Gentle Transitions

12/19/2021

Your body is only one (small) part of postpartum!

12/11/2021

Both are beautiful! 💙💛❤️

I know it’s hard when you’re validated at some times and not others, but yet…you are all the same.

I took these two pictures quite a season or two apart. The first, on a day of struggle. The second on a day of great gratitude.

Funny part being I look no different, I am no different. I was just being validated more for one than the other.

Truthfully, I don’t have much else to say. No real profound words to accompany this.

Just wanted to share this
“huh” / “aha” moment with you.

Sometimes that subtle awareness can make a big difference as we move through.

🤍

11/29/2021

Postpartum can include a spectrum of experiences. No matter where yours falls, speak your truth, embrace your reality and get support in all of its forms. 💙

https://www.boredpanda.com/photographs-and-stories-of-mothers-dealing-with-postpartum-depression-felicia-simion/

For the past 6 months, I have worked on a project called Postpartum, which tells the stories of mothers who are going through or have healed from postpartum depression.

11/16/2021

Dr. Gabor Mate is gold!

A good reminder that, at the end of the day, is about relationship. ❤️

Too often, parenting is reduced to a set of techniques and strategies to get our kids to go to sleep, eat their vegetables, not hit their brother, do their chores…

Imagine if a partner sought out techniques and strategies to get you to sleep with them, lose weight, or keep the house clean.

It’s deeply disrespectful and dehumanizing!

Let’s stop seeing parenting as behavior management and manipulation and learn to have relationship instead. 💗



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10/30/2021

Hear, hear! 🎉🎃

10/29/2021

💜💙💜

Disclaimer: I do think there are people, who could objectively say their body was "ruined" by pregnancy & childbirth, especially in difficult or high risk or traumatic circumstances. But I love this re-framing for the "normal" spectrum!

10/24/2021

Parenting is challenging. It's ok to be honest with your kids and take a break.

10/18/2021

Notice.
Share.
Respect.
Empower.
💙

10/14/2021

Helpful tips when having overwhelming emotions as a parent!

10/12/2021

What are your favorites here?

Mine: Be there. Heal. Hug trees. 💚

I recently had a request to share this one again. 💗😘

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10/10/2021

Heads-up American parents, burnout tends to hit Western people harder than parents in the East.

What are some of your favorite resources for coping or battling parental burnout?

What psychological research suggests about how to recognize and overcome it.