Balanced Beginnings LLC

02/15/2026

This will be such an endearing group. Created from the perfect place of expert and experience. Please share with any new mom you know. 💕

02/13/2026

02/07/2026

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Please read this. My kids may be grown and having a step daughter comes with giving pure love but peripheral responsibility, but I still see this happening today. Mom shaming is real and so very unnecessary. Shame helps nobody.

After becoming a mom, I realized one very bitter truth.
In the eyes of the world, moms are allowed almost nothing.

You can’t complain — because “you wanted this.”
You can’t cry — because “you knew what you were signing up for.”
You can’t be exhausted — because “you stay at home anyway.”
You’re not really allowed to rest.
You’re not allowed to admit that sleepless nights are breaking you sometimes.

No matter what you do, someone will always say you’re doing it wrong.

If you work — people ask who’s raising your child.
If you stay home — you’re called dependent on someone else’s money.
If you send your child to daycare — people say strangers are raising them.
If you quit your job — they say you’re not thinking about the future.
If you’re a single mom — they say “no one wants a woman with kids.”
If you go out to recharge for a bit — you’re called selfish.

And the most painful part?
Those words often don’t come from men.

They come from… other women.

But every one of us carries her own weight.
Every one of us loves her children deeply.
Every one of us sometimes gets tired, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained.

That doesn’t make us bad mothers.
That makes us human.

Instead of comparing, judging, and competing with each other —
maybe it’s time we learn how to support each other.

Because none of us truly knows
how much another mother is silently carrying.

Moms don’t need more judgment.
They need understanding.
And a little more support and solidarity from other women.

02/07/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/painting-yourself-into-a-lonely-oblivion?r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

The Hope being, There are Ways to Paint Yourself Out of it.

01/30/2026

01/30/2026

Marchaé Peters, Counselor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, (412) 419-3179, Feeling like life handed you a script you never auditioned for? Maybe your thoughts are running wild like toddlers on espresso, or your feelings have you crying over a microwave burrito. If you're tired of white-knuckling your way th...

01/29/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/releasing-and-succumbing-a-natural?r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Allowing Yourself to Feel the Hurt or Loss, Then Integrate it if Necessary

01/28/2026

So beautiful and so needed. She always knows the music and message to channel. ❤️

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

01/28/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedbeginningsllc/p/having-too-many-aces-when-you-have?r=5vfsa2&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

The Effects of Compounded Adverse Childhood Experiences.

01/27/2026

I absolutely love to read books written by therapists. I especially love to read their books when they are paralleling their lives to their clients! Most people do not realize just how necessary that is in order to our work. Most of the time, our only opportunity to process these experiences of our work is with our own therapists. Clients and therapists can further their therapeutic process by reading this book.