Taking Care of Your Family
Being Your Child’s Advocate: When “Just Try Harder” Doesn’t Work.
Despite the ever-widening public understanding and acceptance of emotional or learning differences, it is still difficult for parents to accept their child’s limitations. For many reasons, we want our children to be “perfect” and so have an easier time in life. Of course, it is understandable that we, as parents, would rather not have to endure…
Read MoreEgg freezing and mental health with psychotherapist Lisa Schuman
There’s good news about egg freezing. There has been a steady rise in the acceptance and excitement around using egg freezing to allow women to extend their fertility and build the family of their dreams. I know this well because as a family building coach and psychotherapist, I have worked with hundreds of women who…
Read MoreNon-genetic parenthood and your child’s birth story. Don’t personalize it.
Non-genetic parenthood is complicated. As a result, disclosure to family, friends and the outside world, the way we see our children and their adoption or donor gamete experience, can all be fraught with emotions. In order to be effective in helping our children understand their origins and assimilate a positive narrative about their beginnings into…
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