My breastfeeding journey has been tough but wonderful

My breastfeeding journey has been tough but wonderful

It’s the last day of World Breastfeeding Week and I wanted to share a bit about my journey because, well, it’s been a tough road. When I first had Rio, he latched pretty immediately. In the hospital, a lactation consultant came by to give me 

Quarter 1 of 2020 Writer’s Life

Quarter 1 of 2020 Writer’s Life

This has probably been the craziest working quarter of my entire life, and I can’t imagine that it’s about to get any easier. I was in my third trimester the entire time, which meant a LOT of sleepless nights due to pregnancy insomnia and a 

Is this just pregnancy insomnia or perinatal anxiety?

Is this just pregnancy insomnia or perinatal anxiety?

It’s currently six in the morning and I have been awake since roughly 1:58am. This has been my ongoing struggle for the past couple of months. You see, I am approaching the 30th week of pregnancy and extremely excited (and nervous) to welcome my first 

Quarter 4 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]

Quarter 4 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s impossible to look at the past three months of my writing life without having all sorts of conflicted feelings. For one, if I simply look at the numbers of how much money I made (and how 

Quarter 3 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]

Quarter 3 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, how do I want to start talking about Q3 of 2019 in terms of my writing life only to say that it was possibly the most tiring period of my entire life so far. And why?