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Compassion Fatigue

Compassion Fatigue….is rife in the helping professions. In this blog post, we discuss how we as therapists navigate this.

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Egg-ceptional Easter: Celebrating Safely with Food Allergies

Navigating Easter with food allergies doesn't mean missing out on the magic! This personal reflection shares practical tips for keeping celebrations safe and special. Learn how to prepare for social events, create new allergy-friendly traditions beyond chocolate eggs, and foster important conversations about inclusion with your children. In this blog post, we discover compassionate approaches to Easter that focus on togetherness while addressing the challenges of food allergies. A must-read for allergy parents and their loved ones this Easter.

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Mothering Without a Village

"It takes a village to raise a child, but every mother needs her village too. In today's world, many mothers lack traditional support networks of family nearby. In this piece, I reflected on raising children without a traditional village, sharing my journey from Trinidad's communal parenting to motherhood thousands of miles from support. Discover practical strategies for building your own village and thriving in motherhood despite isolation—because we mother better together than alone."

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Podcast Episode: Caribbean Birth Stories I

In this episode of Caribbean Birth Stories, I joined host, Chanol Ottley-Allen, with two other phenomenal mothers to talk about raising a child (or children) and parenting outside of the Caribbean.

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Podcast Episode: Caribbean Birth Stories II

In this episode, I joined host, Dr. Chanol Ottley-Allen, alongside two amazing mothers, Naette & Kiola, as we discuss the choice we made to reside out of the Caribbean and finding joy and peace as we navigate parenthood.

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