Let's start preparing new mothers and new birthing parents for the mental health journey that comes after giving birth.
There are so many mental health nuances in the journey of becoming a parent and not enough are discussed freely and without shame.
I do this with all of my friends and clients entering this stage and wanted to share this with you all so that you could share it with the new birthing parents that you know and love.
I hope it also gives some of you some clarity on what you went thru as a new mother and greater compassion for yourself as a result.
In this video, the speaker discusses how our culture tends to attribute behaviors and motivations to people's private parts, and proposes the term "Overgenitalization" to help us understand that violence and nurture do not come from a person's reproductive body parts, but rather from the environments and social experiences they are raised in.
Discover the truth about toughness culture and generational trauma as we explore how acknowledging pain and learning to feel it can be the first step towards healing in this eye-opening video.
In this video, you'll learn that anger is not dangerous, but can be triggering due to past experiences, and that we need to teach children (and ourselves) how to feel and share anger safely, rather than shaming them for it, by helping them uncover and communicate the underlying need.