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Navigating Motherhood: Understanding Matrescence

Navigating Motherhood: Understanding Matrescence

Today, I want to talk about something that often goes unspoken, something that we all go through, but many of us don't even realize has a name: matrescence.  Matrescence is...

Navigating Motherhood: Understanding Matrescence

Today, I want to talk about something that often goes unspoken, something that we all go through, but many of us don't even realize has a name: matrescence.  Matrescence is...

The Power of Universality in Maternal Mental Health

The Power of Universality in Maternal Mental He...

Hi, Amberlee here. I just returned from picking up my 7-year-old from school. I had a whole list of tasks I was ready to complete, and I was on my...

The Power of Universality in Maternal Mental He...

Hi, Amberlee here. I just returned from picking up my 7-year-old from school. I had a whole list of tasks I was ready to complete, and I was on my...

Take a Moment

Take a Moment

I think we need a collective moment of acknowledgement.  We did it.  We put our children back in school and it feels good.  Really good.  I couldn’t be more happy...

Take a Moment

I think we need a collective moment of acknowledgement.  We did it.  We put our children back in school and it feels good.  Really good.  I couldn’t be more happy...

You Don’t Have To Look Like Your Friends

You Don’t Have To Look Like Your Friends

Our five-year-old keeps asking me; “do I look like my friend?”  She is referring to her best friend at school who she adores and who she will not physically let go...

You Don’t Have To Look Like Your Friends

Our five-year-old keeps asking me; “do I look like my friend?”  She is referring to her best friend at school who she adores and who she will not physically let go...

We See You, Pappas!

We See You, Pappas!

The amount of women leaving the workforce is staggering.  According to CNBC over 2.3 million women have left the workforce since the onset of COVID-19.  As a woman in the workforce, I...

We See You, Pappas!

The amount of women leaving the workforce is staggering.  According to CNBC over 2.3 million women have left the workforce since the onset of COVID-19.  As a woman in the workforce, I...

“First, do no harm”…

“First, do no harm”…

The unfortunate reality is that the Black community has been and continues to be marginalized, disadvantaged, and harmed.  This can often be seen in our healthcare system, specifically for black mothers...

“First, do no harm”…

The unfortunate reality is that the Black community has been and continues to be marginalized, disadvantaged, and harmed.  This can often be seen in our healthcare system, specifically for black mothers...

How many dishes did you do in 2020?

How many dishes did you do in 2020?

It’s hard to find the light in the pandemic.  Especially as a parent.  But I do find my parenting to be more conscious.  The lack of social contact allows me...

How many dishes did you do in 2020?

It’s hard to find the light in the pandemic.  Especially as a parent.  But I do find my parenting to be more conscious.  The lack of social contact allows me...

Helping Parents and Kids During Chaos and The Current Political Environment

Helping Parents and Kids During Chaos and The C...

“Compartmentalization is a subconscious psychological defence mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within...

Helping Parents and Kids During Chaos and The C...

“Compartmentalization is a subconscious psychological defence mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within...