Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is May 5th to May 11th
During this Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, I wanted to share information to assist with understanding. Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD’s) are the Number One medical complication of pregnancy. One in Five Pregnant People will experience a Perinatal...
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Perinatal OCD
Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often a very scary, confusing, and misunderstood mental health diagnosis that may occur during pregnancy, after delivery, or both. Many pregnant or postpartum individuals don’t talk about their symptoms for fear that those around...
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Asking for and Accepting Help
We live in a society that encourages Individuality and Independence. While these can be important and desired qualities, they can sometimes lead to feeling isolated and alone. We are not meant to shoulder everything ourselves or we wouldn’t also...
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Basic Template for Grounding, Intention Setting/Connecting to Spirit Guides (Part 2)
Intention Setting My intention for today is to exude Compassion and Acceptance for all those around me. I will internalize that Compassion and Acceptance for myself because I am 100% perfect exactly the way that I am, right here, right...
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Basic Template for Grounding, Intention Setting/Connecting to Spirit Guides (Part 1)
One way to start the day with positivity is to include some type of meditation practice or intention setting. Several years ago I was asked what my intention was for a massage and honestly, I was thrown by the question...
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What Qualifies as Trauma?
Quite often when I ask a client about their trauma history, they either don’t know what counts as trauma, or they don’t realize that particular experiences would qualify as a traumatic experience. It’s not unusual for people to believe that...
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Perfectionism Is a Lie
By the time I went to college as an older adult I had perfected (pun intended) my skills of beating myself up, sometimes even berating myself when I didn’t meet up to my perception of perfect. After Sociology class one...
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The Breath of Life by Marli Reardon
The Breath of Life by Marli Reardon When weʼre born we take that first breath of life outside of our motherʼs womb. We learn what itʼs like to breath outside of our motherʼs body, on our own. As infants our...
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