It’s time to change the narrative of maternal mental health…

Your hormones are not broken, society is.

Motherhood and Mental Health

All too often the modern mother is made to feel broken. If she is not able to return to her pre-baby self, something must certainly be wrong. She has postpartum depression, anxiety, or both!

In reality, modern mothers lack the support they biologically need in order to make the transition of mind, body, and spirit into motherhood. Our mind and body are not meant to return to life as usual at six weeks, three months, or even at all. Yet mothers everywhere are feeling guilty and burned out trying.

When working with women in pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond, I incorporate a holistic approach to empower women in finding their own version of motherhood. From a holistic perspective there are many factors that can impact maternal mental health, such as;

  • Attachment style

  • Breastfeeding journey

  • Birth experience/trauma

  • Nutritional status

  • Postpartum neurological changes

  • Nervous system regulation

  • Support system

  • Cultural norms

  • The mother-baby dyad 

Together we will peel back the layers to support you in rising to be the mother and woman you were always meant to be.

Matrescence

“The process of becoming a mother, coined by Dana Raphael, Ph.D. (1973), is a developmental passage where a woman transitions through pre-conception, pregnancy and birth, surrogacy or adoption, to the postnatal period and beyond.

The exact length of matrescence is individual, recurs with each child, and may arguably last a lifetime! The scope of the changes encompass multiple domains–bio-psycho–social–political–spiritual–and can be likened to the developmental push of adolescence”

–Dr. Aurelie Athan, Columbia University

Where are you in your motherhood journey?

  • Beginning at conception, hormones begin to change brain structure and nervous system regulation. This is happening at the same time you’re navigating changing relationship dynamics, making choices about your birth preferences, setting boundaries with family, experiencing body changes, and feeling the weight of being responsible for another human being.

    Support in this chapter can help you find your intuition to confidently navigate this transitional time in a way that feels best to YOU.

  • Postpartum is a hard to define stage, it certainly lasts longer than three months. Neurologically speaking, postpartum is approximately two years as the brain undergoes restructuring. From my perspective, if the term resonates with you, you’re postpartum. It’s such a tender stage, filled with love and bonding but also sleepless nights, intense demands, grief and information overload. 

    Support in this chapter can help you identify practical supports, embrace imperfection, process grief, and ultimately learn how to tune out the noise and listen to yourself.

  • Motherhood is an ongoing evolution, just as you conquer one phase, you’re on to the next. In a world of incessant parenting advice and hacks, it’s easy to lose your confidence and feel like you are inevitably f***ing up your kids. 

    I believe supporting mothers in parenting means reconnecting them with their intuition. You are the expert of your own child, you already know what they need, I’m just here to help you find that inner knowing.