I hope you are having a lovely Mother’s Day. But this day is all kinds of hard. As is motherhood itself. Today (and everyday) it’s so tempting to measure your success as a mother by what you get from others. Hugs, cards, flowers… But are you measuring the love YOU give yourself? Are you giving yourself…
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I meant to write about the that is happening on Tuesday which happens to be Valentine’s day, but this came out instead. I’m a bit shy about it, but it really is time I told you about Olaaf. He is an imaginary friend, but he is very real. He goes wherever I go, and I…
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My dear friend Jaya works with people on living life from a loving stance of unwavering trust. I worked with her a couple of years ago and she helped me with my relationship with my husband. What I learned from her helped me fight less: fewer fights with him, and more importantly, fewer fights with myself. Jaya…
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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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This is an old post, now new and improved, revisited for two reasons: one, my are making it hard to write new posts these days. But more importantly, I wrote this in November 2010, when my blog was still a baby. Chances are you’ve never seen this before, and kookys taste much better when we…
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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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