Posts tagged love
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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Decisions, Decisions: Love or Fear?

Did you know that most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear? Thus, these two four letter words entirely drive your behavior and what you choose to do. Which one are you going to give the microphone?

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Catastrophizing During Corona: A Three-Pronged Approach, Pt. 2

This is a two-part blog post that breaks down how to combat the negative habit of catastrophizing into small and realistic steps. It might sound silly, but research shows that it works. Instead of letting anxiety consume your day, establishing a regular “worry time” would be more effective.

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I Wish We Were All Lettuce

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it’s not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet, if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce…” - Tich Nhat Hanh

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Good Grief, Part 2: How to Handle the Loss of Loved Ones

So, grief is love? Hurting because a person is no longer with us is supposed to make me a more understanding and loving person? Sounds like a bunch of crap, right?

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