Almost 8 Months In

These days I’m surprised at how peaceful I feel about her death. Almost 8 months of life without her and most of the time my grief nags at the edges of my
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These days I’m surprised at how peaceful I feel about her death. Almost 8 months of life without her and most of the time my grief nags at the edges of my
I remember taking a career aptitude test as a senior, sitting in the little modular building that held the guidance office of my Christian high school. One of the results I got as
I recently passed the 3 months mark of taking Zoloft for depression. Depression showed up for the first time in my life 6.5 years ago, during my first postpartum season (I wrote
I wrote this for Whole Mamas as the September Whole30 was coming to a close. With each Whole30 I’ve completed, I’ve learned valuable lessons throughout the shifting seasons of motherhood. Learn
By no means am I an expert! I am simply an avid reader* and have decided to commit to learning about race and racism through educational books. In particular, I believe in the
This article was originally published on Whole Mamas. Obviously this topic is near and dear to my heart as a twin mama with a two week NICU stay. Cristal and Christine work with
Have you had the experience of going to create your baby registry, standing in the aisle of a big box store, and feeling paralyzed by all of the choices? So have I, and
This article originally lived on the Whole Mamas website. The information in this article was so helpful to me during my second postpartum, so I wanted to host it on my personal website
January 1, 2104: “Today I’m starting my first Whole30! My reasons for doing a Whole30 are wanting to be more mindful of how I’m fueling my body (and by extension, my
I successfully completed a #PregnantWhole30 during my twin pregnancy and maintained Whole30-inspired eating throughout. I wrote a few articles sharing how I tried to honor my intention of having a healthy, happy pregnancy
There’s a huge cultural focus on natural birth now. I think this is beautiful and fully support women who choose to go that route. This was of course what I was planning
In my first pregnancy, I did very little to process and prepare for postpartum [http://chelseakimlong.com/wading-through-depression/]. I went in very blind to the realities that might occur around birth trauma and