Do you ever notice that work/life balance is sometimes talked about as if it’s a thing you can achieve? Like it’s a moment of equilibrium in which your life has been finely calibrated and you’ve got it figured out? I would love to know what that actually looks like. There is no “there” to get […]
Our Book Baby has a due date!
I am so thrilled to report that our book is due out September 30th and is now available via pre-order! Our book, the Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and our publisher Routledge‘s website. I wrote this book with my colleague Dr. Beth […]
May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
The first week in particular focused on bringing awareness to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and mental health from conception and beyond. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As Perinatal Mental Health Therapists, It’s kind of like our Olympics, awareness week wise. 😍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a great opportunity to share your own stories, uplift each other, […]
The living in the “and” when pregnant again after a loss
March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month and we honor all of the parents living in the “and”. Holding space for both the joy, and the grief. The excitement, and the fear. The looking towards the future with hope and the looking back honoring their grief. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It can be so difficult to live […]
Let’s talk birth and reproductive trauma
Trauma is so subjective, right? Why is it one person’s emergent c-section can be experienced as “that was scary but it’s over now, I’m relieved” whereas another person might experience their as traumatic (and continuing to cause distress when they are reminded of it?) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Subjective distress is the most important correlation with a […]
Honoring all grieving parents
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and a time to honor all grieving parents. We honor those who have lost pregnancies and babies. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We hold you in our hearts and honor your grief. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We know that your grief extends well beyond this month and your trauma is valid. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We know […]
Matrescence article
What is matrescence? Becoming a mother is a tremendous developmental shift, and matrescence is a term used to describe this process and all the emotional, biological and hormonal changes that come during this time. Much like the term “adolescence” describes that period in our lives, and all that goes with it, this term describes this […]
Who is in your village?
We always talk about the important of a “village” in raising a child, and in truth, it takes a village to protect and raise new parents as well. Many cultures have traditions of surrounding new parents with support in the early postpartum recovery period. In China, for example, the “sitting the month” period entails the […]
Happy Pride Month!
I honor our LGBTQ+ community and same sex parents who continue to face tremendous obstacles and discrimination. I stand with you and celebrate with you. I’d like to give a huge shout out of love to all same sex parents. I honor the tremendous discriminatory, financial, insurance, institutional, political, and societal barriers you face […]
Black Moms Matter, Black Moms are precious
Like many of you, I’m having some hard conversations with people in my life who are resistant to the idea of implicit bias, or how this impacts people of color, particularly Black people. It’s so important we keep using our voices to spread awareness even if they’re uncomfortable conversations. Black women are dying due […]
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