Maternal mental health including anxiety and postpartum depression (PPD) affects on average 18% of mothers, but in some countries nearly 40% of women are affected by PPD - and this only includes those who are diagnosed. PPD is common, we just don’t talk about it enough.

Summer Bukeavich is an assistant professor of business, an Ed.D. candidate researching mindfulness in higher education, a mom to a four-year-old girl, and an ever-improving manager of her own anxiety disorders.

“When my daughter was born prematurely, I wasn't fully ready for either labor, birth, or the postpartum bonding period. It was a rocky start but I didn’t truly acknowledge that I had PPD until after it dissipated.“ Summer Bukeavich

During this SciMomChats event, Summer shared her personal experience struggling with PPD, and gave tips on how to juggle grad school and motherhood while coping with severe anxiety.