Posts by Lauren Robbins

Self-care can be incredibly difficult to do when you have little time on your hands. I think we always assume it has to be a big production and that we…

Couples – they are bound to fight and usually those fights are about the same things. Couples fight over finances, children, jobs, chores, sex, extended family and free time. Sound…

I feel like I have been seeing more and more in the news regarding perinatal and postpartum mental health. Are more people getting these symptoms? Doubtful. But, more people are…

“I just wasn’t thinking.” How many times have we heard this line come from the mouth of an adolescent? Conventional wisdom suggests that “not thinking,” and it’s close relative, impulsivity,…

The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;    though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its…

Considering that yesterday was Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about love. Because isn’t that what many of us are looking for, whether from our parents, our partner, or our friends? Take…

How are you? Have you had an opportunity in this possibly hectic, possibly stressful day to just let yourself be? If not, I invite you to find a quiet space…

If you live somewhere that has winter, you’ve probably heard the term Winter Blues. People toss around other phrases such as cabin fever, being cooped up, polar vortex and one…