Understanding Perinatal Anxiety: What It Is and How It Differs from Parental Worries
Bringing a new baby into the world is an exhilarating experience, filled with joy, anticipation, and, at times, overwhelm. As new parents, we often find ourselves bombarded with a myriad of baby products that promise to make life easier. But how do we determine what’s truly essential versus what’s simply nice to have? Now I […]
The Art of a Boundary: Holiday edition
Boundaries are essential for maintaining healthy relationships and protecting yourself. The way I love to explain this to folks is that in order to stay connected you need to have protection; your boundaries explain where someone else ends and you begin. They help prevent burnout, reduce stress, and ensure that you can focus on what […]
Loving on you is loving your baby: Self care in pregnancy
Self care has definitely become a buzzword, in my opinion self care is seen as a reward to yourself rather than something that you need to be the best version of you. When thinking about self care I’m sure the activities that come to mind are bubble baths, manicures or a massage. Now all those […]
When baby blues aren’t just the blues
This week’s blog post is talking about the blues, not the music per se but the feeling. Generally we know hormones impact any person’s mood and affect. For birthing parents those hormones shift constantly. After birth most parents experience a sudden dip in progesterone and estrogen that may leave you feeling blue. It’s an average […]
When baby blues aren’t just the blues
This week’s blog post is talking about the blues, not the music per se but the feeling. Generally we know hormones impact any person’s mood and affect. For birthing parents those hormones shift constantly. After birth most parents experience a sudden dip in progesterone and estrogen that may leave you feeling blue. It’s an average […]
