When You Don’t Want to Talk – Grief During the Holidays – Tip #5
What to Say When You Don't Want to Talk? When we are grieving, sometimes it's hard to know what to say to others. People ask, "How are you really doing?"…
Give Grief a Voice – Grief During the Holidays – Tip #4
Brain Science Says Give Grief a Voice to Promote Healing Brain science shows us that internalizing our grief leads to increased negative ruminations. Increased negative ruminations lead to increased depression…
Grief During the Holidays – Tip #3 of 7 – Give Yourself Grace
The story of Christmas reminds us of what was, what is, and what is still yet to come. On this Christmas Eve, we light a candle - the candle that…
Grief During the Holidays – Tip 2 of 7 – Change Up Your Routine
2 Minute Tip #2 – Give Yourself Permission to Change Up Your Routine Change can be difficult- letting go of something you are so attuned to. But it can also…
Grief During the Holidays – Tip 1 of 7 – Honor Your Loss
2 Minute Tip #1 – Find Comfort by Learning to Honor Your Loss After the loss of your baby, every moment can be a struggle. There are big moments, like…
Through the Looking Glass of Loss and Miscarriage
Did you know that one million expectant moms suffer a miscarriage every year in America? And one of four pregnancies end in loss prematurely?Brain science research shows us that 59%…
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…
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…
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…