THERAPY FOR WOMEN IN EAST NASHVILLE
Empowering women to own their fertility journey.
Put yourself on your own to do list
Listen, taking care of people is a beautiful and amazing thing which can fill your reserves. However, as a woman, it’s expected of you to simply take it on. There is little acknowledgement about the major energy drain of caregiving. The reward can be reciprocal, but when it’s all of the time the payoff is likely nonexistent. Especially when you find yourself in the throes of motherhood, everything can start to feel incredibly heavy and exhausting like you’re trudging through mud. It is grueling and unpredictable. It’s also wearing on your psyche, your body and your spirit. The sense of duty coupled with guilt quickly turns into a backpack filled with boulders. Those boulders are causing major shifts in your life. For instance, they’re the reason you’re snapping at people closest to you, why you cannot catch up on sleep and why you are envious of friends that aren’t caregiving like you.
You’re caring up, down and all around but completely denying care for yourself.
You’re far from thriving and barely making it in survival mode. Everyday. And it sucks. My guess is you had much higher aspirations for this time in your life rather than how it’s looking now because now isn’t pretty.
You remember how you used to sleep through the night? Or how you would be at a party and actually want to talk and share with friends or family? Well, why is it no longer happening? Why are you white knuckling through the day and about to lose it at any given moment?
Let’s get back to caring for yourself so we can turn this around. The resentment will not last. You will feel hope and happiness every dang day - it is possible!
What’s been going on?
Infertility
Difficulties conceiving and finding your path to motherhood
Motherhood Burnout
The effects of caring for others that is weighing on your health
You’re worth the time and energy. Let’s meet so you start to believe it.
I’m a Midwestern transplant that really loves a strong female lead. Which is where you come in. Like you, I learned very early how to take care of others and know firsthand what it’s like to feel the joy and burden of caregiving. I grew rather accustomed to turning off my own needs to focus on family and friends around me instead. I found myself burnt out constantly and feeling guilty about not doing enough. After years of avoiding it, I shifted to start pushing forward and taking fear and blame out of the equation. I have been a therapist in Nashville for over nine years working with individuals and families in various settings including schools, homes and hospitals. I’ve seen the shift happen for those folks too.
Does the term “self care” make you want to scream, but because of your responsibilities you don’t put yourself on your own to do list?
