Posts tagged hard times
Motherhood: What Does My Baby Need Most?
Motherhood: What Does My Baby Need Most?

About two weeks into motherhood, my sister-in-law sent me this “Love Letter from Your Baby” written by Jess Urlichs. While navigating the biggest and most rewarding and exciting, yet challenging thing that’s ever happened to me, also while recovering from a C-section, at the time there was nothing that I needed to read more than this. It can be a scary and confusing time, with lots of firsts and unknowns.

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Bridgette Gottwaldmotherhood, babies, baby, infant, needs, two weeks, childbirth, postpartum, c-section, scary, transition, hard times, love, love letter, recovery
Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand: What Matters in Life?
Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand: What Matters in Life?

You’re probably wondering how on earth rocks, pebbles and sand have anything to do with what matters in life. It turns out that these elements and what they represent are relevant to mental health, too. Go figure! This lesson by a professor might surprise you and make you healthily reflect upon your own life.

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Bridgette Gottwaldrocks, pebbles, sand, what matters in life, meaningful, memorable, mental health, therapy, life, full, work, family, support system, engage, activity, hard times, develop
If You Can’t Go Outside, Go Inside: How Do I Make Use of My Time During the Pandemic?
If You Can’t Go Outside, Go Inside: How Do I Make Use of My Time During the Pandemic?

In order to understand and comprehend what affects us on the outside, we must look inward. We all can’t go outside and do what we normally do, so it’s time to go inside.

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Bridgette Gottwaldglobal pandemic, go inside, go outside, quarantine, changes, goals, life, precious, work on yourself, hard times, work hard, selfish, slow down, signs, external world, internal world, outside, normal, COVID-19