{"id":9702,"date":"2025-04-11T02:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9702\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T02:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:59:22","slug":"new-mom-with-depression-tries-walking-everyday-starts-global-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9702\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mom With Depression Tries Walking Everyday\u2014Starts Global Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, a new mom from California took to the streets to overcome postpartum depression\u2014little did she know she would be starting a global movement.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie O&#8217;Neal (@jamieeastonn) had a history of anxiety and depression following a car accident in 2019 that left her with a traumatic brain injury. On top of that, she was battling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mom-shows-reality-postnatal-depression-texts-mom-1905277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">postpartum depression<\/a>, while going through a divorce from her son&#8217;s father after five years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were so many life changes, from [my] relationship, to motherhood, to [my] career. I was in a place where I was not on stable ground,&#8221; O&#8217;Neal told Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2620854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mom-walk-collective.png\" alt=\"The mom walk collective\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><br \/>\nSplit view of a blonde woman holding a baby in a carrier, and a group of women walking with strollers.<br \/>\nSplit view of a blonde woman holding a baby in a carrier, and a group of women walking with strollers.<br \/>\n@jamieeastonn\/@themomwalkco<\/p>\n<p>Knowing her medical past, O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s midwife gave her one simple prescription: go for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mom-sheds-107lbs-after-walking-every-day-2002112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">walk every day<\/a>, whether to grab a coffee or just to get out of the house.<\/p>\n<p>At first, O&#8217;Neal walked alone, but soon realized that she wasn&#8217;t the only mom in need of support.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neal reached out to friends to join her, needing to hear from another mom who understood what she was going through. That is when she decided to post a video on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/tiktok\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, inviting local moms to walk with her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two moms showed up to my very first walk, and that conversation changed my life,&#8221; O&#8217;Neal said. &#8220;I asked God what to do and felt in my heart that it was time to serve moms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In August 2022, O&#8217;Neal officially launched The Mom Walk Collective covering 30 cities. &#8220;We are an international mom organization that creates safe spaces for moms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/babysitters-surprise-help-single-mom-no-village-goes-viral-1871897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">find their village<\/a> to help raise the next generation,&#8221; O&#8217;Neal said. &#8220;Ambassadors sign up to serve their city by hosting two free walks a month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the meetups have expanded to over 350 cities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neal shared the size of The Mom Walk Collective in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DGMhJOrPuDo\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"multivariate\">a reel<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/instagram\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. Clocking up nearly 2 million views and almost 40,000 likes, many users were amazed by its impact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;d be without TMWC!! Found my bestie through the walks and now we run one together,&#8221; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What an amazing concept,&#8221; another added.<\/p>\n<p>A third commented: &#8220;I&#8217;m a therapist for moms and honestly this is GOALS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For new moms looking for community, O&#8217;Neal said that the group is a safe space in society to belong; &#8220;maybe get a word of affirmation or simply a hug,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Mom Walk Collective has served as her own path to healing. &#8220;The more I serve moms, the more my heart and mental health heal,&#8221; O&#8217;Neal said. &#8220;It constantly reminds me that I am not alone, that there are women all over the world that can understand me and I can do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few years ago, a new mom from California took to the streets to overcome postpartum depression\u2014little did&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[2420,2665,390,105,218,6594,16,15,5182],"class_list":{"0":"post-9702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-parenting","9":"tag-anxiety","10":"tag-family","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-postpartum-depression","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-walking"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114317097388352735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}