Pregnancy & Birthing

I watch Lifetime movies. Yes, I help people get their lives back on the “straight and narrow” and be healthier with themselves, their emotions, and their relationships, but I still ... Read More

Children are shaped by their environments. The family into which a child is born has a significant impact on the child’s emotional, cognitive, social, and behavioral development. Numerous ... Read More

When I first became pregnant, I knew it right away, before a test could have told me so. I had a feeling inside my body; I called it a “light I could feel.” I suddenly knew that my ... Read More

Sometimes, in the lighter side of dark moments, I have a fantasy of creating a sort of Bingo game just for people going through infertility. Instead of numbers, the boxes under B, I, N, ... Read More

According to a recent study conducted by Genevieve Bouchard of the School of Psychology at the University of Moncton in Canada, fathers who are married are more involved with their newborns ... Read More

Some people become emotionally overwhelmed when they see or hold a small baby. They develop a longing to have a baby, even when they may already have children. In popular culture, this ... Read More

More women are deciding to hold off on having children until they are older and more stable in various areas of life (career, money, relationship), and this trend has caught the eye of ... Read More

In my practice, I see many women who are dealing with mental health issues related to reproduction, including fertility challenges. It is interesting to me that 1 in 10 women struggle with ... Read More

Destructive parentification is a behavior in which a parent transfers the emotional or physical responsibility of parenting to their child. Some parents turn to their children for emotional ... Read More

Everyone knows the turmoil that having cancer creates. The ups and downs, both physically and emotionally, can wreak havoc on even the most even-keeled person. This is why having a strong ... Read More

Pregnancy is known to be a life-changing and body-changing experience. And according to a new SELF and CafeMom.com survey, many women are focusing perhaps more on the body-changing part. Although ... Read More

You are what you eat, as the popular saying goes. And now a new study suggests that your diet as an infant may in fact determine how smart you will be when you grow older. The study, published ... Read More