Mom Life Counseling, LLC

01/08/2026

If motherhood is harder than you expected, read this!

12/05/2025

So honored to be interviewed by Voyage ATL Magazine!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Patrice Payment. Hi Patrice, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?I always knew I wanted to help people. Originally, I worked with kids as a play therapist. But after having my own kids I became a stay-at-home mom. I […]

11/08/2025

My sorority sister helped create the Brooke Shandloff Fernandez Memorial Foundation after losing her sister too soon during childbirth.

Help prevent stories like Brooke’s from happening again by sharing, donating, and spreading awareness.

My Sister’s Story: A Call for Accountability, Visibility, and Prevention in Maternal Healthcare January 20, 2023, was meant to be one the happiest days of

10/29/2025

Love this workbook that my friend Tara's Birth Services created!
https://a.co/d/4HtnGaG Expecting mamas, and those that work with them, check it out!

Contraction Distraction is your go-to for a calmer more centered birthing time. It helps you relax, be distracted, and for you to be empowered through every contraction. It was created to give support through labor and foster a peaceful mindset and provide practical tools to get you through labor...

10/27/2025

🔆A little trick I’ve been sharing alot lately…..

‼️Our brain can quickly go into FIGHT or FLIGHT mode when we’re triggered because it doesn’t know the difference between your stress response when you’re being chased by a sabertooth tiger 🐅 and getting an email from your boss 📧 . It can’t easily distinguish if you need to fight back, get away or stay calm and troubleshoot the problem.

🧘🏻‍♀️So we have to tell our brain when we’re safe and that we don’t need to fight back or run away. You can do this using this grounding strategy that I call Factual, Physical, Beautiful.

Do this when you start to feel yourself getting elevated or anxious:

Factual:
State a fact. Something you know to be true such as I am sitting in my house in Roswell, Georgia or I’m walking through the streets of New York.

Physical:
Describe something you can feel- like I can feel my feet touching the floor or I can feel my chest rising as I take a deep breath. I keep lots of sensory items like squishies and smooth rocks nearby when I’m seeing clients to help me stay grounded.

Beautiful:
Name something beautiful that you can see. For example, I can see a beautiful painting of a sunset on the wall. Or I can see the way the light is shining into the window.

Then take inventory and see how you’re feeling. Hopefully you’ve helped your brain stay out of or get out of fight or flight, if even for just a moment.

10/18/2025

Today’s the day! Come out to Groveway Park between 11 and 2 for a FREE family fun day and to support PSI's The Climb!

We are one week away from The Roswell Climb and we’re gearing up for a fun filled morning! Make sure to sign up if you’re planning to come and share this post with your friends!

Also, thank you to all of our amazing sponsors for your in kind and monetary donations and for all of your support!

We can’t wait to climb with all of you next Saturday!!

08/29/2025

Enrollment opens on Monday for the Georgia Fund for Perinatal Mental Health. If you know any moms in Georgia who either have Medicaid or are uninsured, please pass this along!

08/14/2025

Therapists, this one’s for you. I met Samantha at Pathwelle a few months ago at a networking event where she shared about spinal flow and how it can help people who are stuck in fight or flight. We immediately connected and discovered we knew some of the same people.

A few weeks later, it occurred to me that maybe I was stuck in fight or flight. Constant survival mode. As a mom, our mental load is always at capacity and on top of that as a business owner, my mind is always spinning with what to do next.

But over the past year, I’ve realized that staying busy was helping me continue to bury old wounds. The reasons I became a counselor in the first place and why I want to help others were still there and my body was keeping the score. After 1 session with Samantha, I felt the most relaxed I’ve ever felt in my life. I had so much clarity and was immediately hooked.

If you’re curious, give Samantha a call and she can tell you more about why spinal flow works. Make your own mental health a priority so that you can help others better.

08/10/2025

What a great resources for local
Moms!!! Atlanta Family Doulas

08/06/2025

Many of my mom clients struggle with helping their kids coregulate their emotions. I’ve found that often when there is disregulation, there is also a lack of proprioception. This can be even more true when there is also ADHD or autism. I personally believe that the influx of technology use for all of us can also contribute to further disregulation.

This is a great article by an OT that includes 38 proprioceptive exercises for kids. Definitely worth a read for anyone with young kids!

https://soundsory.com/proprioceptive-activities/s

Here’s a free guide created by an Occupational Therapist, which describes the 33 best proprioceptive activities for children.

08/01/2025

This Is why World Pregnancy Day matters to me! Prenatal Alliance

Patrice Payment Perinatal Mental Health Therapist USA

07/31/2025

Has anyone else heard the term “slowmaxing.” Sounds like another catchy slang word, but I actually LOVE this one and that the next generation Is prioritizing mindfulness vs burnout!

https://www.newportinstitute.com/resources/empowering-young-adults/slowmaxxing/

“What Does Slowmaxxing Mean?

Slowmaxxing is the opposite of crashing out and burnout culture. It’s the practice of inviting more stillness into your life in purposeful, mindful ways. It can mean sipping your coffee without multitasking, spending time outside without your phone, or consciously relaxing your shoulders when you notice they’re up to your ears.

Humans weren’t designed to race through each day. But today, young people (and older generations, too) feel stuck in cycles of stress about the past and fear about the future. Our nervous systems haven’t evolved to handle the constant pressure to be productive and efficient 24/7.”

Slowmaxxing is the opposite of crashing out and burnout culture. It’s about inviting more stillness into your life in purposeful ways.