05/24/2026
When Anxiety Speaks Through the Body: A Postpartum and Mental Health Journey
by: Taylor Toerner
Consumer Senior Analyst, Key Bank
Writing about my mental health journey on Mother’s Day weekend feels fitting. Looking back, I can realize that I probably always dealt with anxiety. I was a kid who worried a lot and cried a lot over things out of my control. I was having panic attacks, before I had a term for it, and in a time when adults didn’t understand mental health. As I got older, I seemed to grow out of it. In reality, I think my focus just shifted. Friends, college, graduations, weddings; all things that distracted me or made me worry about something that “made sense”. People understand stress about exams and pre-wedding jitters. It’s “normal”.
My first postpartum experience was...Click the blog link in our bio to read more of Taylor’s story.