Postpartum Depression

Depression Mental Health Postpartum Depression 

Mental Health Awareness Month

May 1, 2015May 1, 2015 Kimberly Zapata anxiety, mental health awareness, ppd, stigma free, stopthestigma

If I am to be honest — brutally honest — I hate all these days, weeks, and months dedicated to

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Motherhood Parenting Postpartum Depression 

To Baby Number Two

April 24, 2015September 12, 2016 Kimberly Zapata children, mental illness, moms, parenthood, ppd

I should start by saying I’m not pregnant with you, and I’m not having you (at least not yet). It

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Motherhood Postpartum Depression 

Dear Stay-At-Home Mom

March 16, 2015July 25, 2016 Kimberly Zapata mom life crisis, mommyhood, motherhood, parenting, parenting problems, postpartum depression, ppd, sahm, stay-at-home mom

I know if you are reading this you are probably at your wits end. If you are lucky, you are

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Depression Mental Health Motherhood Postpartum Depression 

Mom-Life Crisis

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 Kimberly Zapata depression, mom life crisis, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, parenting problems, postpartum depression, ppd, pregnancy, sogladtheytoldme

In a recent blog post I addressed the proverbial elephant in the room: motherhood did not come easy to me. Despite

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Depression Mental Health Motherhood Postpartum Depression 

#SoGladTheyToldMe

February 2, 2015February 27, 2015 Kimberly Zapata depression, family, health & wellness, parenting, postpartum depression, sogladtheytoldme

Author’s note: The following is an open letter to my 18-month old daughter, Amelia, in response to two recent viral

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Depression Postpartum Depression 

“Say Cheese!”

January 12, 2015January 13, 2015 Kimberly Zapata depression blog, depression story, disney world, face of depression

In late 2011 I realized what depression looks like. While importing photos from a family trip to Disney World I

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Depression Postpartum Depression Suicide Awareness/Prevention 

Understanding Depression

January 7, 2015January 13, 2015 Kimberly Zapata depression, depression blog, living with depression, mental illness, postpartum, ppd, what is depression

“Ugh, I’m so depressed today.” If I hear this statement one more time I think I’m going to scream… Truth

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