Foreword INDIES's 2019 Silver Award–Winner for Health
Mom's Choice Awards Gold recipient
One of HuffPost's Books on Postpartum Mental Health Every New Parent Should Read
One of BabyGaga's "8 Books That Prepare New Moms for the Postpartum Phase"
One of Moms.com's "8 Self-Help Books Moms Might Want to Keep in Their Home Library"
Over 90 percent of new mothers will have scary, intrusive thoughts about their baby and themselves. What if I drop him? What if I snap and hurt my baby? Mothering is so hard—I don't know if I really want to do this anymore. Gosh, I'm so terrible for thinking that! Yet for too many mothers, those thoughts remain secret, hidden away in a place of shame that can quickly grow into anxiety, postpartum depression, and even self-harm. But here's the good news: you CAN feel better!
Author Karen Kleiman—co-author of the seminal book This Isn't What I Expected and founder of the acclaimed Postpartum Stress Center—comes to the aid of new mothers everywhere with a groundbreaking new source of hope, compassion, and expert help. Good Mothers Have Scary Thoughts is packed with world-class guidance, simple exercises, and nearly 50 stigma-busting cartoons from the viral #speakthesecret campaign that help new moms validate their feelings, share their fears, and start feeling better.
