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Save Yourself: Mothers, Trauma and Denial
Save Yourself: Mothers, Trauma and Denial

If you have a mother, are a mother, are a partner to a mother, want to be a mother, or do not want to be a mother… it’s hard.

But there’s something about mothering, or women in general we need to address as a culture.

And that is that mothering is not martyrdom.

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Parents, Trauma, Women's Health, Coping Skills, Chronic Pain and IllnessKerry BiskelonisReset Brain and Bodymother, motherhood, denial, parenting, generational trauma, trauma, coping skills, the mother role, sacrifice, martyr, conditioning, suffering, feelings
How to (and not to) Speak to a Pregnant Woman
How to (and not to) Speak to a Pregnant Woman

There are supportive ways to speak to a pregnant woman, and then there are unwelcome, unnecessary and seemingly harmless ways that invalidate someone’s individual experience. Read this article, be mindful and check yourself before you unintentionally make someone feel worse than they already may.

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Women's Health, ParentsSamantha BreitmeyerReset Brain and Bodypregnancy, new mom, new parents, boundaries, parents, parenting, pregnant, baby, motherhood, mom to be, family, birth, maternal, postpartum, mother, mom