Although awareness around perinatal mood disorders is spreading, there is still a lot of shame and stigma tied to mental health. In our culture, we internalize a lot of messages about what it means to “be a good mother”. We often learn that it’s not okay to show vulnerability or to reach out for help.
Read MoreIn our culture, many of us have internalized the idea that getting pregnant is supposed to be simple and that after we meet our partners , start our careers and decide that we are ready to start a family, we will be able to get pregnant “naturally”. However sometimes the dream of natural pregnancy doesn’t always play out like we thought it would.
Read MoreFor women, the number one thing that triggers feelings of shame is appearance and body image. Other shame triggers might be infertility, motherhood, or productivity. We believe that we need to look perfect, eat perfectly, be the perfect mother, and that to be the perfect woman means to be fertile.
Read MoreFor all the moms in postpartum right now and moms struggling with a history of disordered eating, you are not alone and you are not superficial for struggling to accept your body. New motherhood is an incredibly challenging time to connect with your body and practice intuitive eating and body respect.
Read MoreTreating ourselves with self-compassion involves recognizing that imperfection, failure, and life difficulties are an inevitable part of life and that to deny this or to fight against it only leads to more suffering which shows up as stress, frustration, and self-criticism.
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