The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly—indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. – Arianna Huffington I always have such big expectations for Mother’s Day, each and every year. As someone who is very much a people pleaser […]
Postpartum: How a New Type of Therapy can Make Getting Help More Accessible to New Moms
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. – Elizabeth Stone When I got pregnant again after having a miscarriage, I sought treatment with a therapist to help with my anxiety with this new pregnancy. I found a […]
Memories: How to Navigate the Positives and Negatives from Your Past
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus I spent the weekend with our newest nephew, a baby boy who is almost four months old, and was unsurprised to find that the memories of when my two kids were little came flooding back. […]
Loss: Grieving the Way Things Used to Be
I am reminded of an image…that living with a terminal disease is like walking on a tightrope over an insanely scary abyss. But that living without disease is also like walking on a tightrope over an insanely scary abyss, only with some fog or cloud cover obscuring the depths a bit more — sometimes the […]
Life: How Being Too Preoccupied and Busy Can Rob You of What is Most Important
Don’t let yourself get so busy that you lose sight of what truly matters in your life. – Heidi McBain Yes, this quote is one of mine! A mantra I have constantly running in my head as a reminder to slow down, to look around, to notice, to care, to be present in my […]