I am big into anything “self-help.” I’ve read the books, gone to the workshops, and spent a lot of money on therapists. Being the type A personality that I am, this kind of comes naturally. Keep pushing. Keep fixing. Try to make everything perfect. But when that drive turns inward– “pushing” “fixing” and “perfecting” YOURSELF, the implications of that can…
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I always wanted to be the sweet girl. You know the one I’m talking about…..the one that just oozes motherly love even when she’s 9 years old! The one BORN to be a mother. I always wanted to be the woman you hear about on Oprah or in Good Housekeeping that just can’t find time for herself because she’s always giving…
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“At the center of your being you have the answer: You know who you are and you know what you want”~Lao Tzu This is the story of an unspoken motivation that wasn’t meant to be uttered to anyone. And then…..it just came out. I had to tell my boss that I needed time off of work to go through fertility…
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The purpose of this meditation is to show respect and value for your womb. When women experience infertility, they often struggle with resentment and hate towards this area of the body. There is a feeling of failure as a woman since the body seems incapable of fulfilling this very basic function. Many women become disconnected and ambivalent toward the belly. And…
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“My colleague and I work in the field of mental health. I work as a psychologist, she works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and we work together in a practice that we share. Recently I was talking to her about a patient that I was seeing. She asked, “What is his diagnosis?” I was inclined to answer, “He has the…
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When I say there are things about myself that I just can’t accept, what exactly do I mean? What qualities do I have that are SO bad that I feel this ashamed about myself? Everyday. All day. For years. In the back of my mind I vaguely know. And I think I’m like a lot of people who have this gnawing feeling that…
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