While having a newborn baby can be an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling experience, it also can pose challenges for both parents, specifically the one who gave birth! Adjusting to life postpartum can feel quite vulnerable, lonely, and overwhelming. At least 1 in 5...
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How to Own Your Emotional Triggers
Many people will experience traumatic events to varying degrees in their lifetime. To be human is to experience suffering, and therefore, when consciously or unconsciously reminded of past traumatic experiences, you are prone to having an intense emotional response,...
How to Recognize Teen Dating Violence
Relationship violence amongst adolescents and young adults is a form of intimate partner violence that is often misunderstood and overlooked. There is this idea that young people are just emotionally immature and lack experience in developing healthy long term...
You Are Not Alone: One Woman’s Journey With Trauma and Autoimmune Disease
Author Preface: I will describe my personal trauma and autoimmune disease journey in the best chronological order as possible. However, if you personally have or know anyone who has suffered with autoimmune diseases then you know that brain fog is a very real thing,...
How to Say “No” to Sex At Any Time
Saying "no" to sex doesn’t mean never. It might mean, “not right now”, “I’m not there yet”, “I’m tired”, “I don’t think I trust you yet”, and so on. Saying "no" can come with a wave of emotions and unpleasant responses, but there is no reason to keep having unwanted...