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Matrescence article

September 18, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: emotions, matrescence, motherhood, perinatal mental health, postpartum

Who is in your village?

August 23, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: doulas, parenthood, perinatal mental health, postpartum, support

Black Moms Matter, Black Moms are precious

June 25, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

  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 […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: black moms, maternal mortality, reproductive justice, social justice

Let’s hear it for the Dads!

June 22, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

It’s International Father’s Mental Health Day and such an important day to focus these important papas. Particularly right now💙 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you know that Dads can also experience depression and anxiety during the process of having a baby? 1 in 10 Dads will have depression when having a baby, and roughly 1 in 6 will […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: dads, fatherhood, perinatal mental health

Pregnancy in the Time of Covid

May 13, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Let’s just name it…this is a hard time to be a new parent. This is just hard right now, period. What an extraordinary time of grief, change, and fear, coupled with the celebration of your precious new baby. My heart aches for you being in such a vulnerable season of growth and change in your […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: Covid, motherhood, parenthood, perinatal mental health, pregnancy, support

Calm down, cheer up, stop crying (and other unhelpful crap we are told).

February 12, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

letter board that reads "never in the history of calming down has someon calmed down by being told to calm down"

It doesn’t work when other people tell us to calm down and it certainly doesn’t work when we do it to ourselves either. When is the last time you were feeling anxious and someone told you to just “chill out” and it worked? Or when’s the last time you felt depressed and someone told you […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: emotional regulation, parenting, validation

Did you know you can experience a delayed onset of symptoms?

February 9, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

storm on the horizon

Not everyone experiences immediate onset of mental health symptoms. Mood symptoms (such as bipolar, anxiety and depression) can start up to 2 years after having a baby, not just during the pregnancy or immediately after giving birth. Common times for the onset of symptoms include: 1) when weaning breastfeeding 2) when starting back on birth […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: perinatal mental health, ptsd, trauma

Freedom is learning how to feel ALL of your feelings

February 5, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

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  Emotions are not meant to be shoved down, fought against, or avoided. They can be such wise messengers sent to bring us the gift of our truth. As we lean into our emotions, they tell us everything we need to know. Much like a “check engine light” indicates what’s happening inside our car, our […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: emotional regulation, emotions, multigenerational patterns

The most common complication of pregnancy

February 2, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Pregnant belly with words saying "quiz time: what is the most common complication of pregnancy?"

What is the most common complication of pregnancy? Most people will guess gestation diabetes, morning sickness, or something else you hear about frequently. However, it’s not a physical complication that is the most frequent at all, but actually perinatal mental health disorders are the most common complication of pregnancy! We use “perinatal” as the term […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: perinatal mental health, pregnancy

Let’s talk about the choices you had at the time…

January 29, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Your wound is probably not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility. – Denice Frohman – _______________________________________________________________________________ Whether you experienced early childhood trauma, a traumatic birth experience, are working through relationship conflict, or someone has hurt you deeply, that all was beyond your control. Perhaps you experienced a Perinatal Mood or Anxiety Disorder like […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: EMDR, posttraumatic growth, therapy, trauma

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