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​Breastfeeding Grief: A letter For The Postpartum Mother

8/2/2024

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The postpartum journey is filled with new experiences.  Even with multiples, every newborn experience can be hectic and unique.  From getting to know our body again, healing, and trying to connect with your most precious little baby. Mix all of these changes in with hormones, body pains, and fresh emotions, the feeding experience may be a high form of stress for you. 

​Trying to exclusively breastfeed, there could be high pressure to be constantly needed but touched out and tired. Anxiety, fear, loneliness, and sadness may be especially high if the expectation and reality of feeding your new baby is not what you expected.

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Unbalanced Grief: Coping With Terminal Cancer

8/1/2024

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Grief is a feeling that many know,  although it's likely we wish we didn't. Bereavement after end stage cancer is so difficult and the loss of a loved one is immeasurable. Together, it may feel that it would be impossible to heal. In this blog, I will explore some strategies to help you, your family, and the cancer community to process and grieve. Know that as you start and continue this journey of healing that there is more than one "right" way to grieve a loss. The overall goal is not to forget but to balance our feelings in remembering the love and the light and not the illness.  To live in the pain without breaks would be unbearable. To try to only ignore and hide would likely lead to unhealthy tendencies. Let's explore finding a balance for you.

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Big Feelings Overload: The Art of Co-regulation and De-escalation

7/24/2024

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During our lifelong goal of growth and learning, we spend a lot of time trying to understand ourselves and people around us. Emotional intelligence is crucial in development, social norms, and our relationships. And yet, it can be hard for many to understand their tendencies, their habits, and their calming strategies. So just what is emotional regulation and how do we help our youth with it when we as adults are still learning?

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Welcome to Summer: The Season Of Change

5/17/2024

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With the warming temperatures and school bells on mute, summer is often a major time of change for most. Individuals are likely to experience mental health changes, physical changes, and life changes in the next few months. Sound like you or a loved one? Here’s what we can keep in mind for a smoother transition.

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Stages Of Communication: How To Discuss Medical Treatments With Our Youth

2/5/2024

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Have you noticed more opportunities to discuss health with your child? Have they been asking more questions about something they heard on the news? Have you recently donated resources to an organization centered around health? Perhaps more conversations are centered around someone in the family undergoing treatment. Whatever your reason for starting the conversation, we want our youth to feel heard and supported while talking about illness.
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Kids In School: Social And Emotional Areas Of The Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

5/2/2022

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I frequently hear parents’ misconceptions about the Special Education system. It’s a fallacy to think that every student may receive services under the same qualifications. Students may receive services for a number of reasons including: Autism spectrum, Speech, Learning Disability, Emotional Disturbance (ED), Intellectual Disability (ID), and Other Health Impairment (OHI). Students can qualify with at least one of the aforementioned categories. A student may have more than one area in which the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Team is focusing on.

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Helping Others While We Take Care Of Ourselves

9/17/2019

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While helping others, we must ensure that we are also taking care of ourselves. When we are healthier, we are more likely to be able to help others. By getting restful sleep, eating a balanced diet, getting physical exercise, taking breaks, and having a support system, everyone is more likely to feel less strained.

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    Megan Bowling, M.A., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has been in the mental health field for more than ten years and is passionate to share mental health wellness strategies.

    Megan Bowling LMFT is located in Orange CA 92868.  She specializes in individual and couples therapy.
Megan Bowling, M.A., LMFT 
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist | CA #100409
P: 714.519.6041  |  e:[email protected]
22600 Savi Ranch Pky Ste A28 Yorba Linda, CA, 92887
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