When the winds leveled and the water stopped pouring from the sky, I ventured up the hill to look at our garden. My husband warned me,...

Why is the belly the go-to exploit of a woman's body, the go-to definitive of whether a woman's body is considered to be in-shape, the...

Body Image... a hyper focus on what the body looks like and what it doesn't... what it's external presentation is according to our...

"Nice pits", my nearly 2 year old son says with a smile as he digs his fingers and often sharp nails into my arm pit. I laugh, smile,...

As a younger woman, *Heather had a t-shirt with the blazing title, "GIRLS KICK BUTT". Heather lived these words. She studied hard,...

Unlike the filters we can now use to hide our true selves (aka Instagram, Fakebook, etc..), I hid my scar in real time.

"You think you can control and predict it. You think your birth plan covers [all of the contingencies]. You think because I did yoga,...

Years ago, a former client called me on the phone and said, "Helena, Guess what?". "What?", I said. "I quit smoking!", he said. I...

The social worker said, "The 4th trimester is all about survival....Intrusive thoughts are normal.... If things don't get better in 2...

Years ago, I served as a therapist for clients receiving treatment at a methadone maintenance treatment center. As it was then as it is...