Health

How to Manage Mom Guilt

There are a ton of expectations about motherhood seemingly coming from everywhere. We are spoon fed messages about what motherhood should be from family, friends, social media, and marketing campaigns. When we don’t live up to expectations about parenting sometimes we struggle with feelings of guilt. Traditionally, mothers have been described as being heroic, selfless, …

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When Practicing Self Care is Hard

Although self care has  been linked to better health, there are barriers that make it difficult to practice. Barriers include time restraints, limited finances, limited social support, difficulty accepting help and difficulty setting boundaries (Barkin & Wisner, 2013). What is Intensive Parenting? Modern parenting tends to value parenting that takes a large amount of work. …

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