Raising people is not some lark. It’s serious work with serious repercussions. It’s air-traffic control. You can’t step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle. -Kelly Corrigan I get asked a lot in my therapy sessions about boundaries and compassion in motherhood, and how you know if you’re striking a […]
Creating Space to Feel Your Feeling in Motherhood
My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. -Drew Barrymore It struck me the other day that my word for 2021, calm, is spot on. Little did I know how often I’d be searching for my calm while teaching my oldest kid how […]
The Mental Load of Motherhood
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. -Sophia Loren A close friend recently mentioned that she was feeling exhausted and shared all that was on her mind. I empathized and then mentioned that it […]
Emotionally Supporting Our Children
I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. -Jodi Picoult As moms, we can be so very hard on ourselves, especially in the pursuit of perfection. Perfectionism is often based in anxiety and fear, and creates a burnout cycle because our lives will never […]
The Grieving Mom
For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be. -John Connolly It struck me recently that a lot of the things I’ve gone through personally in the last year have been aging related, and as with any transition in our lives, there has […]
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