Posts Tagged ‘mothering’
Guest Post: Matt Logan (Music Therapist) and a Perfect Lullaby
June 17th, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Mom’s voice is perfection to her baby
Today I am pleased to have Matt Logan, MA, MT-BC, a board-certified music therapist, offer a guest post about the enhancing effects of music for the mother-baby relationship. Matt writes knowledgeably about the positive effects of music on our emotions and physiology. He works as a music therapist at a children’s hospital in Oakland, California., with kids of all ages and backgrounds and he loves this work! He runs two websites: A Perfect Lullaby and Music Therapy Source.
Matt Logan, MA, MT-BC
New Jersey: Part Two: Women’s Reproductive Health Events
May 20th, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Spring was a great time for Women’s Reproductive Health events in New Jersey. I was fortunate enough to attend and also was invited to 
present at La Leche League of the Garden State’s Annual Conference in Jamestown, New Jersey. I also went to an event hosted by St. Clare’s Hospital and the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey.
I had so much fun meeting and seeing some virtual colleagues/friends, such as Ruth Callahan and Colleen White at LLL and Ivy Shih Leung and Irina Polanco-Ventura at St. Clare’s, and of course meeting new ones! Apparently, St. Clare’s has a kick-ass postpartum depression group. I was so glad to get pointers on getting my group in Wayne, NJ going to be as kick-ass as that one!
Book Review: One Mom’s Journey to Motherhood by Ivy Shih Leung
July 31st, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
I met Ivy at Postpartum Support International’s Conference in 2011. She had such a nice feeling about her. Her accessibility, strength, humility and intelligence were quite strongly evident. Of course I had to kindle her book when it came out.
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Taking her dog away
July 24th, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
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Her doggie sleeping in the sun
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Happy May, Healthy May: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
May 7th, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
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May is National Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.
Guest Community Manager(April) for Lamaze
April 1st, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
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Perinatal Mental Health Join Us at the ICAN Meeting
March 26th, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Join us on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of Greater Essex County (NJ) meeting, hosted by Lakeisha Dennis, at 6:30 PM in New Jersey. The meeting will be held at Seton Hall University in New Jersey in the Arts & Sciences Building, near the School of Nursing. 
I will be discussing perinatal mental health, risk factors, birth trauma, differential diagnosis and the ways birth professionals can support their clients/patients.
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My Three Words for Mental Health in 2012
January 1st, 2012 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Chris Brogan, web entrepreneur, and also a depression survivor himself, has a blog topic/exercise called “My Three Words.” He uses this exercise the New Year as a way to create what he calls his “guiding pillars” to focus his business on the new year. Ala Chris Brogan, I’m going to borrow his idea and create “My Three Words for Mental Health in 2012.”
I’d love it if you’d leave your three words to improve and maintain your mental health in 2012.
Infant Sleep Methods Part Five – Dr. Sears
October 25th, 2011 | Author: Kathy Morelli
In Part Five of my Infant Sleep Series, I revisit Dr. Sears’ bed-sharing and attachment parenting books as I am today, the mother of a 17-year-old son and a trained and experienced Licensed Professional Counselor. I first read about Dr. Sears philosophies as a new mother learning how to breast-feed and learning how to parent, so long ago.
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World Mental Health Day Blog Party: Coming Out of the Closet About Depression and Postpartum Depression
October 9th, 2011 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Hey there! Honored to be part of PsychCentral’s World Mental Health Day Blog Party! Today, as an LPC, I could write another professional blog about treatment options or family dynamics; like outline a specific self-care relaxation, expressive or cognitive re-framing exercise.
