Category Archives: Mental Health Topics

The weight of the responsibility of being a mother and parent can be crushing. On top of that, there is a part of motherhood that I could not have prepared for. I’m talking about the invisible load of motherhood. All the things you think about, schedule, make a list for (oh my gosh the LISTS!),ContinueContinue reading “Invisible Load of Motherhood”

You know, they say you don’t quite experience the magic of the holidays like you did when you were a child…until you become a parent and see it through their eyes. This is only somewhat true for me. I love the holiday season. From Halloween to Christmas I feel so excited to experience the MAGIC.ContinueContinue reading “The Magic of the Holidays”

It’s that time of year… Things are winding down, coming to a close, getting colder, becoming darker. It is a time to turn inwards to reflect and settle. Take an hour or so to think about how you have treated yourself this past year, then make some big plans for the next year. Happy NovemberContinueContinue reading “End of the Year Reflection”

My family loves “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. I can remember being a young kid watching it for the first time and being glued to the screen, enthralled but also a little scared. It was a good kind of scared. I was aware at that moment that this was unlike anything I had ever seen before.ContinueContinue reading “7 Life Lessons from “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas””

Happy Halloween! We all have those times when we go from our loving and kind selves to MOMster Mom in 0.2 seconds flat! For me, those times happen when I’m trying desperately to pick up the mess in my house and I step on a sharp little toy that I’m sure was left there lovinglyContinueContinue reading “Mommy to Momster”

Last week I talked about small failures in parenting and how they are actually a good thing to help you grow as a parent as well as helping your child learn how to cope in an imperfect world.  Now, there are MANY different ways a parent can fail a child. Not all of them requireContinueContinue reading “How to have a “Recovery Talk” with your Child”

Stephanie and Georgia I spent my life striving for the best. Striving to be the best student, the best athlete, to go to the best schools, and get the best scholarship. Then it was to get the best degree and obtain the best job, to get the best promotions and raises and on and on.ContinueContinue reading “What is the “Good Enough Mother”? by Stephanie Kemme”

For this episode please welcome my friend Amy. Rooted Compassion is the name of her counseling practice and she specializes in the Polyvagal Theory. Amy explains to me what this theory is and why it is so helpful in treating clients but also in our every day lives, especially as moms! Enjoy! Pollyvagal Theory withContinueContinue reading “Exploring the Polyvagal Theory with Amy Stenger-Sullivan from Rooted Compassion”

Emily Resnick is my guest this week! Emily and I go wayyy back to community mental health counseling before we each moved on to bigger and better things. Emily now works on the suicide prevention team in an agency who specializes on helping veterans. Emily is one of my closest friends and I knew theseContinueContinue reading “How to Have Hard Conversations and Emotions in the Workplace with Emily”