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Young Woman on a Session with Her Therapist
May is Mental Health Month

Mental Health Help for Moms in Rhode Island

One of the developments of the past year is my writing for Rhode Island Moms. While I was not hired to write specifically about mental health, fittingly, my first two articles for them were about this topic so near and dear to my heart. Then Megan Block, the founder of Rhode Island Moms, allowed me to share my personal postpartum story.

My Mental Health Articles for Rhode Island Moms:

Today, to mark 2025’s mental health awareness month, my latest article dropped to share resources with women and mothers who are thinking they might need extra support.

Mental Health Help for Moms in Rhode Island

I am incredibly grateful that Rhode Island Moms gives mental health a platform on its site and allows me to write about it.

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perinatal mood and anxiety disorders

The Connection You Never Knew You Needed

Postpartum Support International (PSI) was founded in 1987 in Santa Barbara, California by Jane Honikman, who was spurred on by her own experience with postpartum mood and anxiety disorders in the 1970s and the obvious need for social support for new mothers.

Now headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PSI has expanded across the United States and into 36 countries. With helplines, peer support groups, and professional training and resources, it is a bastion of maternal mental health.

While PSI came on my radar over twenty years into its tenure, spurred by my own struggles, it quickly became a source of hope and continued utility and inspiration. All the women I’ve met in the maternal mental health space have been incredibly affirming and supportive. To be able to amplify those connections and community on the PSI blog is a true honor. Read my piece below:

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may is maternal mental health month, News

May is Maternal Mental Health Month

My first contribution to Rhode Island Moms is live. Check it out!

In a month dedicated to moms, it’s also important to focus on maternal mental health – the most important gift we can give to ourselves.
— Read on rhodeislandmoms.com/health-and-wellness/may-is-maternal-mental-health-month/

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News

Three for Three

First there were Blog updates . . .

Then came next week’s workshop . . .

Now for the trifecta of new developments!

I am excited to announce that I have joined the team at Rhode Island Moms as a contributing writer.

Part of Wicked Good Mom Media, Rhode Island Moms is a blog, news source, calendar, and social support all in one for local moms.

As I stated in my submission to them, being a mother to four children doesn’t make me an expert by any estimation, but it does give me a wealth of varied experiences from which to draw. And I am so excited to draw on my experiences here on this blog to inform what I share with moms there.

This new opportunity won’t change what you see here on Chopping Potatoes.

It gives me a chance to share a slightly different spin with a different audience.

Rhode Island Moms gives you the how-to of mothering; Chopping Potatoes, the what-for.

There simply aren’t enough forums for motherhood and all its complexities.

I am thrilled to be adding my voice to one more.

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Writing

It’s ON, like Donkey Kong!

I may be revealing my status as a child of the 80s, but that’s how I feel at seeing THIS post over at A Manic World.

Robert Poposki, who manages that eclectic site dedicated to the many manifestations of depression, asked me to contribute.  Um, yes!  So, it’s ON!  Check it out if you feel like playing along!

http://amanicworld.com/2014/01/10/a-ten-letter-word/

 

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