But First, Mothering Yourself
I'd like to start by acknowledging that days like Mother's Day bring up mixed emotions. These could be around: Being reminded of the pain...
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The Most Powerful Healing Happens in Community
Being in community is where I’ve experienced some of my deepest healing. This healing came from realizing that I wasn’t alone, from being...
When Our Men are Hurting, Here's How We Can Help
Disclaimer: If you’re feeling especially tender today, then please come back to this post later. Some of what I share here might be hard...
Are You Terrified of Childbirth? Here's What Can Help
Did you grow up watching TV programs where someone giving birth was screaming hysterically in a hospital delivery room? Or was there a...
Let's Honor Your Quiet Victories
Hi beauty, The holidays are here. For some, it might be a helpful distraction from having to sift through heavy emotions. But perhaps for...
Why “Just Relax & You’ll Get Pregnant” Doesn’t Work...
If you’ve ever been ticked off by someone telling you that you should relax and you’ll get pregnant, know that you’re justified in your...
How to Karate-Chop Triggers After Infertility or Loss
If you’ve experienced something painful in your life, such as a loss or infertility, you know how annoying triggers are. They bring up...
Do Your Emotions Scare You? Here's Why They Don't Have To
The Scale of Emotions by spiritual teachers, Abraham Hicks, is one of my favorite frameworks for understanding and embracing the emotions...
Why Therapy Isn't Enough
A painful or traumatic experience occurs in the body. In order for you to be healed, the body must be incorporated—not dimply your mind.
Feeling Less Of A Woman? This One’s For You!
You move differently in your body and in your life when you realize that you don’t need to wait for something outside of you to complete you
Love, Loss, & the In-between: Creating Space for Everything
For the past couple of months, I’ve been kicking off our support group gathering at The Baby Resources Center with the prompt, “Rose,...
The Queen of Scarfs
A co-worker of mine once told me that I could do magical things with a scarf. “How did you get it to look like that?” she marveled. I...
Healing After Loss
I believe that every single experience that brings us pain, has the equal potential for good. Even while experiencing my miscarriage and...
Fear of the Limelight
For as long as I have known myself, I have struggled with wanting to play small. I am somehow always put into positions that don’t allow...
What A Plantain Tree Taught Me About Loss
A few years ago while visiting Jamaica, I marveled at nature’s perfect system for continuing the process of life, as demonstrated through...
Together, They Become More
They come wounded as abused and abandoned children with memories of broken hopes and hearts and still they share all that is left...
My Daily Dose of Goodness
Three friends and I share a GRATITUDE JOURNAL. Every day we msg each other a list of three to five things we are grateful for. Our...
Let Your Light Shine
Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond...
This Ain't The Movies
Do you remember when the adorable John Legend came out with the song “Ordinary People”? The video showed different couples and then a...
“Love After Love” by Derek Walcott
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the...
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