Moms With Newborns: 2 Shaming Secrets Debunked
New moms have to make huge adjustments during the first six months of their newborn’s life – some are a bit scary. Everything changes. One minute all the attention is…
2 Secrets Happy Parents Know and Practice
After our first baby was born, I longed to be a good mom. I wanted to raise a happy well-adjusted daughter, to apply what the experts taught to the best…
Want to Laugh ‘Til You Cry?
How long has it been since you laughed so hard you cried? If it's been awhile, it's time to ask yourself why? What's getting in the way of taking full…
Two Secret Weapons that Block Anxiety and Restore Peace
Gotta be honest. The last month has been crazy, hectic, nut-so, wild, and chalked full of the unexpected. Some highlights: I hosted several out of town guests, launched a new…
Is Anxiety Driving You Crazy?
I feel like I’m going crazy! It’s one of the most frequent comments I hear from someone who is battling anxiety. Seven out of ten adults in the United States…
What Is Going On God?!!
My world was upside down. After 36 long hours of labor, I finally delivered our first baby who died half-way to term. I left the hospital with post-partum hormones raging,…
4 Ways to Stop Mom Anxiety From Robbing You of Peace
"Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained." Arthur Somers Roche Mom anxiety. We’ve…
I Am Honoring All Moms Today!
More abruptly than I could have imagined, the Valley of Shadows lay before me.When your dreams crash into reality, a season of mourning begins.Losing a baby or a child touches…
What Do We Do With Sad and Angry Questions?
Life Letter Cafe recently talked with me about tough questions that surface when we suffer loss. This is a brief excerpt of the 7 Questions Sunday Q & A.…
Are you in a tug of war with ____?
After we brought Nathan home from the hospital I struggled with depression, driven by post-partum hormones, anxiety about his diagnosis of Down Syndrome, and the holes in my baby's…