For many, Mother’s Day is a chance to celebrate the women who raised us — with flowers, brunches, and heartfelt cards (take inspiration from the 15 gift ideas in this blog). For countless other moms in Canada, it’s not so simple. In Canada, many moms are quietly...
My heart breaks everytime I hear clients confide in me that they feel lonely, unseen, and unheard ever since becoming a mother. As a clinical counsellor I consider it a privilege to be brought into a person’s inner world. I bear witness to the joys and pains of many...
Parenting is undeniably one of the most challenging roles a person can undertake. As a parent you raise little humans with impressionable minds who are like sponges and are profoundly impacted by all your intended and unintended messaging. These children grow to have...
Today we’re introducing a guest author, who has kindly taken time out of her day to help us to support women in our community who are curious about pelvic floor physiotherapy, and how to rehab their pelvic floor after delivery. Christina Kliewer has been a...
Mom burnout left untreated can lead to blocked care – where do you fall on the mom burnout spectrum? I’ve talked in past blogs about mom burnout and the challenges of parenting. Through my work I’ve come to see that a major indicator of mom burnout (or parenting...
Let’s start with an obvious statement: parenting is hard. Everyone knows that. But what too many people fail to ask are these extremely important questions: what is hard about parenting for me – and where do my parenting triggers come from? Of course,...