Divorced—and Depressed about Dating

Q:  “My recent breakup has devastated me. It’s been over a year now, and my girlfriends all encourage me to “get back on the horse,” so to speak. Seriously, I can’t even imagine getting into another relationship. At the same time, I dread spending the rest of my life alone. What’s wrong with me?” —Eliza [...]

Single Moms and the Holiday Blues: Lifting Your Spirits

Mistletoe? What mistletoe? Some single moms maybe spending the upcoming holidays alone due to custody arrangements.And it may be hard-well for some, impossible-to be cheery, while visions of the perfect Norman Rockwell familyinfiltrate our consciousness.
SMW asked Alaina Sheer, one of SingleMindedWomen.com’s contributors to share with us how she survives the holidays as a single mom:
This [...]

Bye, Bye Holiday Blues!

The holidays have arrived and so have the blues for many people. Between the economy, people losing their jobs or fearing they may lose their job, and let’s not forget lack of sunlight, it’s easy to see how one can fall victim to depression this time of year.
Take heart deary, everyone has the blues from [...]

Have Women Been Sold on Depression?

It’s safe to say that virtually all of us know at least one woman who is being treated for depression. In his intriguing book, Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs, author Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD offers some ideas on why that could be the case.

The book first came out [...]