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  1. What Ms. B. Monaghan Taught Me About Taking A Stand

    9/2/11 8:55am by katstone
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    When Ms. B. Monaghan’s American Thought & Language class began, my fellow Michigan State University students and I were directed to obtain a three-ring presentation binder.  On the cover of the binder we were to write the title “My Power In My Hand.”  Inside the binder, on page 2, we were to type the general objective of our class: “To become intelligent and compassionate observers of, and participate in, the great human drama going on around us and within us.”  Read more >

  2. Hey Bloggers! I Want More Shine

    6/30/11 1:09pm by katstone
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    This is me, on Twitter, this afternoon, sort of losing it:"Everybody here trying to help others just needs to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Ignore the haters. cc: @dooce @mom101 @lovethatmax""IGNORE!!""Say it with me now: IGNORE! I IGNORE YOU, HATERS! Gonna keep doing what I do, & trying to help, come what may.""Maybe we could write a song called 'I Ignore You, Haters'. Who's good with lyrics?""Ignore!" I think I'm going to start a new hashtag ... drumroll please ...#ignore  Read more >

  3. On Blogging, Popularity Contests & Why I QUIT!

    6/2/11 7:26am by katstone
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    "Win" on a keyboard

    Last night I received an email telling me I'm up for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Mental Wellness Blogs. You'd think that would make me happy, but it didn't really. In fact, I immediately felt sad once I understood what was involved.  Read more >

  4. Taking Back Happiness

    4/11/11 12:03pm by katstone
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    The Happiest Mom

    Bloggers Hollee Schwartz Temple at TheNewPerfect.com and Meagan Francis at TheHappiestMom have just published new books on happiness.  Katherine Stone, who writes about women’s emotional health at Postpartum Progress and ParentDish, sat down to talk to them about life’s holy grail.  Read more >

  5. Does Depression Make Dads Spank Their 1-Year-Olds?

    3/15/11 4:59pm by katstone
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    Depressed father

    What is common is for the media to infer is that depressed parents abuse their children. This kind of thing always happens when stories come out about the negative effects of postpartum depression. It's not that there aren't any negative effects. There are. We can't ignore them. In fact, we really need to talk about them, not to make women who suffer feel guilty, but to make them aware that avoiding treatment is not an option.  Read more >

  6. Time Takes Stigma To the Max With "Psychotic Nut Job" Mothers

    1/6/11 10:00am by katstone
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    Mom Crying

    Yesterday I happened upon a story from Time magazine’s Healthland on the results of research into why women kill their newborns. The first three sentences shocked me so much, I couldn't read further to learn about the study:  Read more >

  7. The Six Stages of Postpartum Depression

    11/10/10 11:09am by katstone
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    Grief

    Recovering from postpartum depression is, unfortunately, a pretty unwieldy process to get through. It's not like you can take antibiotics and ten days later you're all set and ready to go. The process of recognizing, getting treated for and recovering from postpartum depression can take months and months and sometimes years.Yes, I know. That completely sucks.  Read more >

  8. 25 Things You Should Never Say to A Mom With Postpartum Depression or Anxiety

    9/23/10 5:25pm by katstone
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    A Mom on the Phone

    This week at my blog Postpartum Progress, I wrote a post called 20 Things I Never Want to Hear or Read Again, Postpartum Depression Edition.  I was inspired to write it after reading similar posts from Arwyn at Raising My Boychick whose list focused on parental judgment, and Kristen at Birthing Beautiful Ideas whose list focused on pregnancy and childbirth.  Read more >

  9. You Could Save A Life Today: World Suicide Prevention Day

    9/10/10 9:09am by katstone
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    Consoling Crying Woman

    Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.  You may not think suicide is common, but you'd be wrong.  The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA states that suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States, and that nearly 800,000 suicide attempts are made every year.  Read more >

  10. AOL News Story Calls Postpartum Depression A "Crock"

    8/18/10 7:48am by katstone
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    Mom with crying baby

    How many posts am I going to have to write?  How many letters to the editor are people going to have to send?  How many advocates shouting down the stigma will it take?  Read more >

Katherine Stone

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Katherine Stone
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Katherine is author of the blog Postpartum Progress, and a writer for Babble's Strollerderby. She has also been syndicated on BlogHer. You can follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprogr.

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