by Margarita Valbuena | May 31, 2016 | Community, Family, Postpartum, Real Talk Tuesday, Self-Care
*trigger warning* This is my story, well, part of it. And I share it here to show you just one snapshot of what PPD can look like, there are so many other ways it rears its ugly head. But silence only perpetuates the stigma, so here it is, in all it’s rawness...
by Margarita Valbuena | May 24, 2016 | Childbirth, Community, expectations, Postpartum, Real Talk Tuesday, Uncategorized
Your instincts are your greatest mechanism against harm. In an era of apps and notifications, we – as a society – have becoming reliant on outside stimuli to tell us how we feel and how to act. We have become algorithmic: if x then y, but not if a or b....