discover the PARENTS Postpartum Survival Guide
Practical strategies for parents experiencing postpartum depression & anxiety
Navigate postpartum mental health with our easy-to-use field guide
Becoming a parent with a new baby can be an overwhelming and exhausting season where you have little time to yourself. You may be struggling to pinpoint how you’re feeling and how you can start to feel better. Postpartum depression and anxiety affect 1 in 5 new mothers and 1 in 10 new fathers, making them the most common birth complications in the U.S. We want you to know that you’re not alone!
As a busy parent, you may only have a few minutes available for reading so the focus is on quick and accessible information to help you through new parenthood. Our book, Myself Again, is the ultimate survival guide to help navigate emotional challenges after a baby comes home. The PARENTS method is uniquely created to give you straightforward, practical strategies in self-care and emotion management, so that you can get back to feeling like yourself again.
Discover practical tips for…
Depression & Anxiety
Traumatic Birth
Non-birth parents & partners
Planning your next pregnancy
About the Authors
Gabrielle Mauren, phd
Gabrielle Mauren is a psychologist and developer of an award-winning Reproductive Mental Health Program. She did her undergraduate studies, graduate studies, and postgraduate fellowship at the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. She has been a featured speaker at local, national, and international conferences on the topic of perinatal mental health. She is passionate about helping parents to overcome psychological challenges of parenting and find the joy in making a family. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and daughter.
Michelle Wiersgalla, md
Michelle Wiersgalla is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacology consultant for a nationally-recognized Reproductive Mental Health Program. She attended college and medical school at the University of Wisconsin, and did her psychiatry residency at the Harvard Longwood Program. She enjoys teaching at national and international conferences on the topic of perinatal mental health. She cares for patients with pregnancy-related mental health concerns and her favorite part of the work is teaching patients, parents, and other professionals about the wellness that comes from successfully treating postpartum depression and anxiety. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and two daughters.
“In Myself Again: The PARENTS Postpartum Survival Guide, Dr. Michelle Wiersgalla and Dr. Gabrielle Mauren take their decades of expertise and experience as perinatal mental health leaders to highlight actionable steps for individuals and families experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. In clear and concise language, the authors give a high level overview of these common and disabling illnesses, and practical examples and tools to help. The stories from survivors are particularly compelling, and their encouragement and suggestions can hopefully help those who are struggling know they are not alone, and that recovery and healing are possible. The authors also focus on fathers and non-birth parents which is particularly important as these populations can also suffer from perinatal mood and anxiety conditions, and could also benefit from the book’s tools, resources and strong encouragement for self-compassion, self-care and support.”
Helen Kim, MD | Director, Mother-Baby Program, Redleaf Center for Family Healing
Myself Again is a great book if you are ready to…
Pick up an easy-to-read resource that you can consume in bite-sized chunks
Learn small steps that will help with new parent overwhelm
Feel better with fewer symptoms of postpartum depression & anxiety
Discover strategies and coping mechanisms to navigate your first year with your baby
Learn from real-life experiences with postpartum depression and anxiety and start improving your mental health
“Myself Again is a thoughtful and empathetic resource for new parents struggling with the myriad sorts of emotional issues that can happen after the birth of a baby. Drs. Mauren and Wiersgalla share their years of experience treating post-partum mood and anxiety in all kinds of families and situations.”
Emily Deans, MD | Wellcare Physicians Group
Author of “Feeling Better” and the “Evolutionary Psychiatry” blog for Psychology Today
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Ready to start feeling better?
Myself Again can help. Written by experts in perinatal mental health, this book is an easy-to-use resource for parents experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, recovery from traumatic birth, and more. It also makes a great gift for parents-to-be, so they're well-equipped for bringing home their new baby. You can purchase from Amazon, Magers & Quinn, or our publisher, Praeclarus Press. For bulk orders, contact ken@praeclaruspress.com.