Why High-Achieving Moms Struggle to Ask for Help After a Baby

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High-functioning women are used to being capable. Before motherhood, your competence solved problems. You figured things out. You pushed through. You excelled at work. But postpartum isn't something that you can just muscle through. Hi, if you don't know me, I'm Dr. Jana. I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in moms. And so many high-achieving moms are telling themselves, if I were stronger, I wouldn't be struggling. If I work a little bit harder, I'll figure this out. And so they don't ask for help. not because they don't need it, but because needing help actually feels so unfamiliar. So if you are realizing that you don't want to carry this by yourself, you can book a consult call at the link in my bio and follow for more honest conversations about motherhood and mental health.