Welcoming a new child is often painted as one of the happiest, most fulfilling moments of a person's life. But for many, the reality can be much more complicated. Coupled with the physical recovery and sleep deprivation, new parenthood can quickly become an emotional rollercoaster, and many parents may struggle to find their footing in the first few months after childbirth.

Sound of Ideas
Nov 19, 2024

“It’s like looking up the skirt of the Catholic Church,” my sister remarked as we flipped through the catalog where you could buy: Mass. From the communion wafers—the body of Christ—to the Crown of Thorns, all of it: for sale.  I went to church every Sunday for eighteen years of my life. As a kid, I distanced myself from most of what was said on the altar by using sign language to have conversations with my sister, or lip-syncing what priests recited weekly.

The Lakewood Observer
March 20, 2024

Time together is time treasured for Meghan Cliffel and Colin Weaver. Enjoying a quiet lunch together is special because when the kids are home, the kitchen is a lot busier. Married 13 years this summer, their life has been filled with babies, birthdays and lots of love and laughter. However, between the mundane and the marvelous, a crisis that almost took it all away from them nearly eight years ago.

News 5 Cleveland
Apr 12, 2023

It’s a deeply scary experience to go from a rational brain one day to a totally irrational brain the next. The process of regaining wellness was a long one. There's getting out [of the hospital], and then there’s trying to make your way back to a new version of yourself. I really think what we need to teach people the most is how to manage their minds and their emotions, this art of being human.

Mass PPD Fund
February 1, 2023

Believeland. The name that our fair city won as a result of decades of painful sports losses and Clevelanders who hand their hearts over open and beating season after season, often only to be broken in some new-but-eerily-familiar way. The perennial underdog.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer
September 9, 2020

The first time I heard the slogan “Defund the Police” my immediate reaction was to bristle a little. Fear took over my imagination. 

Scary Mommy
June 2020

My just-turned-five-year-old looked at me and whined, “What are we going to do today, Mama?” I sipped my coffee and didn’t respond verbally. But my chest started to tighten and my blood pressure rose.

Scary Mommy
May 2020