By popular demand, I’ll be doing some more posts and videos on the postpartum period, primarily with my sister, Jen Reddish, Jen is a therapist who focuses on mental well-being in the perinatal period. Our last video, Postpartum Rage, was a huge hit, and several of my clients messaged me saying, “Your sister is amazing! Share her work more!” This… Read more →
If you find yourself going from 0-100 in an instant and then feeling guilt about your anger as a parent, my sister Jen (a therapist at The Essence of You Counselling) says you aren’t alone! Jen Reddish is a counselor who works primarily with people in the pregnancy and postpartum periods, and she says postpartum rage is one of the… Read more →
The number one cause of problems I see in the postpartum period is lack of rest for the birthing person / mother. It takes the body 10 months to grow a baby and only a few days or hours to birth one, and the huge physiology change after birth requires significant nourishing care and rest in the weeks and months… Read more →
Guest post by Kathleen Nash I have been trying not to rant about this, but today is a special day so here we go. Attention advice givers: My entire goal of parenting is not to shut my child up. Also, your assumptions and judgments are not welcome. Please try to understand that being a new mother is a huge transition… Read more →
With the cloudy season upon us here in Vancouver, affecting many of our moods, I feel it is an appropriate time to talk about mental health in the postpartum period. While some cultures don’t even have a word for postpartum depression because it simply is not common, we frequently hear about it our industrialized world. In more community-based cultures, women… Read more →