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I am the white mother of two biracial children. I live in Minnesota, in a suburb of the Twin Cities metro area around Minneapolis/St. Paul. Just in the short years that I’ve been a mother in Minnesota, we white moms have had the opportunity to talk with our children...
I have incredibly mixed feelings about social media. I think it mainly serves to feed into comparison culture, which makes us feel worse about ourselves no matter what we’re doing. Almost every day in my therapy practice I’m talking with people who know social media...
Watch the video of Dara (incredible publisher from Wise Ink) and me chatting about the book! https://fb.watch/4IoBdYtQ1I/ 9 days left to support, donate, or preorder Brave New Mom: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bravenewmom/brave-new-mom
Here are five good reasons to preorder Brave New Mom through Kickstarter in the next 11 days! There will be a gap in time between the preorders and when the books are able to be ordered online, so preordering guarantees you will have the book first! The preordered...
We want to know what has made your workplace a great place for moms to work this past year, through the pandemic. (Or if it hasn’t been, we want to know that too!) Nominate and describe your workplace here until April 20, 2021. After that date, watch this page to see...
In the spirit of nonjudgment and self-compassion, let’s start by saying that not everyone feels naturally joyful as a new mom. I didn’t feel a lot of innate happiness or joy in my role as a new mom when I became one, even though I expected to and many people told me...
This is the number one misconception/self-judgment I hear from new moms: I thought this was supposed to be the happiest time in my life (and then the part they might not say: but I don’t feel happy). THAT’S OKAY. It is absolutely okay to not enjoy every moment with...
Did you know that over 90% of moms have scary, intrusive thoughts about their babies? They might be images of your baby being hurt, thoughts of you or someone else harming your baby, or something unimaginable happening. When I was a new mom, every night when I was...
Self-Compassion has been a pretty important practice in my life. I am not a person who is naturally compassionate toward myself. In fact, when I started to learn about self-compassion, I was pretty dismissive of it – why would I need to worry about how I talk to...
“The first step to any of the work toward feeling better about yourself as a mom (and as a person) is to accept yourself. Yes, with the dirty hair, in your pajamas, covered in spit-up. You made a person. You are amazing. Practice acceptance toward your feelings, your...
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