Becoming a new parent can create a huge shift in self-identity and relationships. Anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma can make new parenthood complex. Struggling with infertility, reproductive trauma, or infant loss can make it more complex. Making space for the layers of parenthood can ease stress and build hope.

Relationships can be challenging, especially when attachment patterns from childhood influence adult relationships. Seeking reassurance, miscommunication, or difficulty setting boundaries can be some of the ways our attachment history influences the present. Building secure attachment can create new opportunities for connection.

Losing a loved one is heart-wrenching. It can lead to feelings of numbness, anger, guilt, or even relief. Grief and loss may also show up in the loss of a pet, a job, a breakup, a miscarriage, or a medical diagnosis. Feeling lost about the future is normal. Know that in despair, there can also be hope.

Trauma impacts our nervous system, whether it is recent, from the past or related to complex relationships. Understanding how the nervous system responds to threat, and making space to rewire the brain with neuroplasticity can desensitize triggers and create space for growth.