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Why Do I Hate My Husband After Having A Baby?
I’ve always appreciated the privacy of our inner experience. That running narrative that (thank goodness) only we can hear. During the early years of motherhood, I became especially grateful that...
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Why Do I Hate My Husband After Having A Baby?
I’ve always appreciated the privacy of our inner experience. That running narrative that (thank goodness) only we can hear. During the early years of motherhood, I became especially grateful that I had an “inside voice” that only I had access to. I remember pacing...
They Told Me Motherhood Would Be The Best Time of My Life … I Wasn’t Always Convinced
It’s normal to question how these could be the best days of your life. Because ultimately, there’s no phase in life that’s all good, or all bad. Most things have a shadow, that’s just life. What goes through your mind when someone says “don’t blink, these are the best days of your life”?
What Causes Postpartum Depression?
What Causes Postpartum Depression? written by Kate BorsatoIf you’re a soon-to-be mom or already chin-deep in motherhood, there’s a good chance you have at least some understanding of postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a common experience but,...
Signs of Postpartum Depression (What NOT to Ignore)
What Causes Postpartum Depression? (What NOT to Ignore) written by Kate BorsatoAs with many experiences in early motherhood, postpartum depression can be a source of confusion. With mental health struggles — postpartum depression included—it can be easy to allow...
The 4 most obvious signs of anxiety in pregnancy
While the rates of mood disorders in pregnancy and in postpartum are exactly the same, we remain tight-lipped about mental health challenges in pregnancy. Prenatal anxiety is just as common as postpartum depression.Though mainstream conversation wouldn’t have you...
10 Realistic Ways for Moms to Manage Anxiety
Anxiety is hard to sit with, I understand that uncomfortably jittery feeling. At best, anxiety tends to put a little damper on your day. At worst, well, it can derail your schedule, your wellness and your balance for extended periods of time. If you’re even the...
Affirmations For Moms: Boost Your Mood + Transform Your Inner Critic
Critical thoughts are so harmful because they’re habitual, not because they’re true. Positive affirmations work because they help rewrite a story you’ve been telling yourself for years.In the topsy-turvy life-upside-down era that is the coronavirus pandemic,...
Scary Thoughts In Pregnancy And Postpartum
During pregnancy and new motherhood, intrusive thoughts can take a lot of forms. Most frequently, they center around the idea of harm coming to your baby or kids. Let’s be frank: motherhood is hard. Adjusting during the postpartum phase is a huge challenge for most...
How To Deal With Negative Postpartum Body Image
Were you surprised by your postpartum body? Are you still surprised at how your body is looking and feeling after giving birth? We don’t often see what a mother’s postpartum body actually looks like so that surprise is only natural.You’re standing in the mirror...
Confession: I’m a terrible memory keeper and I fear I’m letting my daughters’ childhood memories slip away.
What if we allowed ourselves to be in the moment and surrender to the reality that memories will fade because that’s what memories do? What if that loss just adds to the sweetness of the now? Whenever I see an ad enticing me to buy a new photo album, or I see...
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I’m Kate, I’m a mama of two girls and a perinatal therapist practicing from my Vancouver Island home. You can usually find me strolling along the beach with my family enjoying the seabreeze on my face or soaking up the sunshine in my garden. Society’s narratives say that motherhood should be self-sacrificing. My posts here say something altogether different. So glad you’re here mama, you’re in the right place.
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