To My PMADS Mamas During Covid-19

March 22, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hey Mamas! This week has been so long and filled with so much uncertainty, I want to take a moment to reach out to any of you moms currently suffering with postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. You have all been heavy on my mind and my heart this week and I want to show my […]

I Have “That” Kid

September 6, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I have “that” kid-the spirited one. The energetic one. The one that is constantly bouncing off the walls. I have the kid who makes always makes a scene at Target. The one who doesn’t believe in the word “no”. He just had his first day of Kindergarten where he opened the emergency exit on his […]

What A Difference 5 Years Makes

September 3, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today I sent my middle son off to Kindergarten. Him, the one I write about. The baby I fought for. I’m now in a very similar position to the one I was 5 years ago, but this time it’s very different. Five years ago, my oldest was in Preschool. After I would drop him off […]

I Cried In My Car Today

April 18, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I cried in my car today, and now you know that the Target pharmacy bathroom isn’t the only place I lose it. The reason I cried today was ridiculous. I’m not downplaying my feelings here, the “straw that broke the camel’s back” in this case is completely comical. You see, it all started last night […]

What Healing From Postpartum OCD Looked Like (For Me)

January 29, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I would say the #1 question I get asked about OCD is how I healed from it, but a close second is how I knew I was better. When you’re “in the trenches” it can be hard to recognize progress. One day can be amazing and the next can feel like a major setback. You […]

My Son Needs to See a Therapist, and I’m Taking it Kind of Hard

January 18, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I haven’t written in a while because honestly, the past 6 months have been kind of hard. Not hard in an “OCD” way, but hard in a “life is fricken hard” way. I like for my posts to mostly revolve around my journey of OCD and how I beat it, but once OCD is gone, […]

Why I Write About Postpartum OCD

December 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I write about OCD because I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know that soul-crushing anxiety and scary as hell thoughts didn’t make me a monster. I didn’t realize that I could think scary things while simultaneously fighting against them. I didn’t know that OCD could hijack my mind and break my heart. I had […]