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Tap into Heart-Centered Relaxation anywhere – even standing on line
Practice Heart Centered #Meditation to increase Mental Health and expand self love


Vivian at College: Am I involved with a narcissist?
Originally posted October 17, 2019. When Ted’s daughter Vivian FaceTimed him from college, she seemed a bit down. He suspected it was...


Sarah asks: Is verbal abuse really abuse?
Originally posted September 15, 2019. It was a few months before Sarah felt she trusted me enough to reveal what she felt was her deepest...


Meditation for Boundaries: Blue Circle of Fire
Originally posted August 6, 2019. You are busy! The office is humming! Things are totally running amok today! The phone is ringing and...


DBT Skills for the Fourth Trimester
Updated August, 2021 DBT for Managing Emotions for New Moms Taking care of a newborn is all encompassing. It is exhausting. And it’s...


ACOG Recognizes the Fourth Trimester
Originally posted October 10, 2018. In May of 2018, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) expanded the...


Hire a postpartum doula to help in the fourth trimester
Originally posted September 11, 2018. Hire a postpartum doula to help in the fourth trimester What is a postpartum doula? A postpartum...


How much stress in pregnancy is too much?
Originally posted May 8, 2018. Good question – how much stress in pregnancy is too much? Like many things in life, the question of how...


Heartlife Holistic® Healing: DBT Create Your Own Comfort Kit
Updated August, 2021 Research shows that practicing a mindfulness skill 5 -6 times a day over a time period of 4 -6 weeks, for only 30 ...


Lovingkindness Meditation
Practice mindfulness and increase mental health with Lovingkindness meditation


EMDR: Tapping in for Self Healing a Broken Heart
Originally posted January 23, 2018. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well researched therapy used to treat...


DBT Skill: Learn to Distract Yourself from Negative Thoughts, Behaviors, Feelings
Updated February 2022 A definition and overview of DBT’s Distress Tolerance can be found here. So, the basic foundation of DBT is to...


Urban Legend: Suicide Is More Frequent During the Holidays
Originally posted December 7, 2017. You are Not Alone. You Are Not to Blame. With Help, You Will Feel Better Dr. Susan Giurleo deserves...


EPDS can help you determine if you are postpartum depressed
Originally posted November 6, 2017. Perinatal mood disorders are the most common complication of childbirth. 15 – 20 % of women...


Stop wasting vacation days! Vacation is good for self-care and mental health!
Originally posted September 5, 2017. Billions of dollars in benefits are wasted every year as employees work through paid holidays and...


Affirmations for Positive Mothering!
Originally posted May 14, 2017. Happy Mother’s Day! Be kind to yourself today. Affirmations by themselves are not all that need to do to...


Fourth Trimester: Your Needs, Your Extended Family and Research on Doing the Month
Originally posted July 28, 2014. Different cultures acknowledge the postpartum period in different ways. In the United States,...


Part Three: Postpartum: How women’s brain biology, hormones and mood relate!
Originally posted April 10, 2014. In Part One, we looked at the hormonal-neurotransmitter feedback loops in a woman’s body and how they...
Blackout Shades and Other Tricks to Improve Sleep During Pregnancy
Originally posted March 12, 2014. Expectant mothers are worried about sleep deprivation once their little angel arrives. What most of...


Best Practices for the Busy Pregnant Mom
Originally posted February 10, 2014. Congratulations! Being pregnant is one of the most celebrated moments in a woman’s life. But as a...
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