Perinatal Mental Health
Why a Pre-Holiday Therapy Intensive Is the Best Gift You Can Give Yourself
The holidays are often described as “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for many, they bring a complicated mix of emotions. Between family expectations, financial pressure, travel plans, and the constant push to be merry, it’s easy to feel drained before the season even begins. If you’ve walked through grief, loss, fertility challenges,…
Read MoreThe Body Holds What Words Can’t Express: How Bottom-Up Approaches to Therapy Can Help You
When most people consider therapy, they might imagine talk therapy. Telling your story matters and making sense of your experience through verbal processing is really powerful and that’s why many people seek out this type of therapy. However, it doesn’t always allow a person to get to the depths of their healing. That’s because trauma,…
Read MoreThe Grief No One Sees: Naming the Shadow Losses of Motherhood
Losses in motherhood can take many forms but we often picture the most familiar forms like pregnancy loss or infant loss. Pregnancy and infant losses are life altering experiences and deserve deep care and recognition. There are also other losses that are less recognized and named, often referred to as shadow losses. Shadow losses are…
Read MoreWhy The New Year Doesn’t Need a New You: New Year, Same You
It’s a new year but the new year doesn’t need a new you. Ditch the pressure of “New Year, NewYou” so you can learn how to make this year about focusing on better systems and celebrating theamazing person you already are. We’ve all gotten accustomed to the idea of a new yearbringing forth a new…
Read MoreNavigating Life As A NICU Mom
When your baby ends up needing care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), it means that your parenting journey has taken an unexpected turn. This time can be filled with a myriad of emotions. You may be feeling overwhelmed, hopeful, scared, worried and uncertain of the future. These are all normal and valid emotions…
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