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Perinatal Therapist for Bay Area and California Moms
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Navigating High Functioning Postpartum Anxiety: A Guide for Mothers
High functioning postpartum anxiety is anxiety that hides behind competence. You keep working, hosting, and performing well while your body stays on alert, your mind rehearses worst cases, and rest feels impossible. It is not an official diagnosis, but it is real and treatable. Your inbox is at zero. The diaper bag is ready for every worst-case scenario, even if you're just going to a neighborhood restaurant. You answered work emails at 11 p.m. with a sleeping baby on your ch
Cynthia Manuel-Shah
Sep 236 min read


Navigating 2 a.m. Anxiety: A Guide for High-Achieving BIPOC Mothers
Why so many high achieving moms are typing their 2 a.m. panic into a chatbot, and the honest signs it's time to talk to a person instead.
Cynthia Manuel-Shah
Jul 286 min read


Why Don't I Feel Like Myself Anymore?
A Note for Bay Area Women Who Built Brilliant, Controlled Lives and Are Now Living Something That Will Not Be Optimized The Question You Have Not Said Out Loud You built a career on being the person who held the team together. Promotions, close deadlines, and crisis situations were all handled. You made it look easy, because that is how women of color have to present to make it in this world. You sat in rooms full of people twice your age who did not look like you, and you st
Cynthia Manuel-Shah
Jul 228 min read
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