Category: PPD

• postpartum depression

  CW: Postpartum Depression & Anxiety  “Did you ever think you could love something this much?”  Sometimes the most innocent words spoken at a particular moment can pierce your heart and expose the shame that scurries to the shadows, trying to remain unseen. My smile felt awkward and unconvincing. How could I tell the pediatrician—a wonderful, […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  January 5, 2022

  Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, PPD, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience, Women

  Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, PPD, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience, Women

• Healed People Heal People

  I poured my heart and soul into this post I wrote about healing for our church’s blog over at Arapaho United Methodist Church. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the way God has met me in my pain and shame and am passionate about normalizing this conversation! Healed People Heal People BY LINDSAY O’CONNOR Father Richard […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  February 5, 2021

  Church, Deconstruction, Healing, Identity, Mental Health, Motherhood, PPD, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience, Suffering, Transformation

  Anxiety, Deconstruction, Healing, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, PPD, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience, Transformation

• parenting yourself: Mental Health Awareness Month

  Pre-quarantine, back in the days of yore, my husband and I went to a dinner party. I had been battling on-going physical and mental health issues and learning how to deal with panic attacks. We had jumped through some hoops to find childcare so that we could spend an evening with adults, but Anxiety didn’t […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  May 20, 2020

  Anxiety, Belovedness, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, PPD, Self Parenting, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience, Women

  Anxiety, Belovedness, Depression, Healing, Maternal Mental Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, PPD, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience