Tag: mental health

It’s taken me a while to be able to sit down and write because, just like you, I’m an overwhelmed, overtired, and overstimulated mom...

My daughter started middle school in 2021, just after the global Covid-19 pandemic, as kids returned to full-time in-person schooling. She is smart, resilient,...

I was 11 when I started thinking about suicide. Don’t get me wrong, I never made a plan or tried to kill myself. But...

There are a select few things that really upset me. They are: Being ignored. Having my hair pulled. Someone eating all my food (or being unable to...

I am an engineer with spacecraft in orbit and on Mars, and am a parent to two wonderful kids.  I have designed some really crazy stuff as an engineer, and still spend a lot of time doing activities with my kids.  So, why then do I feel like a failure at work and at home?  Shouldn’t I be proud of all that I’ve done? I have Impostor Syndrome, a feeling of persistent incompetence and fear of being found out as a fraud.  It makes you feel like you don’t deserve your role, in spite of being highly qualified and prepared for what you do.  All of this is a cognitive misperception, but feels very real.  I experience Impostor Syndrome as both a parent and as an engineer.

My daughter lined up her stuffies on the table at IHOP: a small plush leopard, a black panther, and a tiger. She then drew...

At the beginning of my third trimester, I failed the glucose tolerance test. Every pregnant person takes it and the grade is either pass...

Girl, you are crazy! That is the reaction I get when a friend or family member learns about my new hobby. “You seriously go into...

There’s no use crying over spilled milk. Those seven words have been a life’s goal of mine. I have tried my hardest to not let...

By now we’ve all read about, watched, and reflected on Simone Biles’ decision to drop out of the women’s gymnastics team competition in Tokyo...

My family had been practicing social or physical distancing for two months. My hobby of performing stand up comedy had come to a screeching...

I have two children ages five and seven and a half. So, why am I reacting to the sound of a random stranger’s baby...

I suppose it was stupid of me to think that all of the self-doubt I felt would end the minute I walked across that...

There’s a huge pressure in my chest, my hands are getting sweaty, and my mind is spinning. It might sound like I’m about to...