Create a purpose in life for yourself.  Your work may be a way of earning a living but your purpose in life may be totally different.  If you are pregnant, your purpose in life is to carry your healthy baby to full term and to have the birth you’d like to have.  Ask yourself “what […]

Whether alone or with people, eat in a pleasant setting, (never eat standing or while walking) sitting outside under a tree, in a garden, watching the birds. Turn off TV, set table nicely – a candle is always relaxing; joyous or meditative music played at a low volume, silence or happy conversation, talking about nothing […]

Exercise – For example, walk out your front door and go for 15 minutes and return. That gives you ½ hour of exercise; join YMCA, get a dog, walk a neighbor’s dog, swim, swim, swim. Walk up and down a flight of stairs. Oftentimes when depressed it is difficult to move and motivate yourself. Push […]

Remedy: 1)  Get help and do not go it alone; it’s called social support. 2)  Examples of social support:  Friends, family, AA, Alanon, church, temple, mosque, priest, minister, rabbi, become a volunteer, take a class.  Call our center to schedule a phone consultation or live appointment.  Start a book club or breastfeeding gathering or a […]

Did you know that people who are depressed or have episodes of depression are twice as likely as those who don’t suffer from depression to develop cardiovascular disease?  There is a link between the mind and body and the mind and the heart.  Depression is more of a prediction of heart disease than high cholesterol […]

Here is a healthy, nourishing and energizing drink postpartum.  It enhances the production of breast milk and supports mother’s recovery. Blend the following in blender with crushed ice: 1 glass whole milk ¼ cup cashews, raw, unsalted 3 medjool dates   Did you know that when you are pregnant dehydration can cause pre term labor […]

Rhythmic risings – Throughout the writings on and in your classes, you have heard about “contractions.” Because of the negative connotations associated with this word, it may be helpful to think of these movements of the uterus as “rhythmic risings.” Your uterus is working to birth a baby, and you can call this work a […]

 Uborn:  Conscious bonding and communication need to begin before you hold your new child in your arms.  Whether we know it or not, we communicate feelings and emotions to the babies growing inside us.  They eat the same foods we eat and ingest the same vitamins or other chemicals we ingest.  In the same way […]