How to Make Food Choices that Serve You and Not Others
Christy Maloney, Registered Dietician talks with us and shares tips on how to focus on your needs and not cater to the demands around you.
How to Start a Conversation
What we have found through research, specifically from the Gottman Institute, is that the first three minutes of a conversation, predicts how the conversation is going to go, and how it’s going to end. Alyssa Doberstein, MS, LMFT a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in couples & sex therapy and owner of Relational and Sexual Health Initiative, discusses the difference between what is referred to as a harsh startup and a soft startup.
Tackling Unknown Biases & Being an Inclusive Family of Allies in a Country with Oppression
We are joined by several of our 2023 expert panelists to discuss the topics of oppression, bias, inclusivity, and becoming allies. We explore how racism, ableism and other forms of oppression show up in healthcare, education, mental health, and in our own personal lives. We explore issues of advocacy, disparities within larger systems, issues with the diagnostic tools we use, the labels we put on others, exploring our own internal biases, and the role of funding in keeping oppressive systems alive and well. We also explore becoming an ally ourselves, while also raising our children to be inclusive allies.
The Intricacies of Infertility
There are many intricate parts of infertility. How does a woman know when they should seek professional help because they have not conceived? Dr. Erika Aragona, Family Medicine Physician clarifies for us.
Navigating Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage: A Roundtable Discussion
Our 2022 expert panelists discuss how parents can navigate pregnancy after loss, what resources are available, that often difficult decision to not have more children and being content with the family that one has, and dealing with the changes that the body goes through after loss, how to approach fitness after miscarriage or loss, and a parent’s understandable array of mixed emotions and anxiety of losing a child.
Beyond the Screen Time Battle
It’s a new world. Kids growing up now have a completely different world versus generations of the past. We have new technology and the brain is being exposed to stimuli we’ve never experienced before. As a heart-based attachment parenting coach, one of Paula Kettula’s major concerns is the erosion of the parent-child relationship and social skills due to screen time’s impact. Paula provides insight on how to move beyond screen time battles.
Improving Equitable Outcomes In Maternal Care – Roundtable
We have a system that is not adequately caring for our mothers, particularly black mothers. This is a fact that needs to be heard far and wide, and we need all parties to take part in a conversation to figure out the best way to deal with this crisis.
Why Everyone Should Have a Therapist
Stigmatizing attitudes towards mental health are widespread. It’s long past time to demystify and destigmatize Psychotherapy.
Helping Children Deal With Grief
We cannot protect our children from ever feeling the pain of loss but we can help them manage the pain and express their emotions. Nicole Wallace discusses how to identify the signs of grief at different age ranges, engaging your child in healthy forms of grief expression, ways to encourage conversations about grief with children.
We Asked, She Answered: Sex, Hormone Balancing, Nutrients & More
It’s not often that you get to sit down with a doctor who is trained in the trifecta of Family Medicine, Integrative medicine, and Functional medicine to ask her anything you want! Crissy and Cindi had this opportunity with Dr. Elizabeth Sierakowski. Together, they asked questions on topics affecting the health of moms such as hormone balancing, nutrients, supplements, doctors visits, inflammation, doctor patient relationships and more!
