by Tori Hamilton, RN Psychotherapist, IBCLC, PMH-C | Dec 18, 2025 | Perinatal & Birth
Coping With Traumatic Birth Experiences Birth can be joyful — and it can also be frightening, confusing, and painful in ways that leave long-lasting effects. If your birth felt traumatic, you are not “overreacting.” According to a recently developed maternal mental...
by Tori Hamilton, RN Psychotherapist, IBCLC, PMH-C | Dec 16, 2025 | Mental Health
If you live with ADHD, your mind can sometimes feel like a whirlwind. Thoughts, emotions, impulses—they’re all moving at once, and it can be hard to keep up. You might feel frustrated with yourself, exhausted from trying to focus, or overwhelmed by the intensity of...
by Tori Hamilton, RN Psychotherapist, IBCLC, PMH-C | Dec 14, 2025 | Family & Relationships
Finding Balance: How to Care for Yourself While Being an Attuned Parent Parenting is a delicate balance between caring for your children and taking care of yourself. Many parents experience a push-and-pull between self-sacrifice and self-care: “I deserve to take some...
by Tori Hamilton, RN Psychotherapist, IBCLC, PMH-C | Dec 12, 2025 | Family & Relationships
How We Speak to Ourselves Matters The way we talk to ourselves shapes our emotional well-being, our relationships with our children, and even how we parent. Self-talk—the ongoing inner dialogue we have with ourselves—can be supportive or critical, conscious or...
by Tori Hamilton, RN Psychotherapist, IBCLC, PMH-C | Nov 18, 2025 | Mental Health
What is Childhood Emotional Neglect? Childhood emotional neglect (CEN) happens when a child’s emotional needs are consistently overlooked, ignored, or unfulfilled by their caregivers. Unlike physical abuse, which leaves visible scars, emotional neglect is often...
