The Unintended Consequence of the Peaceful Parenting Movement Back in the early days of my undergraduate social work program, we learned about “intended” and “unintended” consequences. Intended consequences are what you expected to happen. For example, someone starts...
Can You Recover From Postpartum Anxiety? This is one of the most common questions that I get as a counsellor who works with perinatal moms. When you are living with anxiety day in and day out, it can feel like “this is just life now.” It feels like anxiety has become...
Your toddler’s meltdown is ok. It doesn’t mean you are a bad parent, that you are missing a piece of critical information about toddlers, or that your toddler is a crazy savage trying to drive you crazy (even though it may feel like it sometimes). ...
Let’s talk about crying. Baby crying. I cannot tell you how often I hear from moms in my office that their baby crying is a trigger for anger or anxiety. And it makes so much sense. When our baby is crying we often feel helpless, like something is wrong and we don’t...
Use this Strategy To Cope With Anxious Thoughts Let me tell you a story of a day when I was feeling anxious. As I was driving in my car, I was thinking about all of the things I had to do. I had to get groceries, remember to buy milk, feed the baby quickly, arrive...
