Remember when you heard that being a parent was going to be the best thing ever? Well, not everyone has that experience. For some, the journey to even get to the parenting award ceremony includes numerous challenges like: infertility, miscarriage, infant loss, relationship changes, and emotional turmoil. These factors increase feelings of inadequacy, self blame, isolation, anxiety, and depression....and this was supposed to be joyful, right?

Or perhaps you thought it would feel different when you first saw that little baby and you would be flooded with so much love!?!? Who knew that it was even a possibility for you to feel a lack of connection, exhaustion that just won’t quit, fear of the baby being harmed, or regret in becoming a parent in the first place. This just doesn’t feel right, does it?

Our society glorifies the new parent experience and sets the bar soooo high that we aren’t just aiming to be a parent, we have to be an AMAZING parent! You know, the parent that has a baby that sleeps all through the night, has a perfectly clean home, is on time for appointments, sings and dances with the new baby, and is happy to bring the baby with on lunch dates. What the $#{%!!! (I nearly spit my coffee out right there!) Really? And here we are just struggling to shower, connect with our child, and are constantly feeling overwhelmed and unbalanced in this new role. You are soooo not alone, though I totally get it that it feels that way. It’s hard to communicate about these things sometimes when no one seems to really understand. We also worry about what might happen if they did know the truth. Things can get better. It does happen. You don’t have to suck it up and do it alone anymore.

Let’s connect online for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit to work together. It’s important to learn more about how you are feeling now and where you have been so we can create a new road map to get you where you want to be as a person and parent. Online counseling and therapy services are available anywhere you can connect to the internet in the state of Minnesota. Convenient connection in a location that just might be your home.