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Guest Blog: 5 Tips for Healing Postpartum Depression & Anxiety from a Holistic Nutritionist
Becoming a new mom is one of the happiest times in a woman’s lives. The love and joy that comes from simply watching your baby is unlike any other experience, filling you with love, satisfaction and contentment.
But what happens with those emotions are juxtaposed with feelings of worry, anxiety, and even sadness? The love and joy are welcomed, but the others are not, and the combination of feelings can be overwhelming.
Visitors or no visitors? Managing friends and family after baby arrives
It’s also natural for family, friends, and even close coworkers to feel excited to meet and spend time with your baby. However, as you can imagine, those two sets of desires can clash. You want time alone with your baby. Everyone else wants to spend all of their free time at your house cooing over said baby. So what can you do? How do you manage friends and family after baby arrives... without hurting feelings or burning bridges?
When You’re a Mom & She Isn’t
Motherhood is a rite of passage. It’s a kind of life (and a kind of love) that you can only truly understand if you’re also a mom yourself. So, what about our friends that haven’t birthed babies or otherwise become parents to little humans?
Tips for Navigating Mom Groups on Facebook
I’ve been asking around about how other moms feel about mom groups on Facebook and other social media and the funny thing is, I’m met with groans every time. I’m not surprised, really. More just disappointed for moms everywhere.
Catherine O'Brien Featured on PsychCentral Offering Top Tips on Toddler Discipline
When our babies are small, it can often feel like we’re trying to crack some mysterious code. “Why are you crying? What do you need? What are you trying to tell me?”
Often times, we find ourselves thinking (even if only for a flicker of a moment), “Life will be so much easier when they can get around on their own or tell me what they need!”
How to Use Google Calendars to Connect with Your Partner
I want to show you how simple it is to keep both of your crazy schedules straight, so that you can make sure that important time together gets scheduled and actually happens. Trust me, this will make your lives so much smoother and will help to avoid a lot of conflict and misunderstandings.
Making Time for Connecting with Your Partner
I don't know of a single parenting couple around that doesn't struggle with finding time for connecting with each other every now and then. It's a real challenge! There's a reason why you hear of those empty-nesters who decide to divorce after the kids leave the house because they realize they don't really know each other anymore.
Moms Deserve Better: Resources for Moms with Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
A recent Facebook post went viral about a mother who was seeking help for Postpartum Depression, but instead of her being able to get the help she was seeking, it resulted in the cops being called, the mother feeling “more broken”, and with still no services in place to help her. This is not OK.
Surviving Sick Days with Your Baby or Toddler
Is it just me, or does it seem like this year’s cold and flu season is particularly rough? Lately, it seems like everyone has taken the hit. It has definitely shaken things up a bit at my household already.
Confessions of a Marriage Therapist: 2017 Reflections
I don’t know about you, but I’m still riding high on new year’s vibes. I’m so excited for what’s in store this year and I'm feeling really optimistic about what this year will bring for all of us. One of the ways that I like to welcome the new year and honor myself for what I’ve lived through in the past year is to do a yearly reflection.
Parents, What Do You Want More of in 2018? A Call For Your Input!
I hope you've been having a peaceful, memorable holiday season. For some of you, it might be business as usual by now. For the rest of you, you might still be entertaining family from out of town or simply trying to recuperate from all the holiday celebrations.
Wherever you are with it, I thought you might appreciate a reason to take a little time-out on your own. So maybe we can help each other out?
Video: Confessions of a Marriage Therapist "Goals & Feelings"
This week's video is all about how, after I had run myself ragged as a mom, I finally learned to focus on how I want to FEEL over what I want to accomplish.
In it, I tell you about my 3 favorite ways to start focusing on the right things. With some practice, these habits will help you to naturally create your ideal day.
6 Ways to Stop Taking Things Personally as a Mom
When you’re a mom, the unsolicited advice and passing criticisms from others can come out of nowhere sometimes.
Because the holidays tend to bring about more family gatherings and social events, this can set us up for a lot of opportunities to be on the receiving end of those comments.
Slow Down to Stay Flexible this Holiday Season
Recently, I had a conversation with another mom about that tricky phase many of us go through when we parents are trying to determine whether it’s time to drop a nap in our little one’s sleep schedule. Sometimes babies and toddlers can be really good at sending us a mixed bag of signals--particularly when it comes to naps.
And now that we’re in the full throes of holiday season, I think this topic is especially important since many of us spend time traveling or going to holiday events that also can bring about disruptions to our little ones’ sleep schedules (among other things).
Owning Your Confidence as New Parents When Others Have Opinions
If you’re wanting a quieter, simpler, more peaceful holiday season without the rushing around from this party to that dinner… First of all, I don’t blame you.
Doing all that with a brand-new baby or even a toddler can sometimes just be way too much. Especially if you’re only doing it because you feel like it’s expected of you.
Setting Boundaries as New Parents for a Peaceful Holiday Season
Well, the holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is a week away and I swear it sneaks up on me faster and faster every year.
The holidays can be stressful, chaotic, busy for everyone. This can be especially true for new moms.
Weathering the Weather in this Season of Motherhood
We’re officially within the bounds of “holiday season” by now. We survived the time change (how did that go for your little ones, by the way?). It’s getting darker way sooner than it was just weeks ago. And fall is transitioning into winter.
6 Things to Never Say to Someone Who Has Lost a Baby (And What to Do Instead)
I think we often struggle with how to support someone who has lost a loved one in general, and when someone who has lost a baby it can seem almost not real to the people in her periphery.
Miscarriage & Baby Loss: 7 Key Things You Need to Know
To honor that and the moms* who have lived through the experience of a miscarriage or baby loss, I wanted to share with you just how common the occurrence is, what the experience can feel like for some moms, and ways friends and family can help.
