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Everyone seems to agree that we have an epidemic of what is diagnosed as autism. But, in the history of our society, there has never been "an epidemic" of any developmental or genetic disorder. Yet, over the span of thirty years, autism has gone from affecting one in 5,000 children to one in 90, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So what is this "autism", which has come to affect the lives of so many?

AS HEARD ON GIOVANNA FLETCHER’S HAPPY MUM PODCAST ‘‘She Seems Fine to Me reads like Nixon speaks – sparky, crackling with rage, but also, somehow, laugh-out-loud funny’ The Guardian Actress, check. Wife, check. Mother, check. In control of her own mind? Well... After a lifetime of...

If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman's brain...

Becoming a mother is a joyful rite of passage, but it can also be overwhelming - physically and emotionally. How can you calm the worries, quiet the guilt, and be present with yourself and your kids? Psychologist and mom Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco specializes in the myriad issues that women with young children struggle with. In this compassionate guide, she shares science-based strategies to help you cope with common challenges and make peace with your transformed identity. 

Most new mothers bring their infants to the doctor but ignore any distressing feelings or sensations they might themselves have—that sense of being "rattled" at many moments throughout the day and night. In Rattled, Dr. Nicole Pensak shares her own experiences and those of her patients to help new mothers feel informed, validated, and guided through matrescence. After giving birth, a woman often feels like a completely different person. It may sound dramatic, but the rollercoaster of physical and psychological changes affects the brain and body in a similar way that adolescence changes us.

Before Chelsea Conaboy gave birth to her first child, she anticipated the joy of holding her newborn son, the endless dirty nappies and the sleepless nights. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel. It wasn't simply the extraordinary demands of this new role, but a shift in self—as deep as it was disorienting. In truth, something was changing: her brain. 

In der Schwangerschaft verändert sich nicht nur der Körper – auch das Gehirn wird tiefgreifend umgebaut. Was du fühlst und denkst, ist kein Zufall, sondern Ausdruck eines neuropsychologischen Wandels: das Mom Brain. Das klingt nach Vergesslichkeit, ist aber ein evolutionäres Upgrade mit Fähigkeiten wie mehr Empathie und ungeahnter Resilienz. Alina Grandt zeigt, was im Gehirn werdender und junger Mütter wirklich passiert. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und verständlich erklärt, geht es darum, was Mütter bewegt: Identitätsfragen, emotionale Ambivalenzen, Bindungsmuster.

After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain's turmoil. Birth of a New Brain vividly depicts her postpartum bipolar disorder, an unusual type of bipolar disorder and postpartum mood and anxiety disorder. During her childhood, Harwood grew up close to her father, a brilliant violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic who had bipolar disorder. She learned how bipolar disorder could ravage a family, but she never suspected that she'd become mentally ill - until her baby was born.  

A paradigm-shifting achievement, built from the author’s own research, showing that pregnancy profoundly transforms our brains even more than adolescence does. Dispels “mommy brain” stereotypes and trailblazes new understanding at the core of humanity with warmth and compassion...

La periodista especializada en salud y ciencia Chelsea Conaboy desmonta el concepto de «instinto maternal» y ofrece una nueva mirada sobre lo que realmente significa convertirse en madre o padre. Conaboy esperaba que su vida cambiara con el nacimiento de su hijo. Lo que no esperaba era...

This program is read by the author. A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, Mother Brain explodes the concept of “maternal instinct” and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. Before journalist Chelsea...

Broken Brain, Fortified Faith is the story of one family's journey through schizophrenia, navigating the uncharted waters of mental illness to find help for their daughter, Amber, and support for their family. This memoir is an honest look at the stress, anger, education, and finally, hope experienced through eyes of a mother. Along the way, she questions her trust in God as their family encounters setbacks, inadequate treatments, and additional family health crises.

Ann Hedreen's story of what it was like to become a mom just as her own beautiful, brainy mother began to lose her mind to an unforgiving disease. Arlene was a copper miner’s daughter who was divorced twice, widowed once, raised six kids singlehandedly, survived the turbulent ‘60s, and got her BA and MA at 40 so she could support her family as a Seattle schoolteacher - only to start showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease in her late 50s, taking Ann and her siblings on a long descent they never could have anticipated or imagined.

In The Mommy Brain, Katherine Ellison reveals the ways that women get smarter after having kids. Motherhood makes women more perceptive, efficient, resilient, motivated, and emotionally intelligent - all of which adds up to tremendous mental enrichment and effectiveness.

Do you find yourself questioning your parenting abilities? Do you yell or lose control in the face of a strong-willed child? Do you feel overwhelmed? You are not alone. I’m right there in the trenches with you. I have had all those same self-doubts. There have been sweat and tears, but also moments of joy. Don’t struggle alone like I did. Don’t feel shame about doubts and worries. Don’t think negatively about your abilities as a mother. These positive affirmations are what I use to get through those difficult moments.