Karen Kleiman, an international maternal mental health expert and author (2012) writes that over 90 percent of mothers will experience scary thoughts postpartum. However, when these thoughts are cast to the shadows out of fear or shame this can perpetuate a cycle of anxiety, depression, and possibly self-harm. Read More >>

he messages embedded within Leonard Cohen’s moving (and even slightly eerie) “You Want it Darker/Hineni” are particularly relevant right now as we collectively experience a global trauma due to COVID-19. Read More >>  

Since time immemorial, societies have held motherhood to a standard of perfection; mothers must be all-capable polite, and patient heroes. Central to this mythical perfection is the notion that mothers shouldn’t express (or feel!) anger. Whether witnessed and silenced to the zone of the unspeakable or cast out of the realm of our conscious experience, anger

If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you have a copy of The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown on your bookshelf. It is a classic story with an almost mystical element—with beautiful illustrations and a captivating rhythm and prose. It tells a heartwarming story of an imaginary game of chase as the little bunny

Halloween For Kids Should Be Fun! This time of year the streets are sweeping with decorations: cobwebs and ghosts on doorsteps and witches and blood stains along sidewalks and storefront windows. We need to remember Halloween for kids can also be scary. For so many of us (in our memories and even up to the present)

Human beings thrive when they feel that they have free will, their mind matters, and that they are seen and understood. This experience—termed personal agency—is particularly important during phases of vulnerability, life transitions, and times of identity development and change, such as new motherhood. Read More >>

Bullying is a well-known term today and can have a broad definition. How do you define bullying? There are different types of bullying, either physical or emotional harm caused from a person in an “observed power” position on someone in an “observed subordinate” position. read more >>

What Is Play Therapy And Is It Right For Your Child? There is a common uncertainty among parents as to what constitutes play therapy and when this is the right step for their child or family. read more >>

Child Attachment Strategies Helping Your Child Feel Safe Enough To Be Their Own Dora The “Explorer” We have all seen the toddler holding onto mom or dad’s calf for dear life immobilizing them from moving further. We have heard the exhausted new parent proclaiming- “I can’t put him (her) down for a second; what do

New parent? 5 Key Steps To Get You Through First Months New Parent? “Say goodbye to sleep;” … “Are you going back to work? You are?? You are not??” Judgments and opinions abound as you welcome your little one into this world along with your new role as mother or father. People mean well, but