Mom Brain is a popular term these days. It seems to explain the all-encompassing nature of being a parent or primary caregiver where one’s brain is working in overdrive taking care of children and finding our way in this world, and because of this we can become overwhelmed and forgetful. We sometimes can’t remember what […]
The Bigger Picture: Acknowledging Levels of Stress and Setting Your Boundaries
We’re in it again, people. We went from not being recovered emotionally from a years long global health pandemic to the first major European war our planet has seen since WWII. You can try to avoid it, turn off the news, stick your head under a pillow, but it is happening. And it’s going to […]
The Increase in Anxiety and Depression in children during the Pandemic.
It is January 2022 and for several, we are back to quarantine and NTI ( virtual school). It is hard to believe that nearly 2 years later from the first announcement of Covid-19 we are returning back to pandemic routines. With that said, I wanted to shed some light on what us clinicians have observed […]
Frazzled Feelings: Tips to nourish your nervous system while experiencing long-term stress
Entering into our third year of a global pandemic, feeling the post-holiday blues and possibly symptoms of seasonal depression, managing stressors of work, childcare, ongoing social distance and covid precautions, I don’t know about you, but to me this cumulative stress is just about enough to leave anyone feeling frazzled, worn out and on edge. […]