Supporting a Friend or Family Member Through Loss
There is nothing like a loss to remind us all that life is fragile. Loss can be especially uncomfortable for the friends and family, who are at a loss themselves. It seems impossible how to figure out what you should not say or do. It can be challenging to find a way to support the ones in need.
8 Ways to Build Positivity When You’re Not Feeling Positive
8 ways to build positivity when your are not feeling positive.
6 States of Newborn Consciousness
In these early first months, newborns sleep in many short cycles and never sleep through the night. Newborns spend their days and nights moving through six states of consciousness and each cycle runs about 60-90 minutes long.
Where Did My Body Go?
I loved being pregnant. I had dreamt being bring pregnant every since I was a little girl. I wanted to be a mother. I wanted to carry, hold, and nurse a newborn. So when the time came and I was pregnant I loved feeling curvy, feminine, and motherly. I walked everywhere, I gardened, and I nurtured myself. I enjoyed showing off my form and I dreamed of my birth. Everything I did was focused on the birth, from childbirth classes, prenatal yoga, and infant CPR. Everything was roses and perfection