Mom and Mind

358: Supportive Benefits of Journaling for Postpartum Mental Health with Allie Mirosevic


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Many times, the path to healing isn’t one specific thing but a combination of things, and journaling is certainly one beneficial activity in all kinds of healing processes. Today’s episode will be helpful to you if you are facing challenges and need a healthy way to process thoughts and feelings. Learn more with us in this episode!

Allie Mirosevic is a wife, a mom of two, and an entrepreneur who lives in Los Angeles. She founded Bliss'd, a self-care brand aimed at helping fellow moms live more joyful and fulfilling lives through the power of journaling. After discovering her love of journaling in 2019 following her first challenging postpartum experience, her passion became helping other moms experience the transformative benefits of journaling through her easy-to-use gratitude and connection journals. Along with simple journaling tips, Allie joins us to share her journey through postpartum depression and how she treated the issues and found healing. 

Show Highlights:

  • Allie’s story: a native Chicagoan transplanted in LA, a BIG pivot in careers, the plunge into entrepreneurship, and a difficult postpartum experience that fully revealed her purpose and passion
  • Allie’s postpartum challenges in 2019 with the birth of her son
  • Finding support through medication, therapy, and journaling
  • The big question when beginning to journal is, “What do I write?”
  • Fact: The blissful newborn experience is NOT every mother’s reality.
  • Allie’s experience as a new journaler: blank journal vs. guided journal?
  • Navigating a journaling practice as a very busy mom (Start with 5 minutes to build new skills and habits.)
  • Allie’s takeaway for listeners about the benefits of journaling
  • Resources:

    Connect with Allie Mirosevic:  Website and Instagram

    Please find resources in English and Spanish at Postpartum Support International, or by phone/text at 1-800-944-4773. There are many free resources, like online support groups, peer mentors, a specialist provider directory, and perinatal mental health training for therapists, physicians, nurses, doulas, and anyone who wants to be a better support in offering services. 

    You can also follow PSI on social media: Instagram, Facebook, and most other platforms

    Visit www.postpartum.net/professionals/certificate-trainings/ for information on the grief course.  

    Visit my website, www.wellmindperinatal.com, for more information, resources, and courses you can take today!



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