You want to feel confident, calm. Like you’re living life in a way that you’ve chosen, intentional and deliberate.

You want to embrace this new phase and be the best partner and mother for your family.

Does any of this sound familiar?

I notice adapting to stressful situations and managing stress can be difficult for me.

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I have difficulty advocating for myself.

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At times, I struggle to enjoy motherhood.

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I sometimes struggle to communicate with my partner and/or extended family.

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I find myself taking my frustration out on my partner or baby.

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Setting boundaries can be difficult for me.

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I often spend excessive time researching before making decisions for myself and/or my children.

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I am not sure of the roles and responsibilities in my home and relationship.

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I have difficulty maintaining a plan for my physical, mental and sexual health.

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I struggle to be present and connect with my child.

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I have a history of anxiety or depression and feel it sneaking up on me.

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My identity has shifted, and I am unsure how to redefine it.

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I don’t feel connected in my community or as a new mother.

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I feel confused about how to parent.

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I am unsure which feeding and sleeping strategies feel most comfortable to me.

Create the Calm You Deserve

If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you’re not alone.

My clinically-informed program for early motherhood can help you create the calm you deserve. So you can bring calm and confidence back into motherhood.

The Cultural Shift

“Each new generation of mothers will need searing honesty from their peers — because we can talk about how hard it is all day long, but until the moment new moms are experiencing it, they’re not really listening.”

If you haven’t read the New York Times opinion piece “Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable,” by Jessica Grose, you should!

What I love is how it highlights the cultural shift idealizing motherhood over the past several decades while also normalizing the “maternal ambivalence” that many of us experience (and often feel guilty about).

While browsing social media, we see the images of calm mothers doing it all and doing it well. It makes it difficult to anticipate the other part of motherhood, that which is difficult and puts pressure to effortlessly adapt and change to our evolving identity, children and relationships. Social media, in my opinion, is one of the most impactful shifts in motherhood over the last decade and it effects our well-being, challenging our intuition and confidence in decision-making.

The other challenge is, as Grose notes in her piece, no woman knows until they become a mother. Grose writes, “Each new generation of mothers will need searing honesty from their peers — because we can talk about how hard it is all day long, but until the moment new moms are experiencing it, they’re not really listening.”

So, as you read this, how are you preparing? How are you coping if you’re already there? Is it what you expected?

I’m ready!

Send an inquiry to learn how the program can help you bring the joy back to motherhood.