Your wife just had a baby two months ago. Her mother shows up unannounced—again—saying she’s “just here to help.” Three hours later, she’s rearranged your kitchen, criticized how you’re holding your own child, and your wife is in tears after […]
Relationships - Sophia Rivera
“I’m Hot, You’re Basic”
You know that moment when you fall in love? The heart-racing, butterfly-inducing, can’t-stop-thinking-about-them state that makes you feel like you’re floating? Well, I’ve got some bad news: it’s designed to disappear. And some good news: that’s actually okay. The Paradox […]
Relationships - Sophia Rivera
I’m a Relationship Grenade
I just read five different academic papers on postpartum mental health and relationships, and let me tell you – they’re all dancing around the same uncomfortable truth that nobody wants to say out loud: The Baby Bomb: Why Nobody Warns […]