of my being not to throw the laptop off the table."

Health & Wellness

Generic Xanax recalled for contamination: What you need to know

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., issued a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of Alprazolam tablets because of the presence of a foreign substance.

Health & Wellness

A mother seeking help for her mental health loses custody of her children, instead—and it’s so wrong

Perfectly normal feelings resulted in a perfectly NOT normal response. We need to do better.

Health & Wellness

Pete Buttigieg’s mental health plan comes as mothers are dying by overdose + suicide

Buttigieg thinks he can "prevent 1 million deaths of despair by 2028" by giving Americans more access to mental health and addictions services.

Health & Wellness

Singing can relieve postpartum depression, says study

Women in both groups reported an improvement of their symptoms, but women in the singing group responded at a significantly quicker rate.

Health & Wellness

Alanis Morissette is so honest about pregnancy at 45 + postpartum depression

All new mamas need to hear her message.

Mental Health

More than half of new moms aren’t getting the mental health support they need

Recognizing this problem may be the first step in changing it.