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Managing Your Mental Health As a New Mom During COVID-19
Having a baby often comes with tons of complicated feelings you might not have been prepared for. Having a baby during a global pandemic—well, that’s a category all on its own. You may have given birth alone without your partner. Maybe the doula you spent so much time working with couldn’t come to support you…
Focus On Resilience In Wake of School Shootings
Each year, one of the administrators from the middle school tells a story to incoming parents. The story involves a chrysalis that is struggling to turn into a butterfly and a kind person who, after seeing the painful process, decides to help remove it from its binds. The problem is that it is in the…
Teaching Your Children to Focus
The following article is a guest contribution from Dr. Jason Selk
How to Reduce Extreme Mental Stress and Anxiety
There are lots of reasons we get stressed out, and sometimes we don’t even know what they are. But when the problems pile up and the anxiety becomes extreme, our lives are affected in a very negative way. We need to find ways to deal with the stress before it causes a breakdown.
Labor & Delivery Yoga: Better Birth is Only a Breath Away
I have had the absolute joy of giving birth three times. Although I have other secret weapons for labor and delivery, I believe this one is the most important for managing pain, preventing panic or anxiety, and maintaining adequate oxygenation, no matter what type of birth you