Sleep deprivation is a common challenge for new mothers, often leaving you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained. While it may not be possible to get a full night’s rest, practicing mindfulness can help you restore your energy, find moments of calm, and nurture your well-being even during sleepless nights.

Mornings with a newborn can feel unpredictable and tiring, but starting your day with intention and mindfulness can set a positive tone for both you and your baby. A mindful morning routine doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. Even small, consistent practices can help you feel more centered, present, and connected.

Mindful breathing is a simple, portable self-help tool for new moms to help manage emotions that can be done anywhere -at the supermarket, at work, at a playdate. Cadenced breathing is a simple yet powerful tool that can help calm the nervous system.

Mindfulness offers a gentle way to deepen your connection with your baby, helping you both feel more secure, loved, and present. Here are some mindfulness practices to nurture your bond.

A pregnancy loss is a primal, deep loss. And often the parents dealign with this devastating loss have other, young children who were looking forward to having a little brother or little sister. There is help available, in this time of pain, for parents who need to find ways to answer their surviving children’s questions about death and help them cope with their emotions. Pregnancy and infant loss is a family event.

Postpartum mood disorders can look like crying, sadness, depression, anger, rage. This is a brief guide for new mothers, their families, their doulas, and anyone who loves and supports them, covering the range of postpartum moods from "normal" to those requiring assistance.

The Matrescence Ritual is a full body and mind experience, drawing on conscious and unconscious emotional material.

If used daily and consistently, over at least 30 days, affirmations can retrain your brain to positive mind-set

Self-care! To supplement your nutrition during pregnancy and in the fourth trimester, making smoothies is a great healthy habit.

It is normal to have feelings of anxiety, stress and depression immediately following the birth are not uncommon—these feelings are often re

Matrescence embodies the feelings, challenges and qualities of the life passage into motherhood.

Learn how to use aromatherapy safety during pregnancy for emotional and physical wellness.

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A story of perinatal mental illness and recovery wrapped in a murder mystery.

Women's mental health develops naturally through several phases in a lifetime.

Motherhood pregnancy and breast-feeding are all universal and very, very personal experiences.

Make tasty organic mocha coffee latte at home!

Did you know the first three months after childbirth are critical months for the emergent family?

If you suffer from postpartum depression, please know that you do not need to suffer alone. Postpartum depression is treatable.

What has depression in women and the recent article about feminisim and mothering by the writer Erica Jong got to do with each other? We...