by dradmin | Mar 1, 2019 | Pregnancy
Lately I’ve been thinking about how a healthy “diet” means so much more than the food we put in our mouths. What about the the “food” we feed our minds? We all know that good nutrition means a diet consisting primarily of fresh organic fruits, vegetables...
by dradmin | Mar 1, 2019 | Pregnancy
Today, we mommas are bombarded with messages like “Get your body back!” “How to lose that baby weight fast!” and “Fit back into your pre-pregnancy jeans!” We’ve somehow turned the delicate postpartum period into a weight loss competition, and have forgotten that this...
by dradmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Pregnancy
It’s the new year and so it is a time of thought and reflection. What do we hope to bring into our lives and what do we hope to let go of in 2019? These are excellent questions to pose at any time, but the new year is the perfect springboard to ponder...
by dradmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Pregnancy
Is it just me, or did December pass in a blur? I blinked and it was 2019. I feel like I need to do a better job of holding onto all of the little moments and cherishing this time with my family and friends. I think I need to calendar more...
by dradmin | Jan 4, 2019 | Pregnancy
As many of you know, I am a postpartum doula with extra training and certifications in traditional holistic postpartum care. I believe that if we moms were better prepared and equipped for, as well as supported through, the sacred postpartum period, many ailments...
by dradmin | Jan 4, 2019 | Pregnancy
Whew, when I heard Brene Brown say this in an interview with Oprah Winfrey I stopped dead in my tracks. Rarely do I hear creativity talked about as an essential part of our health and well being. Most of us think of it as an after thought or the thing we...
by dradmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Pregnancy
I love December! As the last month of the year, it’s the perfect time to sit down and really reflect on the past eleven months so that we can plan for the New Year. I don’t want to wait until January to start doing all of this … January is go time! It’s time to...
by dradmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Pregnancy
Looking back on my postpartum periods brings a smile to my face and makes my heart all warm and fuzzy. Not because they were perfect, but because I’m older, wiser and hind sight is 20/20. The night I came home from the hospital with my first son, I sat on...
by dradmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Pregnancy
We all have things we’d like to improve about ourselves. There are the usual self improvement projects like losing weight and exercising more, but there are also much more meaningful things most of us want to work on in our lives like patience, compassion, connection...
by dradmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Pregnancy
I often reflect on the many traditions that come along with this time of year. Growing up as a child we would bake teddy bear bread and gingerbread houses and go door to door singing Christmas carols. It has always been a time of slow down and family fun. As I’ve...
