Category Archives: Parenting

Black Boy, Black Girl – I Love You

June 14, 2020 2 comments Children's Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Racism Dr. Leesha

Some may not celebrate your beauty. Some ridicule your black skin; they mock your thick coils and tendrils. Some wish to extinguish your voice. Some […]

Finding God’s Peace Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 18, 2020 1 comment Anxiety, Faith, Family, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama, coronavirus, Dr. Leesha Ellis-Cox, drleesha, Mental Health, Parenting Dr. Leesha

The Zombie Apocalypse Minus the Zombies Neither my physician credentials nor mental health expertise have sufficiently quashed my apprehension and unease as the world faces […]

A Special Kind of Love

March 4, 2020 2 comments Family, Motherhood, Parenting Dr. Leesha

I heard it for years – boys love their mamas. Yet, this was of no consequence to me until my Evan was born, my second […]

Mom, Put that Cape On!

January 29, 2020 4 comments Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Women's Mental Health Dr. Leesha

I know, moms. It’s gets confusing. Society and our well-meaning mommy friends voice compelling declarations from “You’re no superhero” to “Girl, take off your cape” and “You are not supermom. Ain’t nobody got time for that.”

Yasss, Honey! Beyoncé Gets It, Too

December 18, 2019 2 comments Motherhood, Parenting Birmingham, Dr. Leesha Ellis-Cox, drleesha, family, Parenting, parenting truth Dr. Leesha

Most women have been conditioned to ignore symptoms and just ‘tough it out’ and focus on taking care of everyone else before themselves. I am […]

The Loneliness of Motherhood

November 24, 2019 0 comments Family, Motherhood, Parenting Birmingham Alabama, drleesha, motherhood, Parenting, parenting truth Dr. Leesha

Co-Parenting is Good … I’m a happily married woman and mom to three beautiful children, ages 5, 8, and 12. Well, the 12-year-old really isn’t […]

I love that she was real and talked from a parent’s perspective. She talked on our level and not like a psychiatrist with terms we didn’t know. I loved when her daughter jumped on her lap. I though she really gets it. She is realistic and a mom, too.

—Paige L.

The whole woman was ministered to: mind, body, spirit.

—Simone C.

Ditch the Mommy Guilt is a book that ushers mothers through an insightful journey to healthier, happier parenting. Motherhood is one that typically comes with little or no guidance, but Dr. Leesha's brilliant text will assist many mothers in parenting without guilt or second guesses. You must read this smart guide to healthier and happier motherhood ... without any guilt.

—Dr. Ty Moody, Worship Center Christian Church

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