January and Brandon are talking about teetotalism. January explains her adoption of teetotalism in her own life, why it is more than simply abstaining from alcohol, and her experience getting a teetotalism tattoo! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on iTunes! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on Google Play! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on Stitcher! Click here to download Episode…
-
-
The Harshe Podcast – Episode #29: Mental Health & Meditation
January and Brandon talk meditation today! Brandon goes into how meditation has changed his entire outlook on life despite having bipolar II disorder and January explains how meditation has helped her as well. Also, Brandon has an “ah ha!” moment when he realizes how meditative sex can be! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on iTunes! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast…
-
My Three-Year Postpartum
"I attended regular therapy sessions. My therapist knew that I was struggling, but I don’t think that even she knew the extent of the pain I was in mentally. I think the anxiety had become so bad that I didn’t know how to properly express how bad it was."
-
The Harshe Podcast – Episode #16: Our 6 Postpartum Experiences
This week, January and Brandon discuss postpartum after all six births! They discuss postpartum depression, severe back spasms, bottle feeding, awkwardness in the bedroom, and Brandon's immunity to cute babies. Also, January has a hilarious slip of the tongue that makes this episode explicit, so cover your children's ears during the last 20 minutes!
-
From Traumatic Cesarean to Postpartum Depression {Trigger Warning}
"I went to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack to later find out it was a post-partum anxiety attack. I seen my OB the next day. Whom I must add has taken excellent care of me during all of this. It took me a few weeks to get back to 'normal' and I’m still not certain I’m…
-
My Story Isn’t the Typical One: Overcoming Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
I had a very quick birth. My second baby was almost born on the interstate in the middle of the night. I was on the phone with my OB screaming that her head was almost out. As soon as I got into a room and managed to make a phone call to my birth photographer, she was out and screaming.…
-
PPD, PTSD and Antenatal Depression: Nutrition and Research…What Helps?
Postpartum depression, antenatal depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder related to birth are multi-faceted, complicated illnesses that can be caused by a number of different things. While some experts propose that these things have physical causes, others report psychological factors as the main cause. And others, like myself (although I would not consider myself an expert), believe it could be a…
-
I Sank Deeper & Deeper: A Story of Postpartum Depression
(Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Ali Adams.) I’ve written this over and over again. Each time highlighting, deleting, and starting over. How do you write last year I hated my daughter and my life in a way that sounds eloquent? The truth is you don’t. Postpartum depression isn’t eloquent. It’s not neat and tidy, it doesn’t sound pretty and…
-
Breast is Normal, Fed is Best
I’m not censoring myself. When my oldest was a year old, a friend told me that my baby and I couldn’t be as bonded as her and her baby because we bottle fed and she breastfed. I wasn’t offended, I was confused. I had a very deep bond with my baby and was madly in love her, so how could…