Month: January 2020

Shame and Self-Compassion

Shame and Self-Compassion

I was a highly anxious new mother.  I had a three-ring binder where I kept notes on the pregnancy and parenting books that I read and research on the top recommended baby products.  It was color coded and cross-referenced.  Once my son was born, I had another notebook in which I meticulously recorded feeding times, […]

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Winter

Winter

On Monday my husband took down our Christmas trees and garlands.  He graciously did it while I was gone, so that I wouldn’t have to do it and wouldn’t have to watch him do it.  Taking down the Christmas decorations makes me ridiculously sad.  It signifies the end of the holidays and the beginning of […]

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