You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. -Pema Chödrön It can be helpful to do some mindset work to increase your postpartum mental wellness. Psychologist Carol Dweck coined the terms: Fixed and growth mindset. So what are these? Fixed mindset traits may include: Black and white thinking patterns Negative thoughts Innate traits […]
Mom Anger & Emotional Flooding in Postpartum
It is not always possible for me to choose love in the midst of challenging situations, but I can definitely try to soften—soften my voice, my touch, my opinion, and my timetable. -Rachel Macy Stafford Mom anger is an important topic to address because this emotion shows up in postpartum and throughout motherhood for all […]
Transitioning into Motherhood
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. -Martha Beck Transitions are a big part of all of our lives, and the transition into mother is one of the biggest transitions a woman will go through in […]
Emotional Reactivity in Motherhood
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 […]
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