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Self Forgiveness in Healing

Most of us have heard that forgiveness is a healing step toward recovery. When we read these words, we think of applying the act of forgiveness to the people in our lives. But do we think about the character most central to our lives, and our healing? I’m...

Mommy Shoes: Parenting While Recovering From PPD

by Susan Petcher | 4 comments

[Editor’s Note: Please welcome Mirjam Rose to Postpartum Progress today, as she shares her experience of parenting while recovering from PPD. Mirjam is an elementary school teacher and blogger who lives in the Netherlands with her husband and three children. She...

3 Ways We Can Improve Maternal Mental Health Care For Women of Color

by ADriane Nieves | 2 comments

Earlier this week, I shared my growing concern with women of color and their maternal mental health being underserved by professionals and those in the mental health advocacy space. (Note: “Women of color” refers to women who are not considered to be...

Women of Color and Maternal Mental Health: Why Are We So Underserved?

by ADriane Nieves | 14 comments

Over the past year, I’ve made it a point in my advocacy efforts to focus more on women of color, talking with them about their mental health experiences during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Based on those conversations and my own personal experience,...

Circuit Overload

by Robin Farr | 9 comments

This is a guest post by Sharline Chiang, a writer based in Berkeley, originally from New Jersey. She is a proud, long-time member of VONA, an amazing community of writers of color. When my daughter was born I had no idea that I’d go from ecstatic to fighting thoughts...