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{a love letter to my body} Dear body. This morning you asked me for something filling. Not breakfasty, because you don’t love typical breakfast fare. So I found perogies and fried them in real butter, and added a huge glob of sour cream and chives – because it’s more delicious that way, and the contrast of the doughy perogy with the cold sour cream is so delightful. I could note your gratitude when I gave you exactly what you longed for. Dear body: for you I am so grateful. It hasn’t always been this way. But here, 34 years in, I think I’m really understanding what it means to listen. To hear you. To trust you. I haven’t always loved you – there were many years where I lamented the pace at which you grew, and then lamented you for hanging on to extra. Where I picked at and pinched and tried to change you. Where I thought I’d be better if there was less of you. Where I wished you’d be taller, shapelier, different. And then you grew babies and my wonder of you and awe at your strength and capacity for miracles melted criticism and contempt and made me love you so much more. And I am realizing that you have been speaking to and saving me for so long. Dear body: thank you for the years that you told me to eat. To eat and to eat and to eat. You were telling me to consume and fill up, more than I needed for nourishment – but exactly what I needed for survival. You were keeping me full with food at a time that I would have collapsed under the weight of loneliness and grief and confusion if I were to really have felt the emptiness deep inside. I wasn’t eating to satiate hunger cues, but I needed to eat more than a food guide suggested in order to keep emotions without a safe landing space from spilling over. Dear body: thank you for the years you have told me to move. To run. I didn’t know then that movement at times where I felt so very stuck kept me from sliding into hopelessness and despair. Moving, although I thought it was about shifting and changing your size, was about helping me know deep in my bones that I was not immobilized at times when there seemed like no way out of struggle. Continued in comments.

Shout out to the tired moms (and dads! we see you too!) It's important to recognize that the needs for contact + support + engagement of infant humans is so high. Their little spongey brains are looking for attentiveness and attunement all the time, and they soak up all the gaze and smiles and affection and attention you give. This work is hard. And demanding. And rewarding. And exhausting. And it is literally shaping the brains of your babies. Keep holding and rocking and loving and hair-ruffling and looking into the eyes of your kids. Keep responding not only to their demands for dry diapers and full tummies, but also to their cries for closeness and smiling faces and eyes that sparkle with delight. They don't need a perfect parent who gives them every opportunity. They need you. They need consistency. They need your presence and love. You are just the parent they need. . . . . Quote from the article found here https://raisedgood.com/sleep-through-night-self-soothing-good-babies-stop-setting-mothers-to-fail #quotes #parenting #parenthood #parent #parentlife #motherhood #mama #momlife #momming #dadlife #fatherhood #tinyhumans #infants #babies #toddlers #children #kids #attunement #attachment #connection #connect #bonding #attention #love #loved #exhaustion #earlyyears #lifewithkids #winnipeg

{Hey there} It's been a bit since I have welcomed new faces. I'm Sabrina. Winnipeg therapist. Lover of nature. Wife of an incredible human. Parent to deeply interesting young people. Fan of folk music. Drinker of coffee. Realistic optimist. Deep believer in the goodness of people and the capacity of the body to heal. Here's a few random facts about me. I grew up with a cat and a dog, but would never want a pet now. I didn't really have steady friends as a kid. I bounced from group to group each year. I was lonely a lot. As an adult I still don't have a big group of friends, just a small handful of kind and good people I connect with one on one. I moved out when I was 17 and lived in residence at a smalltown college one province away. I missed the city desperately. I love being in an urban setting and feel confused when driving thru small towns and by farms as to how people survive the isolation. I battled shame quite a bit in my early years as a therapist, feeling not well trained enough for this work. I was seriously considering a transition to psych nursing or med school a few years into my career. I love the idea of being part of a bustling group practice, then quickly get overwhelmed with the idea of lots of people around. Instead I work alongside a couple massage therapists and doulas and love them dearly. I love bike riding with no hands and wonder if I'd like a unicycle. I post most about my thoughts and experiences of being human. I am not here to teach, so much as to observe with. I'm deeply grateful for this space to be and share and find commonalities in our human experiences, and am so glad you're here to join me. #intro #introduction #heythere #therapist #welcomehere #nicetomeetyou #privatepractice #solopreneur #smallbusiness #smallbiz #ladyboss #momboss #grateful #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #human #beinghumantogether #counselling #connect #winnipeg #ywg

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