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

Pregnancy and birth are major adult transitions filled with joy, but the transition to parenthood can also bring up feelings of insecurity, sadness or fear as you and your partner move into this different phase of self-identity. Parenting an infant is difficult, but if one of you had a complicated early family life, parenting can be like navigating rough waters, as flashbacks to unpleasant scenes from childhood intrude upon present reality.

Originally posted November 20, 2013. Late November afternoon. Fall is a powerful season. The leaves fall from the trees like tears from my eyes. The breeze stirs the spirits of the past living in the long shadows. Once again I feel my embodied youth. My horse and I gallop as one In the amber harvest sunset. Crows flit like black pieces of paper scattered on the wind. In an instant, his shoulders move left out from under me. Unseated, I feel the air under me.. ..somehow I st

Postpartum Thyroiditis, Pre-eclampsia, Scary Thoughts: An Interview with Jennifer This interview shares one mother’s personal experience with postpartum mood challenges. It is offered to increase awareness and reduce isolation, not as clinical guidance. In 2012, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer, the founder of Organic Baby University . As a mental health professional specializing in Maternal Mental Health, Jennifer’s story has both personal and professional inter