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I'm Yael, (@yaelsaar on twitter) a mama on a mission: to liberate mothers from their PPDemons by disarming guilt and teaching self-kindness. I host the monthlyPPD SpeakEasy Support Phone Chat and I'm the virtual camp director at the Mama's Comfort Camp private facebook group where mamas from around the world support each other. To get in on the action, subscribe right here:
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I hope my work will bring you comfort. I have a passion for social support and coaching for emotional skills, but I have no medical or mental health qualifications! And when you are dealing with PPD and anxiety you really need to have an ongoing relationship with a trusted medical professional.
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Joy

Depression of any kind, especially postpartum depression, is characterised by the absence of joy. Pleasure of almost any kind becomes inaccessible

Philosopher a fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead

Mama’s Comfort Camp on Facebook
A safe haven of Self-Kindness and support. Join me and over 200 moms from around the world at our private facebook group (only members can read and post). You can ask to join on this page: Mama's Comfort Camp private facebook group. New members are added every Monday.
The Ithaca Mothers’ Support Group

This is a free support group for moms of kids of any age. No official diagnosis required. If you are struggling while mothering, you are not alone. Please join us.
Monthly meetings on the first Thursday of the month at 12:30-1:30. Dates sometimes change, please check the events calendar.
Location: The Women's Opportunity Center: 315 North Tioga Street, one block from the downtown parking garage by the Ithaca Commons. More info here. Babies, toddlers, and brown bag lunches are all welcome.
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I’m a horrible capitaliser of letters, and a poor speller of words. i am working on the spelling thing, but kind of gave up on capitalisation. My first language (Hebrew) doesn’t have upper or lower case letters, and if after 18 years of living in English I still don’t have it down it’s probably never going to happen. If this bothers you, I apologize. But if i don’t choose my battles, i’d be fighting much too often, and then there wouldn’t be any blog posts, like, ever, and what fun would that be?

Joy

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