I’m so happy to have Andrea here , guest posting with her very own Rainy Day Letter. Andrea blogs at (Are you new here? A Rainy Day Letter is a message you write to yourself when you are having a good day, so you can read it on your bad days. It’s like a helping…
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Written on
December 30, 2011 by
Yael in
Anxiety,
Comfort-Zone,
Experimenting,
Fear,
Gratitude,
guilt,
Permission-Based Healing.,
Postpartum Depression,
PPDemons,
Progress,
Rainy Day Letters,
Self-Care,
Self-Kindness,
Setbacks,
Trust
And the the giveaway winner is: Laura. Hugs to all who didn’t win this time, more chances coming soon. This post is dedicated to my beloved #ppdchat friends. I’ve been so consumed with creating events and classes here in Ithaca, that I’ve been rather absent on twitter. I miss you all, I’ll be back soon….
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Written on
August 25, 2011 by
Yael in
Experimenting,
Fear,
guilt,
Listening to the Body,
Non Violent Communications,
pain,
People I Love.,
Permission-Based Healing.,
Postpartum Depression,
Progress,
Self-Care,
Setbacks,
Trust
I’m in pain. Because my . And because . I don’t like pain. Not one bit. And I’m a wuss. And I’m talking major pain. I mean, I’ve had neck and back pain before. This is a completely different order of magnitude. This is scary. My first inclination is to fight. Fight the pain, fight the crying, fight…
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Written on
August 24, 2011 by
Yael in
Comfort-Zone,
creativity,
Discomfort Tolerance,
Experimenting,
Fear,
pain,
Permission-Based Healing.,
Postpartum Depression,
Progress,
Self-Care,
Setbacks,
Trust
Remember this? It’s almost as good as “I’ll have what she’s having.” And much closer to home. I remember being 32 and feeling like Sally felt about 40, despite the fact I was married to a wonderful man and was pregnant with my first child. And today, I’m exactly one month away from this dreaded…
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Look, Story (@story3girl on twitter) is visiting today! She sent us her very own Rainy Day Letter in response to this: . Story’s letter is so short, so sweet, and so wise. I am grateful to be sharing it with you all. If you too are in recovery from PPD, I invite you to write your…
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My lovely #PPDchat friend Rach ( on Twitter) was moved by this post on the . I challenged her to actually sid down and write herself one of those letters, to have on hand when the next setback happened. Below is Rachana’s letter to herself in all its glory. I hope you will be inspired…
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