The Blog
This is where I share lessons I learn on a daily basis as a professional and human who also needs to laugh more.
I hope you can find some inspiration in my words and a connection to your own life.
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“I’m just trying to do what’s right for my family”
Raise your hand if you have ever been made to feel like what you are doing for your family is “wrong.” Clients have shared things such as, “I was told I really needed to get her into the crib if she was going to grow.” “Sometimes they just have to cry, that’s how they learn.”… Read more
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Sleep Deprivation is Lethal
If you opened this blog … I’m guessing you know why lack of sleep has been used as a torture mechanism. So much of having a child is wonderful, and lovely, and enchanting. It can also be monotonous, frustrating, exhausting, identity-stealing, filled with snot bubbles, and exhaustion that hurts every single part of your body… Read more
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“I’m just trying to do what is right for my family”
Raise your hand if you have ever been made to feel like what you are doing for your family is “wrong.” Clients have shared things such as, “I was told I really needed to get her into the crib if she was going to grow.” “Sometimes they just have to cry, that’s how they learn.”… Read more
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Sleep Deprivation is Lethal
If you opened this blog … I’m guessing you know why lack of sleep has been used as a torture mechanism. So very much of having a child is wonderful, and lovely, and enchanting. It can also be monotonous, frustrating, exhausting, identity-stealing, filled with snot bubbles, and exhaustion that hurts every single part of your… Read more
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Activating Calming Reflexes
Children are born with specific reflexes. Place your finger in a newborn’s hand, and the infant will gently wrap their fingers right around yours. Why? Because we have the gift of reflexes to keep us safe. This comes in handy (yup a pun), if a child begins to fall, when pressure is applied to the… Read more
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Someone took care of me for a change
So I got myself some coffee yesterday, from an actual coffee shop. I remember during my child’s first year of life, being really (honestly) proud of myself for only forgetting 3 times to put the coffee cup underneath the Keurig before I turned it on. Celebrating the wins over here! Yet, when I went to… Read more