I was featured as #17 on the Your Tango Expert’s Blog’s latest feature, 25 Signs You’re Ready For A Relationship.
17. You’re self-confident. Self-confidence is the key to knowing that you’re ready for love (it’s also the most powerful aphrodisiac). When you take pride in yourself and you are clear about your own worth—that is when you’ll be able to attract someone who honors you and himself in a healthy relationship.
Here’s the latest book review on our book, Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression:
“Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety by Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D. And Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT is a very good read for such a serious subject that not only teaches other professionals the reasons behind postpartum depression (PPD), but the average person, whether it’s the mother or mother to be or family and friends of the mother. This book will help with the diagnosis as well as the myriad treatments for the different types of postpartum disorders.
While reading this book I was saddened by the lack of understanding that is often surrounding these problems but also hopeful that with reading materials like this, things will get better because they will be better understood. We now know that there is what is called simply the “baby blues,” which is not one of these disorders but simply a mild depression brought on mostly by physical changes in the new mother’s body. Although it should be treated and understood, it should not be mistaken for the more serious disorders that “Beyond the Blues” discusses.
This book set out to help caretakers of new mothers diagnose such problems as well as give several types of solutions for the various types of PPD. It also was written in such a way that the average person can understand what this terrible disease really is and how we might better help our families and friends through these hard times. It does a good job of removing the stigma and shame that has surrounded such problems. Hopefully, this will give pregnant women the courage to let their doctors know what’s going on even if it might feel embarrassing or confusing to the patient herself.
I especially enjoy the fact that the authors wrote several pages of questions the patients might have with answers that would make anyone feel more “normal” rather than the lepers they’ve been made to feel like in the past. One question is “Won’t medication be a crutch?” and the answer is, “A crutch is a temporary tool that you use until you no longer need it. If you broke your foot you wouldn’t think twice about using crutches to support you while your foot heals. Medication restores your brain chemistry to a normal state, allowing you to get back to feeling yourself and back to your life. As you become well, you and your doctor will develop a plan to wean you off the medication…”
Another article quoting me from lifescript:
You mean well, but it’s easy to say the wrong thing to a loved one with depression. And that may only add to their troubles. Here are the top statements to avoid and what to say instead…
Which piece of advice will most likely cheer up a clinically depressed person?
An excerpt from a recent interview I did for lifescript:
When you’re depressed, it’s hard just getting out of bed. Keeping up with your boss’s demands? Almost impossible. But there are ways to stay sharp at work. Check out our experts’ smart strategies…
Like most women, you’re usually an ace at juggling demands of work, hubby, kids andhome. But not when depression sets in.
“Depression often brings an overwhelming, I-can’t-handle-anything feeling,” says psychologist Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D., author of Pregnant on Prozac (GPP Life) and survivor of two postpartum depressions.