Judy Dippel > Quotes

“Postpartum depression makes you suddenly feel like a stranger to yourself, but knowing the clinical facts are the first step toward wellness.”
― Judy Dippel, Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

“When you are angry with a friend, or a friend is angry with you, it's important to remember that there is always hurt underneath anger.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“There is hope in knowing this about postpartum depression: You are not the only one to experience this confining, crazy making inner chaos within yourself.”
― Judy Dippel, Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

“Being a new mother is supposed to be the happiest time of your life, but postpartum depression and anxiety strip that away for a time, but trust that it will not last forever.”
― Judy Dippel, Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

“Make your friends a priority, so they are not lost to the black hole of a busy, hurried life.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“With a long distant friend, I enjoy changing this obstacle into an opportunity by creating annual 'frienditions' to see and do something new and different together.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“The #1 friendship challenge women have is finding time to spend with each other.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“Don't miss out on opportunities to spend time with friends you value most, because too many of your waking hours are spent on a treadmill of constant doing to keep up with our culture's demands. Good friends are stress relief!”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“To talk less and be a better listener is the lifelong quest of a good friend.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“When a friendship is important enough, with mutual respect, most obstacles provide the opportunity to broaden each person's perspective and help each one grow in interesting and unexpected ways.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“Take better control of your schedule by choosing to do one spontaneous thing for yourself every day.”
― Judy Dippel, Friendship Interrupted: Challenges and Practical Solutions - What You Can Do

“Postpartum depression and anxiety that 11-20% of women experience is not at all the same as the more commonly experienced 'baby blues' 80% of women experience for a few weeks.”
― Judy Dippel, Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

“Friendship can hurt! And women aren't wired to forget hurt easily, so the loss of a friend can set off a grieving process, just like any other significant loss or change.”
― Judy Dippel

“Postpartum depression makes a woman feel like she is in the grip of something dreaded and dark, and it's scary. . . but she's likely ashamed to admit it because she can't explain it!”
― Judy Dippel, Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God