Tag: motherhood

Whenever I meet someone who doesn’t use social media, I always ask, but why? How do you keep in touch with people? They respond...

Today, I didn’t mom so well. I felt guilty about half a million things left undone and agonized over the things I didn’t do for...

When my 13-year-old daughter declared she was too old for summer camp, and my 10-year-old son only agreed to do two weeks of it,...

I wasn’t prepared for so much of what motherhood would throw at me. Sure, I expected the sleepless nights and endless laundry. But I...

With May being Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, there is much discussion around motherhood and mental health. As a mom and therapist for moms,...

My relationship with Mother’s Day is what therapists might call “complicated.” For 33 years, this Hallmark holiday has been less about celebration and more...

For some, being a mom is easy, like smooth sailing on calm waters, but for others, the road is bumpy, rigid, gloomy, and fog-filled....

Being a single mom is hard. It is, without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I am so lucky...

Ah, the sweet smell of baby powder…or is that just the lingering scent of desperation from the first time? For us second-time parents, the...

As I continue to forge knee-deep into my parenting, I’ve been thinking a lot about the adage, it takes a village to raise a...