When awareness is brought to an emotion, power is brought to your life. -Tara Meyer Robson Heightened emotions just seem to be a normal part of motherhood, starting in pregnancy and continuing into postpartum and beyond. Emotional intelligence can help us learn to identify emotions before reacting to them. It’s a way to be more […]
Loneliness in Motherhood
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. -Mary Sarton Do you sometimes feel like you’re on an island by yourself? Like no one really understands you or your motherhood woes? Motherhood can feel very lonely and isolating at times. Know that you’re not actually on an island all alone, as […]
Mom Grief
Grieving doesn’t make you imperfect. It makes you human. -Sarah Dessen There seems to be so much mom grief out in the world right now. Grief over this lost year, lost time with loved ones, lost family adventures, lost memories made outside of the home. So much loss. As a family, we’re getting ready to […]
Emotional Flooding in Motherhood
A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. -Lysa Terkeurst I’ve been seeing a lot more emotional flooding in my counseling private practice and in my own life recently. It may have to do with life having more pre-pandemic normalcy now that […]
Empathy Fatigue in Motherhood
I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. -Audre Lorde You may have seen this title and wondered what empathy fatigue is exactly. This is when you’ve been putting yourself in other people’s shoes trying to see and understand life from their perspective […]
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