Be who you needed when you were younger. –Brad Montague One of my favorite words to describe the transition into motherhood is called matrescence. What is matrescence? It’s all the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual changes a woman goes through during her personal transition into motherhood. Don’t you just love that? It’s also not just […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]