The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

People think of me as a mannequin. All show and no substance.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen.