Dear Santa, I’m writing to you this year on behalf of my sweet four-year-old daughter Zoe. She wants you to know that she would like a doctor’s kit, a stuffed giraffe, and a Frozen princess dress for Christmas. Zoe has been very good this year. She wanted me to make sure that I told you that AND ... READ the POST
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Embracing the JOMO (The Joy of Missing Out) this Holiday Season
As a mental health expert who works with moms, I’m seeing first hand how moms are struggling with the many hard decisions that need to be made around how to celebrate the holidays this year during the pandemic. And many moms are experiencing major FOMO (fear of missing out). I know I am. More ... READ the POST
“No Children Allowed” – Parenting in a Pandemic is Breaking Moms
“Mom, look! Watch this!” My four-year-old screams at me as I move around the house trying to put away a month’s worth of unfolded laundry because between working from home, distance learning, daycare at home, and never leaving home, I’m spent. My cup is empty. It doesn’t matter if I put my oxygen ... READ the POST
Five Tips for a (Still) Fun-Filled Holiday Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a therapist who specializes in helping moms, I hear day in and day out about the unique personal struggles EVERY kind of mom is experiencing in the time of COVID-19. We are struggling to decide who to spend the holidays with or maybe making the gut-wrenching decision to not spend time with family ... READ the POST
My first baby died, and this is what I need you to know
My first baby died. Yes, she died, after a perfect 40-week, full-term pregnancy. She died from an infection. Nothing could be done to save her. In one breath she was here, we were planning on delivering her and in the next, as the doppler on my bulging belly remained silent and the ultrasound still, ... READ the POST
Managing Your Mental Health While Parenting in a Pandemic: Five Tips to a (Somewhat) Cooler, Calmer You
(Because how cool and calm can you really be in a pandemic? Just keeping it real.) Have you heard of the spoon theory? It goes like this: those who experience chronic illness explain the little energy they have left or even start with at the beginning or end of each day as if having a ... READ the POST
