Articles & Expert Guides on Mental Health

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Mental Health

242 Self-Care Quotes Every Woman Needs to Hear

Tassia O'Callaghan

An anti-resolution for moms: letting go of what’s heavy this January

Phoebe Corcoran

Feeling Lighter in Early Motherhood: Therapist-Approved Ways to Ease the Emotional Load

Phoebe Corcoran

Overwhelmed New Mom? 6 Tips to Find Calm & Rediscover Yourself

Tassia O'Callaghan

How to Date Yourself and Why It Matters

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

45 Powerful Loneliness Quotes to Help You Feel Less Alone

Tassia Agatowski

Lonely in Motherhood? Tips for Finding Connection as a Mom

Deborah Vieyra

How to Deal With Loneliness Throughout Womanhood

Tassia Agatowski

62 Self-Care Ideas for Mums to Calm Your Mind

Tassia O'Callaghan

Depression During Pregnancy: You’re Not Alone

Tassia Agatowski

Happy Mother’s Day in Heaven, Mom: 83 Quotes to Send Your Love

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Support Groups for Women: Take Back Your Power

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

71 Proud Single Mother Quotes for Sons, Daughters & You

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Coping with Empty Nest Syndrome: All You Need to Know

Deborah Vieyra

International Women’s Day 2026: All You Need to Know

Tassia O'Callaghan

200+ Inspiring International Women’s Day Quotes

Tassia O'Callaghan

12 Inspiring Black Women You Should Follow on Instagram

Team Peanut

Your 2024 Guide to Mental Health During Pregnancy & As A New Mum

Tassia Agatowski

How to Recover from Mum Burnout: My Story

Kristi Yeh

10 Wine-Free Self-Care Tips for Mums

Irina Gonzalez

From the community

I miss my pre baby body

I really miss my perky boobs and pre baby bod. I catch myself staring at others cleavages and I wanna cry. I don’t feel sexy and young anymore. It’s so hard to accept because I can’t change without wanting to cry

Nursery drop offs

Genuine question to parents out there. Why is it so hard to say a simple hello to other parents at pick up/drop off at nursery , why go out of your way to avoid other parents, wouldn't it just be easier to say hello. Surely it's harder to avoid, seems so odd when we have something HUGE in common.... I get that we don't have time for full blown convos or room for more friends in our lives but surely it's just polite to acknowledge other parents.

For someone who's just moved to a new town I'm finding it incredibly difficult to find other parents to chat to, everything seems so closed. Yes it's my responsibility to go out there and go to mum groups and classes but it takes 2 to form a bond and there is effort required from both sides.

Im exhausted. Does anyone feel the same?

Motherhood blues

What can I do to stop letting myself feel so lonely when it’s just me and my daughter. I know I’m not alone because I’m with her but coming from a failing marriage husbands never around to help or just hangout with us so it’s just me and her I been doing it for a year and still not use to it does it ever get easier?

Is it normal to feel lonely?

Is anyone else feeling lonely during pregnancy? People who I thought were friends don’t bother to message or check in. Family members don’t either.
I’m not expecting everyone to constantly message me or anything like that, but even just once in a while it would be nice to get something to say “how are you/bump doing”.
I feel like I’ve got no friends to talk to about anything really and my partner seems dismissive of things I try to tell him about the pregnancy. I get he’s busy working almost 7 days a week currently but it just gets me down.

Want to give up on Everything life is hard

There’s been times where I wanna give up cause everything not falling into play for me and babies and I carry everyone problems but my own problems and it is not fair to my kids that can not tend to them how I want to cause of financial issues

Can you love your kids so much and at the same time missing your life before having them?

I really love my children, and I enjoy playing and spending time with them! seeing them growing is the biggest blessing.. BUT I don’t recognise myself anymore. I used to have so much social life, plenty of friends, dates with my husband, travels and free time to eat out, going to galleries, theatre and now I am doing nothing at all.. just home, work, cooking, prepping things for my kids. Who am I now??

Does reality TV also mess with your mind a little?

Okay, random observation, tell me if I’m the only one.

If I watch something gross like too much fighting on a reality TV show — on my phone or TV — does it impact my mental well-being?

It’s not every day. Sometimes once a week, twice or thrice.

But after watching those aggressive fights, I feel like it kind of infects me.

Not like I start fighting. But some kind of excitement and irritation starts getting into my mind. Like my mind is still buzzing, still restless.

Is it okay to watch it? Does it really impact us?

I feel like it does, even if it’s just once in a while.

Has this ever happened to you?

Let share our stories

Let’s have a little deep conversation. ❤️

What’s one experience that made you stronger?
What’s the biggest mistake you’ve learned from?
What’s a life lesson you wish you had learned earlier?
What changed the way you see life?

I’d love to hear your stories. No judgment, just genuine conversations. 🫶

Why does everyone say it gets easier?! 😮‍💨

It doesn’t get easier you just replace hard things with something different that’s hard.
Do you feel the same?!

Am I bonkers 🤪

I have two boy’s 13month’s apart and I have this nagging feeling I’m not done I want one more , my partner is firm no says he is done😂
I don’t mean right now in a couple of year’s time maybe I should admit defeat 😩🙈