Postpartum Together🫶 If you’ve already had a baby, you probably know how easy it is to look “fine” while absolutely not feeling fine. ↓ You can feed the baby.Answer texts.Show up to appointments.Keep the laundry moving.Smile when someone asks how you’re doing. And still be falling apart internally. This week’s podcast episode is about postpartum mental health, protective factors, and the ways families can build more support around new moms before things reach a crisis point. And for those of...
3 days ago • 1 min read
If you’re expecting, this is one of those conversations I want you to have before the baby arrives. If you’re already in the newborn season, this might help you fix a system that is quietly making both of you miserable. Most couples I work with say some version of: “We’ll share the nights.” Which sounds great. Until you realize that “sharing the nights” can mean wildly different things to two different people. One person might mean:“We’ll alternate every wake-up.” The other might mean:“You’ll...
11 days ago • 1 min read
You need a place to exhale. I've been working along some incredible women to create that space just for you. Check it out: Exhale
12 days ago • 1 min read
ReaderA template is a great starting point, which is why I LOVE seeing people like you get the postpartum planning template and be intentional about starting conversations with your partner and planning for the big changes ahead. What I've found now from working with hundreds of couples and new parents is that we go through similar rhythms and seasons, but need different tools and approaches to ride the waves. That's why I offer Prep for Us. I have room for 2 more couples to start with me the...
29 days ago • 1 min read
When I tell people I'm starting Mom Circles, one of the first questions is usually: "What happens in the meetings?" It's a good question. But I think there's a better one. What kind of community are we building? Because you can gather women in a room, but that doesn't automatically create belonging. You can have thoughtful conversation. That doesn't automatically create trust. You can share parenting advice. That doesn't automatically help someone feel known. I've been thinking a lot about...
29 days ago • 1 min read
We're building community in circles and you can join us. We're building community in circles and you can join us.
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
They were not handed a registry, a parenting book, a calendar full of appointments, a few apps, and the quiet expectation that if they were prepared enough, organized enough, grateful enough, and “strong” enough, they would be fine. But that is what so many mothers have been handed. And even with more information than ever, so many moms still feel alone. Because mothers do not need more noise. We need connection. We need real conversation. We need women in different stages sitting together...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Tonight, I’m teaching a free 75-minute class for the clients of a Birth Story Boutique Doula Services and I’d love to invite you too. We’ll talk about the relationship shifts that often catch couples off guard after a baby: How resentment begins in the small, repeated moments What shared responsibility actually looks like How becoming a parent can change your sense of identity Choosing non-negotiables when everything feels important Navigating intimacy changes without pressure, blame, or...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Postpartum Together Chelsea Skaggs There's a pattern I see in *almost* everyone I work with ↓ the old story Trevor Hall, Emory Hall PREVIEW I know you feel it too. We're getting older just like our parents did. And sometimes, whether we like to admit it or not, we get stuck in our ways. More specifically, we get stuck in our own stories. The reason why your husband responded like that. The response she'll have when you ask her to help with something. The way he'll mess up a task if you give...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Dear mom (no, really, I need to give a disclaimer to my mom before she reads this email because I know she will read this email and I love her for that, but I also don't want her feelings to get hurt) Mom, when you read this email about how I really needed other women in other seasons of motherhood to be in my circle, it's not because you weren't enough, it's just that I needed someone who wasn't you, wasn't so emotionally involved in my choices and my wellbeing, to practice saying hard...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read