by Tiffany Jenkins | Aug 29, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
How postpartum depression and anxiety wrecked my world… First off, let me start this by saying I know Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Anxiety are two different things. However, in the case of my life… they came together. Both PPD and PPA sucked the joy out...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Aug 15, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
It was a Saturday during the wee hours of a frigid November morning in 2015 that I had finally been found out. The wails coming from my hysterical sister’s mouth were horrific. We were on the back patio of her home, and I had just confessed to her my truth—that I was...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Jul 31, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
*The following has been submitted to me, and the writer has asked to remain anonymous. Names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved.* I keep telling myself it’s okay to be angry. How could I not be angry after all the anger that my body...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Jul 19, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
5 years ago I was happily married, with a beautiful little girl, and the home I always wanted.I felt complete. I had no knowledge of the demons that were hiding inside of me. Over time I started to have struggles with the loss of a previous pregnancy, and I wasn’t...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Jul 9, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
Self Harm & Sexual Abuse. (Triggers) I grew up in a very chaotic and abusive family, my father and mother were born into chaotic families themselves and had very little skills in the way of parenting, loving, or emotional/self-regulation. They did...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Jun 29, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
Four years ago, I was a stay-home mom to two beautiful children. Despite being in an unfulfilling marriage and feeling like a desperate housewife, my children gave me purpose. Over time, the demands of motherhood and beginning a new career to get out of the...