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Exactly how long is the postpartum period? How will I know when my hormones level out, when my body has returned to it’s pre-pregnancy state, when I feel like myself again? These are questions I receive regularly from clients and community members navigating the postpartum time. In America, our maternity leave often defines the postpartumContinue reading “Defining Postpartum & Creating the Postpartum Healing Space”

I wanted to take a moment to share some of the resources that have been deeply impactful to me and my work in the areas of Grief, Pregnancy Loss, and Reproductive Justice in the hopes that they are helpful resources for you. Whether you are grieving a loss, searching for ways to hold and processContinue reading “Grief, Pregnancy Loss, and Reproductive Justice Resources”

How do we move our stories through our bodies? What I love about working with somatics in partnership with narrative therapy is the ability to not only identify and place words to the narrative of the deeply held moments of our lived experiences, but the vital component of then getting out of the thinking mindContinue reading “Deepening Mind + Body Connection”

When our bodies are experiencing stress, our sympathetic nervous systems are activated in what is known as “fight or flight” mode. Our breath becomes shallow. Our muscles tense. Our bodies undergo a full shift, using a hormonal web waiting beneath the surface to help us in times of crisis. These hormonal shifts that create theContinue reading “Relaxing Into our Parasympathetic Nervous Systems”