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Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood—
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The Story
A deeply personal examination of the dire state of our maternal and postpartum care for mothers
For expecting and new parents, too often the care is so focused on a healthy baby that the mother's physical and mental needs are overlooked. Mothers face intense pressure to have the perfect birth plan, breastfeed with ease, and immediately bond with their baby. Unfortunately, these expectations can lead to anxiety, depression, and overwhelm. But it doesn't have to be that way. In Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood, Leah Kim explores her own pregnancy and early motherhood experience as a person of the global majority, the ways society fails new mothers, the mental health struggles of expecting and new mothers, the systemic neglect in care for mothers with marginalized identities, and how motherhood can be the inspiration for getting help and healing. Her story, enhanced with expert interviews, valuable resources, and the testimonies of other mothers, not only illuminates the impact of insufficient maternal care but also shows readers what can be done to improve care for mothers. Mom, Unfiltered is profoundly personal and brutally honest, yet it is ultimately deeply hopeful. It is about survival and growth, an invitation to move beyond our current social, cultural, and familial realities to support mothers in a meaningful way-physically, mentally, and spiritually.Author: Leah Kim
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/30/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.87w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9798881842437
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2026
About the Author
Leah Kim is a mental health advocate and host of the Voices on the Side podcast. She writes about motherhood and mental health on her blog On-Motherhood.com. She has been featured in Women's Health, Shape, Garage, and Matches Fashion and on sites such as mother.ly, Medium, and Tiny Buddha. Kim is the author of From Office Hell to Yoga Heaven: Jumpstart Your Career as a Yoga Instructor. She was Nike's first ever Yoga Athlete and spent over a decade as Nike's Global Yoga Ambassador. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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A deeply personal examination of the dire state of our maternal and postpartum care for mothers
For expecting and new parents, too often the care is so focused on a healthy baby that the mother's physical and mental needs are overlooked. Mothers face intense pressure to have the perfect birth plan, breastfeed with ease, and immediately bond with their baby. Unfortunately, these expectations can lead to anxiety, depression, and overwhelm. But it doesn't have to be that way. In Mom, Unfiltered: Maternal Mental Health and Finding Freedom Through Motherhood, Leah Kim explores her own pregnancy and early motherhood experience as a person of the global majority, the ways society fails new mothers, the mental health struggles of expecting and new mothers, the systemic neglect in care for mothers with marginalized identities, and how motherhood can be the inspiration for getting help and healing. Her story, enhanced with expert interviews, valuable resources, and the testimonies of other mothers, not only illuminates the impact of insufficient maternal care but also shows readers what can be done to improve care for mothers. Mom, Unfiltered is profoundly personal and brutally honest, yet it is ultimately deeply hopeful. It is about survival and growth, an invitation to move beyond our current social, cultural, and familial realities to support mothers in a meaningful way-physically, mentally, and spiritually.Author: Leah Kim
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/30/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.87w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9798881842437
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2026
About the Author
Leah Kim is a mental health advocate and host of the Voices on the Side podcast. She writes about motherhood and mental health on her blog On-Motherhood.com. She has been featured in Women's Health, Shape, Garage, and Matches Fashion and on sites such as mother.ly, Medium, and Tiny Buddha. Kim is the author of From Office Hell to Yoga Heaven: Jumpstart Your Career as a Yoga Instructor. She was Nike's first ever Yoga Athlete and spent over a decade as Nike's Global Yoga Ambassador. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
