Author name: Mary Joan Brinson

We understand this is such a hard time. We are feeling it too. We miss our old routine. We miss our freedom to move about our community. We miss the ability to visit and enjoy our family and friends. We miss life as we knew it before the pandemic. We are collectively experiencing a traumatic response […]

Self-compassion is having the same compassion towards yourself that you have towards others. I often ask my clients to talk to themselves the same way they would talk to their best friend. And I will light-heartedly say,” if you talked to your friends the way you typically talk to yourself, you would not have any friends

Let’s face it, the current situation we are living in is proving to be challenging for ANY parent right now. Whether it is motivating them to do schoolwork or understanding what ‘social/physical distancing’ means is difficult for anyone. I thought I would share some insight into making lasting connections with your child and avoiding the power struggle that often occurs

What does it feel like to have postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety? What are the signs or symptoms? How do you know when you have it? And if you do have it, what should you do? I want to explain it in the words I hear women use to describe their experience so it will

Currently, we are a world that is sharing a collective emotional experience. We feel a profound sense of loss of our way of life and our roles and routines that created a sense of normalcy as we have come face to face with a pandemic. We are afraid for our health, our income, our jobs,

When a couple loses a baby, it is a profound loss with a pain that is unimaginable. The world no longer makes sense; the world no longer seems fair or just. You lose an entire lifetime that you began to envision from the moment your pregnancy was confirmed – all of the special milestones and

How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives? The death of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness or other traumatic events; these are all examples of very challenging life experiences. Many people react with a flood of emotion and a sense of uncertainty. Yet people generally adapt over a

Research confirms the effects of stress affect your health. The impact it has on your health, both physical and mental, can be very harmful. In the world we live in today, everything appears to be so fast paced that we can hardly keep up. Stress can be good in small doses and can help to

Being a parent is hard, and being the parent of an infant is especially hard. The challenges experienced in the first weeks and months after bringing home a new baby are experienced by both mothers and fathers. Women have been experiencing postpartum depression for years, but yet we still struggle to recognize it for the