Retraining Your Body : How A Traumatic Event Can Help You Release Trauma
The unique challenge with traumatic events on the family-building journey (my shorthand for Trying To Conceive, are pregnant , healing...
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Parijat Deshpande
Stress Management
REMEMBERING // I don't teach stress management for women to "feel calmer". Yes that's a wonderful side effect, but it goes so much deeper...
Grief : Healing VS. Becoming Stuck
The death & non-death losses we experience on the family-building journey are uniquely painful. From the loss of fertility to the loss of...
The Power Of Silence
For many, being part of conversations about infertility, loss and miscarriage , high risk pregnancy, preterm delivery, life in the NICU,...
This is Trauma: When It's Hard to Stick to a Healthy Diet
Most of us know generally how to eat healthy. We can even look at the last 72 hours of our life and find moments when we could have...
This is Trauma: Micromanaging & Difficulty Trusting Others to Do What You Could Do
Being on top of your healthcare is tremendously important. I work with my private clients closely on how to prepare for appointments,...
This is Trauma: When You Feel Down and Like You Live in a Fog
This is a surprising one for a lot of people. Most of the time, when we think of trauma, we think hyperarousal, overwhelm, amped-upness....
This is Trauma: When Mourning Your Loss(es) Brings No Relief
Let's start with this truth: we tend to overpathologize grief. Our culture, our community and health professionals, we all do it. We want...
This is Trauma: Feeling Broken and Ashamed of Your Body on the Family-Building Journey
Almost every client I work with comes to me with this underlying feeling of brokenness. Whether they have experienced (or are currently...
This Is Trauma: When You Need to Stay Busy & Slowing Down Feels Impossible
I once worked with a client after her micropreemie came home from the NICU. Her OBGYN referred her to me thinking she had postpartum...
This Is Trauma: When Joy Feels Scary
One of the hardest lessons I learned after a long road of infertility, loss , high-risk pregnancy, preterm delivery and months in the...
Maternal Mental Health Is More About Trauma Than Depression or Anxiety
Yesterday I saw a post by my friend and colleague that resonated so much, I knew I had to say something. We are getting maternal mental...
Trying to Conceive After a High-Risk Pregnancy
For some, experiencing pregnancy complications can be a traumatic event - even if you deliver a healthy, full-term baby. For others, a...
When Getting Pregnant Again Feels Scary
Biologically, we are wired to protect our children, and as many fertility patients can understand, that protectiveness can begin even in...
Why Trauma Release is Essential for a Healthy Pregnancy
Whether you are officially diagnosed with PTSD or not, a traumatic experience affects all of us on a physical level. Without adequate...
When Fertility, Pregnancy or Birth Trauma is Misidentified
There is a very different relationship and bond between a woman and the baby she's carrying or a parent and the child they're caring for...
The 3 Body Systems Affected by Stress During Pregnancy
During pregnancy, our bodies change. Specifically, there is a natural shift in 3 major body systems - the endocrine (hormonal) system,...
102: Coping With Pregnancy After Loss with Christine McAlister
Experiencing a loss is heartshattering for any parent. Whether it's a chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, due to prematurity, a stillbirth...
079: Lean into Trauma to Heal Postpartum
Thousands of women experience pregnancy and/or birth trauma every year. Without proper support, resources and information, trauma is...
075: Coping With Pregnancy After Loss with Christine McAlister
Experiencing a loss is heart shattering for any parent. Whether it's a chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, due to prematurity, a stillbirth...
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