Hannah Ford, Author at Mamashine https://mamashine.net/author/hannahford/ Holistic Postpartum Balance and Renewal Thu, 17 Feb 2022 03:07:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/mamashine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-Mamashine-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hannah Ford, Author at Mamashine https://mamashine.net/author/hannahford/ 32 32 How To Create A New Mother Confessional Circle https://mamashine.net/create-new-mother-confessional-circle/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:00:50 +0000 http://www.mamashine.net/?p=3474 How To Create A New Mother Confessional Circle

Sharing stories of trial-and-error parenting will offer valuable perspective, expand self-compassion, and likely deepen friendships with other parents.

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]]> 3474 Postpartum Depression: Let Vulnerability Be Your Lifeline https://mamashine.net/postpartum-depression-vulnerability/ Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:00:08 +0000 http://www.mamashine.net/?p=3476 Postpartum Depression: Let Vulnerability Be Your Lifeline

No matter how many resources you have at your disposal, there will be times when motherhood knocks you right over and you can’t get back up on your own.

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]]> 3476 4 Ways To Avoid Postpartum Exhaustion https://mamashine.net/four-ways-avoid-postpartum-exhaustion/ Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:42:04 +0000 http://www.mamashine.net/?p=3472 4 Ways To Avoid Postpartum Exhaustion

Tiredness and exhaustion is something all mothers feel after their child is born. Here are four simple strategies to help you manage postpartum exhaustion.

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]]> 3472 Perfectly Imperfect: The Good-Enough Mother https://mamashine.net/the-good-enough-mother/ Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:00:35 +0000 http://www.mamashine.net/?p=3455 Perfectly Imperfect: The Good-Enough Mother

The good-enough mother…starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant’s needs, and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely, gradually, according to the infant’s growing ability to deal with her failure. – D. W. Winnicott, 1953

Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram—so many apps, so many easy ways to share the good times!

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]]> 3455 Motherbirth and the Gift of Forgetting https://mamashine.net/motherbirth-and-the-gift-of-forgetting/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:00:05 +0000 http://www.mamashine.net/?p=3446 Motherbirth and the Gift of Forgetting

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. – Osho

Have you ever lost yourself? I know I have, at least three times now. Three new babies, three new mothers.

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