Self-care is a term that we hear more and more in our world, especially in the mental health care profession. As a professional counselor, one of the questions I may ask someone is, “what does your self-care routine look like?” The reactions to that inquiry range from, “What is that?” to a detailed routine that is immovable.
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I would venture to say, when it comes to our self-care, many of us fall somewhere in the middle of these two extremes. We are striving to care for ourselves so that we can be our best selves.Read More
At Birthright, we realize there are varying reasons why an unplanned pregnancy may elevate to the status of ‘crisis’; one of those is when pregnancy occurs in the midst of a domestic violence situation. Sadly, 
Dear stressed out Mama,
We are all familiar with the experience of 
By Maria Klassen, Teen to Teen Contributor
As a therapist, the most common question I ask almost all my clients is “What are you doing to take care of you?”