Emotions are celebrated and repressed, analyzed, and medicated, adored, and ignored — but rarely, if ever, are they honored. -Karla McLaren I want to focus this blog on emotional reactivity. Emotional reactivity is when we feel angry, hurt or stressed out and we overreact or react impulsively. We’ll be discussing how it shows up when […]
Your Motherhood Mindset
Life is about being and becoming, not having, and getting. -Stephanie Seabrook Hedgepath I love Carol Dweck’s work on fixed and growth mindset. Think about areas in your own life as a mom where a fixed mindset tends to be more dominant versus when you can usually stay within a growth mindset. The following are […]
Emotional Intelligence during Pregnancy, Postpartum and throughout Motherhood
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 […]
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 […]
Anticipatory Anxiety in Motherhood
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far. -Jodi Picoult Do you feel like anticipatory anxiety is a big part of your mom life right now? Yes, the ongoing pandemic probably has a lot of do with that, especially once you’re fully vaccinated and trying […]
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