I'm a different kinda mother The kind who most people overlook The kind who will never get to see her babies looking back at her The kind who never got to feel her growing body house her precious gifts til ready for the world. I'm a different kinda mother. The kind who had to… Continue reading A Different Kind of Mother
All over the news and social media, there’s talk about making sexual assault and sexual harassment more visible. The hope is that by more people being aware of what often happens to womyn, the rapey behaviors will decrease. Yeah, I said rapey. I don't think I made it up. I think I actually took one… Continue reading #MeToo
Maybe it’s been a few weeks. Maybe it’s been a month… maybe it’s been 10 years. No matter the amount of time that has passed, many angel parents come to this point where it kind of feels like nobody cares anymore about your loss. Maybe the phone calls decrease, maybe people have stopped asking how… Continue reading What to Do When You Feel Like Nobody Cares Anymore
So your girl Gabby is releasing or has released a book talking about her struggles overall. I don’t know if the entire book is about her struggles with infertility but that portion of the content has been all the buzz on the internet. If you know me personally or have read another recent post, you… Continue reading The Ultimate Empathy
I don’t know about y’all but sometimes I have these intrusive, automatic thoughts. These thoughts that come into my head whether I want them to or not, whether they’re true/factual or not and even, whether they make sense or not. These jerks can negatively impact my mood and really get me feeling down in the… Continue reading Automatic Thoughts
*Singing* It’s a thin line…. Between love and hate! Check out my list below of 7 things you used to love but now you hate or you used to hate but now you love. Wanting, making and having babies can change some thangs! Your Period I think most of us have seen those Buzzfeed articles… Continue reading Thin Line Between Love & Hate
On a late night (meaning early evening but for me, it was late to be running the streets) run for snacks & t-shirts, the wife and I ended up at Kohl’s. I personally find this store hit or miss but occasionally I find some gems that I can rock with. There were these cute (looking)… Continue reading The Struggle is Real
I started thinking about what I wanted to do for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. I still haven’t entirely figured it out yet because though I plan to do some of the things on this list, I want to do some other things too (ever the overachiever…). Regardless of that, I wanted to let… Continue reading What You Can Do for PAIL Awareness Month
When you’re going through something, sometimes the last thing you want to do is go into a full time or part time job. Your brain just isn’t there, your focus is off, you may be emotional, edgy or distant. Either way, the last thing on your mind is the grind of a 9-5 so to… Continue reading The Privilege of Taking Time Off
If you read my bio, you know that I’m a clinician. I specifically am trained in marriage couple & family therapy as well as sex therapy. A good therapist understands the value of therapy and likely either has their own therapist or has been in therapy themselves at some point. If you can’t process what’s… Continue reading On Being a Therapist in Therapy
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