A Blessing Made Manifest
It took me about a year to dig my way out of the darkness that was left after our failed infertility journey. A year of working with my therapist, building and wrestling with my faith, truly taking care of myself
11 Easy Ways to Calm the F Down
As a true educator and mental health therapist I have a usual first recommendation for just about every single client and my loved ones: self-care.
Penned Musing: A Lot
Today's writing prompt felt like it needed to be shared. What if you stopped asking permission to be yourself and stopped apologizing for who that person is?
The Breath of Healing and a Strawberry Shortcake Bandage
Much of what we do as therapists is re-parenting our clients. I teach, I coach, I push, I hold space for healing, I keep accountable and I deeply care. Actually, this is also what I do if you are my friend or
Penned Musing: My Happy
My June is filled with a lot of travel and getting my schedule under control in order to make more time for the second book.
HuffPost Parents: When Your Child Asks Why I Don’t Have Kids
At 3 he asked his mom, “Why don’t Justine and Chad have kids?”
A Mother of Dragons Reclaiming the Day
This Sunday will be the fourth Mother's Day that I am woken up by a cold nose and pup cuddle and not burnt toast in bed with hand drawn cards. It will be the fourth Mother's Day I will cry as I run my
Yes, But
I am an infertility advocate. I am a thriver of infertility. And still, this arena can be one hell of a battle that, if I am not practicing my own work, will leave me face down and bloody in the
Getting Back to Ourselves
Today's #MoreThan1in8 words are from author Jen Noonan. Jen is the author of In Due Time, a book I cannot wait to read myself (along with the other twenty or so books in my ridiculous nightstand pile). Jen's voice in the infertility and
I Am Much, Much More
Courtney's beautiful family picture and gut wrenching story hit my inbox last week as part of the #MoreThan1in8 project. She took me to my knees, both in empathetic pain and in gratitude of her bravery in sharing her story.
