Healthy Minds, Happy Families, LCSW P.C.

03/21/2025

ADVANCING PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTING EQUITY AND FOSTERING EARLY RELATIONAL HEALTH FOR ALL Join us in Brooklyn for a transformative series of events dedicated to maternal and reproductive mental health,

07/12/2024

My morning: I was running late because I forgot to pack lunch for the girls’ summer camp, so I had to do it last minute. I’m running out the door with a smoothie in my hand, the phones, the umbrella and my lunchbox. As close the door behind me, I notice the bus just left. Try to go back inside the house to feed the cat because according to my phone, the bus comes in 9 minutes, so I have enough time. As I’m at the door trying to find my keys, I let my cup go and my juice spills all over my shoe and my pants. I manage to find the keys and go back inside only to find my son already feeding the cat, so my return to the house was pointless. I clean myself quickly (refusing to change my shoes and pants, which are green at this point from the juice) pick up everything and attempt to go out the door and what do I see? The bus leaving the station AGAIN!!!! Mind you, I was in the house for like 3 min. So this morning was hard for me because I missed 2 biases, didn’t even get to feed the cat, didn’t get to drink my juice and got to work late. Despite all that, I’m grateful because I know other working moms out there have it harder than I do. To all the working moms out there, WE GOT THIS!!!!

05/02/2024

03/11/2024

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03/11/2024

Moxie Speech Pathology ❤️

03/11/2024

03/11/2024

❤️🫶❤️Christine…

03/07/2024

⁣It’s okay if you need “help being a mom.”⁣⁣
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It’s okay,⁣⁣
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if you call your mom, a friend, any-trusted-someone for their opinions on big decisions and small ones when it comes to your kids because they all seem important,⁣⁣
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if you hire a babysitter so you and your partner can finally get a night out or a professional cleaner once a week, so you aren't constantly cleaning up the mess,⁣⁣
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if you ask your partner to take over bedtime duties most nights because you’ve had enough,⁣⁣
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if you need to buy premade dinners or rely on school lunches.⁣⁣
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No matter how hard we try to do it all, the weight of all things — the pressure parenting puts on your entire being and being only one person with so many hats—is impossible to do totally alone.⁣⁣
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So, we should never feel wrong for asking for help in the first place.⁣⁣
It doesn’t matter if we’re a working mom, a stay-at-home mom, or a combination,⁣⁣
or whether we have one child or five.⁣⁣
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𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬,⁣⁣
𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. ⁣
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⁣📸: Unknown Artist (DM for credit)

03/03/2024

When you have a deeply feeling child,

You know that sometimes their emotions are too big to regulate, so they come out in intense ways.

You know they might push you away when they’re struggling, even though they crave your comfort and approval.

You know they’re incredibly sensitive, and might have a hard time differentiating between vulnerability and shame.

You know they can escalate quickly, then shut down just as fast.

You know to the outside world, it might look a certain way. People might judge or assume.

But here’s the thing—no one else knows your deeply feeling child like you do.

You know they aren’t dramatic—they just feel everything so strongly.

You know they aren’t difficult—they’re just overwhelmed and overstimulated and need some space to process.

You know they aren’t defiant—they’re just looking for boundaries so they feel safe expressing themselves.

You also know they pay attention to the smallest, most exquisite details, and understand so much more than they let on.

You know they’re observant, thoughtful, and intentional.

You know they’re empathetic, loving, and kind.

You know someday they’ll change the world, because they care about it so very much.

And because when they put their minds to something, good luck persuading them otherwise.

When you have a deeply feeling child,

You know, most of all . . .

They just want to be understood. ❤️

03/02/2024

03/02/2024

Institute of Child Psychology