by ellenboeder | Jan 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of the greatest sources of stress in my life are my relationships. Relationships are also my most valuable resource. Throughout my life, nothing has brought me such enormous pain, or profound meaning, as my relationships. Struggling with relationships with my...
by ellenboeder | Dec 12, 2016 | Girls, Motherhood
Before I became a mother, I used to have no way to understand mother’s who were sad, let alone cried, on their kids’ birthdays. It took becoming a mother for me to understand the birthday crying, along with the rest of the feelings that mother’s have about their kids...
by ellenboeder | Oct 25, 2016 | autoimmune, empowerment, Feminism, health, Marriage, Motherhood, psychology, relationship
Mothers, if you are married or partnered, I know a form of self care that will give you more energy back than you expend doing it. Want to know what it is? Take care of your relationship. I know. You’re already taking care of a TON of things. I know...
by ellenboeder | Sep 26, 2016 | empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood, psychology
Recently I was sitting across from a client in the process of enduring and assimilating a devastating, irreplaceable loss. In the midst of her profound grief and flowing tears, she spoke of an impulse to destroy herself, and a heartfelt realization came to me: For the...
by ellenboeder | Aug 12, 2016 | empowerment, Feminism, Motherhood, values
Ok, I really don’t want to be a downer on the party here. I get why some moms would want to go see the movie “Bad Moms.” It will probably be funny, and cathartic. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be entertained for a night. What I can’t seem to...
