Anxious Mums

Dr. Jodi Richardson knows her subject from the inside — lifelong anxiety, postnatal depression, and a career grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — and that combination of personal honesty and clinical framework is what sets Anxious Mums apart from the crowded self-help shelf. She gives mothers practical, evidence-based tools for recognizing anxiety's patterns, managing unhelpful thoughts, and raising emotionally resilient children, all without either catastrophizing or minimizing the real difficulty of maternal mental health. The honest caveat: the framework is secular (ACT and positive psychology), so readers seeking spiritually grounded guidance will need to supplement elsewhere. International distribution is also thin outside Australia. For any mother who has wondered whether her anxiety is getting in the way of her parenting, this is an unusually well-qualified guide.