Women have always had a challenging relationship with money. No one is oblivious to the endless narratives about how women allegedly break their bank spending on “unimportant things” like shoes and purses. However, the truth may come as a surprise to you: women take a lot of stress about money, and for good reasons! Why… Read More ›
Category Archives: Stress
Stay-At-Home Moms Are Working Too
There was another post that caught my eye on social media the other day. It was a hand-written comparison list titled “Should Mothers Have Careers?” I have posted the image below so you can see it for yourself. This list is vastly unfair and unrealistic. It is media like this that gives stay-at-home moms so… Read More ›
Having healthy relationships after growing up in the chaos
When you are a child raised in an emotionally chaotic environment you learn how to survive in that situation. I am talking about children who are raised in untrustworthy situations where they have become accustomed to the fact that even when things don’t feel right nothing they say or do is going to make things… Read More ›
Why Do Women Suffer from Insomnia
There is no question that women generally get less sleep than men. They are raising young children and have significant hormone fluctuations, making it harder to catch those necessary zzz’s. In fact, the Society for Women’s Health Research found that women are 1.4 times more likely to report insomnia than men. However, research shows there… Read More ›
Feeling abandoned can be painful
When we think of painful life experiences many times we jump right to trauma, but abandonment can be just as raw and painful as physical or emotional trauma. Abandonment, such as a parent or grandparent who suddenly leaves a child, can stay with a person through their whole life. It can be easily triggered by… Read More ›
One thing you can do to keep stress low
Stress is part of our everyday lives. It comes and goes based on the days’ events resulting in the release of the stress hormone cortisol in our bodies. Cortisol is our brain’s natural response to both minor moments of stress—also called good stress or eustress, which can be beneficial for our productivity, such as… Read More ›
The modern health concern: Burnout
And, what we should learn from it. Burnout in the workplace is so much more than something we say when we feel like we need a break. It is a legitimate health concern, and it is so common that the World Health Organization has officially classified it as an “occupational phenomenon” in its International Classification… Read More ›
Can Anxiety Make You Angry?
How true that anxiety can make you angry? Well, it happens to those of us with anxiety all the time. The little things that are part of our everyday environment set us over the edge. That feeling of not being able to see straight, or “seeing red” as it is sometimes referred to, can be… Read More ›
Motherhood and Alcoholism: When is it a problem?
Alcohol has widely become “part” of motherhood as odd as that may seem. Our culture is normalizing this practice and minimizing its potential impact on moms and their families. There are social media groups and websites like “mommy needs vodka,” and “moms who need wine.” As a mom myself it has become commonplace to hear… Read More ›
Ask Mabel: Is it possible to physically not be able to move because of stress?
Hi Mabel, My eldest child continues to have these episodes where she falls over and physically can’t move. I have taken her to a neurologist who has several thoughts on why this might be happening, one of which is dissociation. The neurologist said it is very real physically but could be brought on by stress.… Read More ›
