I know what this seasons looks like
You might be running on fumes
but still pushing through.
Still showing up.
Still handling everything.
Still being the one everyone depends on.
And lately, you may be wondering:
Why does this feel so hard?
Why can’t I handle this the way I used to?
How long can I keep doing this like this?
You might be an older millennial woman
who spent years building your career, your stability, your independence.
You did things intentionally.
You waited.
You prepared.
You made sure the timing was right.
And now you’re a first-time mom —
holding a baby in one arm
and a lifetime of responsibility in the other.
You’re the one people count on.
At work.
In your family.
In your community.
You’re used to going above and beyond.
Used to being dependable.
Used to figuring things out on your own.
So when motherhood feels harder than you expected,
you don’t fall apart.
You push through.
Even when you’re exhausted.
Even when your mind won’t shut off.
Even when a quiet part of you wonders:
I’m exhausted, but I can’t stop.
If I don’t get things done, everything will fall apart.
Who else is going to take care of this?
That’s the woman I work with.
And it’s the woman I was.
My story
I became a mom during the pandemic
I would wake up around 7am, feeling guilty for wanting more time
At the time, I didn’t understand what was happening in my body.
And like so many women, I felt like I had to hold everything together.
I remember being completely exhausted.
My husband would take the baby in the morning so I could rest —
but even then, I couldn’t sleep.
So I got up.
Even though my body felt drained.
I told myself what a lot of moms tell themselves:
If other moms can do this, I should be able to handle it too.
The sleep deprivation.
The hormonal shifts.
The constant mental load of caring for a baby while trying to hold onto the version of myself I knew before.
Then something shifted.
That moment changed everything.
That realization is why I do this work today.
Other mothers started sharing their experiences with me.
They talked about how hard feeding was.
How overwhelming everything felt.
And I remember thinking:
Oh… it’s not just me.
It helped me understand something I now tell my clients all the time:
Motherhood can be deeply meaningful
and incredibly hard at the same time.
And no woman should have to carry that experience alone.
My training and experience
Not just because I understand motherhood professionally —
but because I understand what it feels like to carry so much responsibility
while quietly wondering if you’re holding it together.
Over the years, I’ve sat with hundreds of women in seasons just like this —
pregnancy, postpartum, fertility struggles, grief, identity shifts, and the pressure of trying to do everything well.
Women who are strong.
Capable.
High-achieving.
And exhausted.
I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over a decade of clinical experience, and for the past several years, I’ve specialized in perinatal mental health — supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, and the early years of motherhood.
My training matters.
But what matters even more is how I use it.
I combine clinical expertise, lived experience — including miscarriage, infertility, high-risk pregnancy, time in the NICU, and current seasons of mothering — so the women who sit across from me never feel like they have to explain why this season feels harder than they expected.
Because I have an intuitive and curious awareness. The kind where you can look at a moms face, and know she's had a moment.
And you know what? Because of my conditioning, I like to fine tune on and enhance my knowledge and love being a forever student. So I can continue to share what I learn.
How I work
Let me be honest with you:
I don’t do surface-level coping work.
The women I sit with are smart.
They’ve already read the books, listened to the podcasts, and tried to push through on their own.
They don't need a therapist that will just sit and nod
They don’t need another tip.
They need a space where they can finally exhale.
In our work together, we slow things down.
We look at what you’re carrying —
what’s yours,
what was handed to you,
and what you’ve been holding simply because no one ever told you it was okay to set it down.
We help your body regulate to feel calm and steady again.
We process what happened — whether that’s a difficult pregnancy, a NICU stay, fertility struggles, or the quiet grief of losing the version of yourself you used to be.
We examine the expectations you’ve carried for years and decide what actually fits the life you’re living now.
And we rebuild trust in yourself — so you can mother from steadiness instead of survival.
You don’t lose your strength.
You refine it.
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