by ellenboeder | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently, a mother I know was confiding in me that through the help of professional support she was learning that her children are not securely attached. She was shocked to learn this (though it made sense to her) as she has been a stay at home mom, exclusively...
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 | Oct 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am no stranger to the way the media participates in objectifying and exploiting women’s bodies. Is anyone these days? I have been working as a psychotherapist for almost a decade with women who struggle with food and body image issues, and full blown...
by ellenboeder | Oct 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
My response to the blog post “ How to talk to your daughter about her body” I am a psychotherapist that works primarily with women, and a large part of my practice includes women with eating disorders and a range of food and body issues, so I write this response from...
by ellenboeder | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
About a year ago I started searching for resources on feminism and motherhood. When I realized that a lot of my pre-motherhood feminist ideals of independence, financial autonomy, and career advancement (that had given me a sense of empowerment) were not what I was...
by ellenboeder | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since becoming a mother almost seven years ago, I have been involved in an ongoing identity shift around newly emerging, and at times conflicting, values and roles. Recently I have become aware of the ways in which I unconsciously devalue my role as a mother. As...
