Samantha Freake, RSW Counselling

Samantha Freake, RSW Counselling 🇨🇦 NL therapist
🧠 Specializes in trauma, ADHD, and perinatal mental health
🧑🏼‍🍼Birth and postpartum Doula and Counsellor

Are you struggling to complete tasks?Try body doubling! This is a fun strategy that is proven to help ADHD brains! 👯‍♀️
04/13/2026

Are you struggling to complete tasks?

Try body doubling! This is a fun strategy that is proven to help ADHD brains! 👯‍♀️

04/12/2026

Few new openings this week The Calm Place:
Monday 12:30
Tuesday 9 or 10 đź’ś

This is what strength looked like for me.Not the way I imagined.It looked like bright lights, steady hands guiding mine,...
04/08/2026

This is what strength looked like for me.

Not the way I imagined.

It looked like bright lights, steady hands guiding mine, and a heart learning to surrender in the most powerful way. It looked like fear and courage existing in the same breath.

My C-section wasn’t a failure.
It wasn’t “the easy way out.”
It was birth. It was sacrifice. It was life.

For every mother whose story didn’t go as planned—your experience is valid. Your body is not broken. Your birth is not less.

This month, we honour the scars you can see and the ones you can’t. We honour the strength it took to trust, to endure, and to meet your baby however they needed to arrive.

C-section mamas—you are powerful. 🤍

The butterfly hug 🦋A simple, powerful tool for calming your body when everything feels overwhelming.Cross your arms over...
04/06/2026

The butterfly hug 🦋

A simple, powerful tool for calming your body when everything feels overwhelming.

Cross your arms over your chest so your hands rest on your shoulders or collarbone—like you’re giving yourself a hug. Then gently tap, left and right, back and forth. Slow. Steady. Rhythmic.

It might seem small, but this bilateral movement helps your nervous system feel safer. It can soften anxiety, ground you in the present moment, and create just enough space to breathe again.

You don’t need anything else.
No perfect setting.
No long explanation.

Just you, your body, and a reminder:
You can comfort yourself, too.

Try it the next time your thoughts are racing or your chest feels tight… and notice what shifts. 🦋

Breast/chest feeding is more than just feeding—it’s connection, learning, and support. 🤍Like this peaceful moment in nat...
03/28/2026

Breast/chest feeding is more than just feeding—it’s connection, learning, and support. 🤍

Like this peaceful moment in nature, lactation can be a journey of finding your flow. And you don’t have to navigate it alone. As a doula, I am here to support you with latch, positioning, supply concerns, and those moments when you just need reassurance that you’re doing enough.

Because feeding your baby should feel supported—not stressful. 💛 I had to capture this beautiful moment of a mamma in nature feeding her baby while sunbathing on a rock. 💜

03/17/2026

A lot of people ask me for suggestions on items they can get for their children to help them stay regulated at home. These are for developing kids, sensory seeking kids, and any kid who wants to have fun (sometimes adults can sneak in on the fun too)! ❤️

And that is the point đź’ś
03/08/2026

And that is the point đź’ś

I wasn’t going to do this trend, but if sharing this reminds even one person that they can grow into their power too—it’...
03/06/2026

I wasn’t going to do this trend, but if sharing this reminds even one person that they can grow into their power too—it’s worth it. ❤️

03/01/2026

Just finished my 2/3 prenatal initial sessions of the week. I’m so thankful ’ Perinatal Support Program allows me to combine my knowledge and passion to work with beautiful families ❤️

02/26/2026

ADHD tip #1: These are so great when needing to do trainings or virtual meetings!

🔥Hot take:If you’re terrified of your own thoughts, you’re probably a very good mom.Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Kar...
02/23/2026

🔥Hot take:
If you’re terrified of your own thoughts, you’re probably a very good mom.

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman should be required reading in postpartum care.

Almost 100% of new moms have intrusive thoughts.

The problem isn’t the thought.
It’s that no one warned you it would happen.

02/18/2026

One thing I’m trying to master is to stop apologizing for a “messy” house. It’s important to do our best, and today, this is what my “best” looks like. Mess doesn’t mean chaos, mess can mean connection. This house is evidence of life. Can you relate? 💛

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