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✨Therapist for the overstimulated, under-supported, and deeply exhausted.
💬 Real talk, real healing—for parents in the thick of it.
🌿 EMDR • Perinatal Mental Health • Trauma Recovery
📍IL (in-person + virtual) | FL+MO (virtual only)

Postpartum is a massive transition, physically, emotionally, and mentally. Moms deserve to be cared for just as much as ...
10/26/2026

Postpartum is a massive transition, physically, emotionally, and mentally. Moms deserve to be cared for just as much as they’re expected to care for everyone else.

As a perinatal counselor and a mom currently postpartum, I think we could all do a little better at remembering that.

Care for the baby. Care for the mom, too.

As a perinatal counselor and a mom of 4 who is currently postpartum, this is your reminder that prioritizing yourself du...
10/23/2026

As a perinatal counselor and a mom of 4 who is currently postpartum, this is your reminder that prioritizing yourself during postpartum isn’t selfish. It’s important.

You don’t have to go above and beyond. You don’t have to keep up with the house, entertain visitors, respond to every message, or rush back into your usual routines.

You are allowed to have needs, set boundaries, ask for help, and let things wait.

So much of the conversation around postpartum focuses on caring for the baby. But moms need care, too. Your recovery, mental health, and well-being matter just as much.

You deserve support, not another list of expectations.

Motherhood comes with a lot of conversations about milestones, sleep schedules, feeding, and development.But what about ...
10/14/2026

Motherhood comes with a lot of conversations about milestones, sleep schedules, feeding, and development.
But what about the conversations about losing yourself, birth trauma, resentment, intrusive thoughts, feeling touched out, not loving every minute, or wondering if anyone is taking care of you?
There’s room for all of it here. The messy, complicated, funny, uncomfortable, and beautiful parts of becoming and being a mom.
You don’t have to clean it up before bringing it to therapy.

10/13/2026

Rich in life because I get to spend my days holding space for mothers, walking alongside women through some of the biggest transitions of their lives, and doing work that genuinely matters to me.

Sometimes it’s not one big thing. It’s the constant noise, the questions, the interruptions, the little hands touching y...
10/11/2026

Sometimes it’s not one big thing. It’s the constant noise, the questions, the interruptions, the little hands touching you, and everyone needing something from you all day long.
You can love your kids endlessly and still feel completely overstimulated by motherhood.
Needing quiet doesn’t make you an impatient mom. Needing space doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy your children. And needing a break doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.
Sometimes moms need a little less input and a little more support. 🤍

PerinatalMentalHealth MomsNeedSupport

Supporting a postpartum mom means more than visiting the baby and telling her to reach out if she needs anything.Be spec...
10/09/2026

Supporting a postpartum mom means more than visiting the baby and telling her to reach out if she needs anything.

Be specific. Take something off her plate. Keep checking in after the first few weeks. Make space for the honest answer when you ask how she’s doing.

And remember: you don’t have to be perfect at supporting someone to make a meaningful difference.

Send this to someone who wants to show up for a new mom. 🤍

10/07/2026

Sometimes “you’re a good mom” is the thing you need to hear a little louder.

Not because you need someone else’s approval, but because motherhood has a way of making you question yourself over and over again.

So yeah. Make it bigger. You’re a good mom. 🤎

10/06/2026

I think we put so much pressure on moms to feel one thing at a time.

You can be happy.
You can be exhausted.
You can love this life.
You can need a break from it.

None of that makes you a bad mom.

Therapy is more than talking about your feelings.Sometimes we’re processing trauma. Sometimes we’re sitting with somethi...
10/05/2026

Therapy is more than talking about your feelings.

Sometimes we’re processing trauma. Sometimes we’re sitting with something really heavy.

And sometimes we’re figuring out how the hell you’re going to send that email, how to find a pelvic floor therapist, or what you actually want your life to look like.

Therapy can be practical. It can be messy. It can be deeply emotional and completely ordinary in the same hour.

You don’t have to show up with a perfectly formed “therapy problem.”

Sometimes you just need someone to sit beside you and help you figure it out.

10/04/2026

Postpartum is a really good time to remember that you’re allowed to disappoint people.

You can say no to visitors.

You can change your mind about who comes over.

You can decide that “just stopping by for a few minutes” actually isn’t helpful.

You can ask someone to leave.

You can decide that your baby doesn’t need to be passed around.

You can say, “That doesn’t work for us right now.”

And you don’t have to make everyone understand your reasoning before your boundary becomes valid.

A lot of new moms spend so much energy trying to make everyone else comfortable during a season when they are already exhausted, healing, and figuring out an entirely new version of themselves.

You’re allowed to protect your peace, too.

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502 W State Street
O'Fallon, IL
62269

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