Consolations and Desolations of 2018
The other night we did something pretty remarkable with a group of friends at a Christmas party. Wedged in right between the overconsumption of some terrible red wine and a white elephant gift exchange, one of the…
You know someone struggling with mental health (and you probably ate dinner with them last night)
Have you ever been so depressed or overwhelmed with anxiety that you had the thought “I wish I could just stop existing?” The classic suicide questionnaire used in doctor’s offices to assess mental health includes some version…
Motherhood + mental illness
This is a tough subject to write on, but it’s probably in my top 5 most-emailed about questions/comments, so I know it’s one people are hungry to read about. There is a frustrating level of stigma and…
NFP in real life: hard, but worth it {an interview with the Denver Catholic}
Jenny Uebbing, who writes at Mama Needs Coffee, recently asked her readership, “What do you want/need from the Church in order to live NFP?” and the resulting comments were numerous … and eye-opening. Many people are seriously…
Two Hearts for Healing counseling (and a special giveaway)
Today I’m honored to have my beautiful friend Karen share a little bit about the incredible work she is doing in the world of counseling and mental health. Karen and I have been dear friends since our…
The motherly art of rest
Dear mothers of the world, lend me your ears: Motherhood, including-but-not-limited-to childbirth and recovery: we might be doing it wrong. Actually, I’m almost positive we are. And my suspicions were confirmed a hundredfold a little less than a…
30 Days to Calm
Jenna is one of my favorites. Her blog is always a joy to read, but it’s her vulnerability and creativity that I find most captivating. A couple years ago during my one of my struggles with PPD, she…
Why we chiro
All four kids are asleep and it’s still 30 minutes till my 8:45 bedtime so…why not blog about it? I wanted to take a minute to shout out to a very special doctor in my life, and…
Bringing home bebe: Surviving week 1
I promise I’ve been percolating a birth story for you fine people, but mostly I’ve been breastfeeding. Which does not lend itself to much higher-level cognition or, actually, typing. Let me preface this by saying that little…
9 months on, 9 months off
I realized yesterday as I was bent upside down coaxing volume into my limp postpartum locks that on the morning of Evie’s 9 month birthday, exactly 9 months to the day of her arrival ex utero, I…
