Should I Go Back to Work After Having a Baby? Before You Decide, Let Both Parts Speak
Should I go back to work after having a baby? Before the decision, both sides of you deserve to be heard. The knowing is already there.
Read more →Blog
Words on birth, motherhood and becoming
Thoughts, stories and answers to the questions women ask me - on birth processing, loss, pregnancy and going back to work.
Blog
Career and Back to Work
Boundaries at Work After Maternity Leave - And Why They Cost So Much
Setting a boundary with your boss is easier said than done after maternity leave. Why limits cost so much after birth - and a gentler way in
Read more →Back to Work Without Survival Mode
Many mothers return to work and function fine from the outside - but feel empty inside. What actually restores a postpartum woman, and how to avoid survival mode
Read more →Dreading Going Back to Work After Maternity Leave? Read This First
Dreading going back to work after maternity leave? The countdown dread is real. How to untangle it, and what helps before your first day back
Read more →The First Week Back at Work After Maternity Leave - What Actually Helps
The first week back at work after maternity leave is heavier than anyone admits. What it really feels like, and what actually helps.
Read more →Matrescence - Who Am I Now That I'm a Mother?
Matrescence is the developmental shift into motherhood, like adolescence. Why you feel like a stranger to yourself, and how to find the new you
Read more →The Emotional Back-to-Work Checklist Nobody Gives You
A back to work after baby checklist where every item is emotional, not logistical. Seven things to prepare in your heart before day one.
Read more →Working Mom Guilt - Whichever Way You Look
Working mom guilt runs both ways - guilty at work about the baby, guilty at home about work. Where it comes from and what genuinely softens it
Read more →Returning to Work After Maternity Leave - The Emotional Guide
Returning to work after maternity leave is an emotional event, not just a date. A guide to the guilt, the identity shift, and the first month back
Read more →Where Did My Ambition Go? Career Drive After Having a Baby
Lost ambition after baby? Whether your drive faded, shifted, or grew, you are not broken. How the identity shift after birth changes what you want.
Read more →Separation Anxiety When Returning to Work - Yours, Not Just the Baby's
Separation anxiety when returning to work is yours too, not just the baby's. Why it is normal, how your birth story feeds it, and what helps
Read more →Blog
When to Process a Birth
Jealous of Other Women's Births? That Is Grief, Not Pettiness
Jealous of easy births? Resenting other birth stories is grief in disguise - mourning the birth you did not get. Why it happens, what helps.
Read more →Birth Flashbacks - When Those Moments Keep Coming Back
Birth flashbacks - when moments from your birth keep coming back. Why it happens, what sets it off, and how telling your story changes its grip.
Read more →After the NICU - Processing a Birth That Ended in Separation
NICU trauma after coming home is real. Processing a premature birth and the separation from your baby - even months or a year later.
Read more →Postpartum Rage - Why You Explode, and What It Is Really Telling You
Postpartum rage is common and rarely talked about. Why the anger after baby erupts, what it signals, and what actually softens it.
Read more →After an Emergency C-Section - Processing What Happened Too Fast
Emergency c-section emotional recovery - why the speed and loss of control stay with you, and how to grieve the birth you did not have.
Read more →When Birth Doesn't Go as Planned - Making Peace with Your Birth Story
Your birth didn't go as planned and the disappointment is real, even next to gratitude. How your birth story can soften when it is truly heard.
Read more →Birth Processing on Zoom - How It Works, and Why It Works
What a birth processing session on Zoom looks like, why deep listening works through a screen, and what you need to start. Answers before your first intro call
Read more →Birth Trauma Years Later - It Is Never Too Late to Process Your Birth
Birth trauma years later - why an old birth story resurfaces after a decade, and why there is no expiry date on processing your birth.
Read more →Processing a Traumatic Birth - Where to Start
How to process a traumatic birth - what can make a birth feel traumatic, why a healthy baby is not the whole story, and where to start
Read more →What Is Birth Processing? The Complete Guide
What is birth processing, who it is for, how it differs from therapy, and what happens in a session. The complete guide to giving your birth story room
Read more →Blog
The B.O.T Approach
The Healing Effect of Being Truly Heard
What happens when your birth story is truly heard - believing, curious ears, no judgment, no fixing. On the healing power of listening.
Read more →What Is the B.O.T Method? Birth Oriented Thinking Explained
What the B.O.T method is - Birth Oriented Thinking explained in plain language. The five principles, the professional foundations, and what it is not
Read more →Blog
Loss and Stillbirth
Stillbirth Support Online - A Space for Your Story
What stillbirth support online can look like - a space where your story is heard for as long as it needs, from home, in the rawest weeks and long after
Read more →Pregnancy After Loss - Carrying Fear and Hope Together
Carrying fear and hope together in pregnancy after loss - triggers, bonding while protecting yourself, and preparing emotionally for the birth ahead
Read more →Blog
Birth in Israel
Postpartum Support in English in Israel - You Don't Have to Do This in Hebrew
Postpartum support in English in Israel - why your mother tongue matters for processing birth, and what Zoom support looks like from inside Israel
Read more →Maternity Leave in Israel - The Emotional Timeline No One Explains
Maternity leave in Israel explained in English - what chufshat leida means, the emotional arc of the leave, and preparing for the return to work
Read more →Giving Birth in Israel as an English Speaker - The Emotional Side
Giving birth in Israel as an English speaker - the emotional side of birthing in Hebrew, cultural gaps, family far away, and space to process it all
Read more →Let's start with one simple call
A 20-minute intro call - you share what's on your mind, I share how I work, and we see if it's a fit.
Book an intro call