Maria Dolorico, Counseling and Coaching

05/08/2025

As someone who works in parental mental health, this is crucial. Some families will be able to manage the 145% price increase. Some won’t. Parents are resourceful — they will share or get hand me downs or go to garage sales. But did you know that car seats expire? There’s no way to know for sure that the car seat hasn’t been in an accident, and even if it looks fine, it could be structurally compromised.

04/24/2025

Had the opportunity to read The Guilt Pill by , hosted by the . It’s an entertaining book that tackles the pressures of being an entrepreneurial, CEO woman, a working mother, a co-parent, and an immigrant daughter. I wouldn’t recommend it for parents currently pregnant or in the postpartum year, as it may be too much (and how many people can read postpartum???) but those a few years out may like the fact that they aren’t alone in the guilt and seeming impossibility of it all the tasks new moms are challenged by. Saumya also said something critical: we can only go as far as our systems support us — family leave, parental leave for non-birthing parents, social support networks, and childcare.

11/22/2024

This was an exceptional training; if you have the availability, please consider registering!

11/15/2024

Marian Tompson, founder of has resigned. It’s sad that she is ending her time this way, but there is no place for discrimination in lactation care or ANY care.

11/06/2024

I want to thank my clients for seeing me as human today, and for asking how I’m doing. I want to thank them for looking at their babies, for their vows to protect their bodies, to protect their dignity, to protect their planet, to raise them as good citizens who use their voices. Thank you for giving me hope today.

10/24/2024

10/18/2024

The joy of being in a room (even a virtual room) with fellow AAPI.

10/18/2024

A wonderful new program that seeks to support another culture and community!

10/17/2024

All of the couples in my practice are in*******al, intercultural, or have a very recent immigration history. Was it an accident? I don’t think so. I wasn’t intentionally seeking these identities out, but it settled this way, and I love couples work.

Really looking forward to this webinar! Thank you

10/17/2024

Postpartum Psychosis is in the news lately. For facts and support — not sensationalism— check out Postpartum Psychosis resources from . Link in the story.

10/15/2024

Some good take-aways…
Your children don’t need to be perfect.
You don’t need to be selfless to be a good parent. What? No, you don’t need to be selfless.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/health/parental-stress-dr-becky-wellness/index.html