Recently, I came across a compelling, well written, and well-intended blog post advising people NOT to talk to their daughters about their bodies, except to teach them how it works, (like this one). It was not the first one of it’s kind- the notion that commenting on a young girl’s looks is detrimental to herContinue reading “5 Tips on how to talk to your daughter about her body?”
Category Archives: Motherhood
Ghosts in The Nursery: How the Past Affects the Present
The title of the 1975 paper “Ghosts in the Nursery” by Fraiberg, Adelson and Shapiro haunted me as I became a mother. Why should I be haunted? I’m a therapist, I know the past affects the present. Yet, how chilling….to vividly imagine that some nurseries are riddled with quite very many ghosts. The ghosts thatContinue reading “Ghosts in The Nursery: How the Past Affects the Present”
The Psychology of Breastfeeding: Why breastfeeding is not for everyone
In the wake of the Time magazine article on attachment parenting, and its provocative cover of a woman breastfeeding her four-year-old, I wanted to share a few thoughts on breastfeeding from a psychological perspective. Breastfeeding is one of the most natural and beautiful exchanges that occur between two human beings, mother and child. There isContinue reading “The Psychology of Breastfeeding: Why breastfeeding is not for everyone”
Between Therapy Sessions 