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Explore the various categories below and I hope this blog offers comfort, direction and groundedness.

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Postpartum, Deep Breaths Colleen Barrows Postpartum, Deep Breaths Colleen Barrows

How To Ask For Help

You don’t have to be desperate to ask for help. You can be mildly aware of that internal voice - the one that says, “I’m on the brink here… I’m in the realm of not ok” - and that is enough, mama. It’s enough to warrant asking. It might go against familiar narratives of your story telling you to just do it on your own. But. It’s enough. It. Is. Enough. Say it as a mantra, mama.

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Colleen Barrows Colleen Barrows

Making Room For Limitations

Limitations are heavy, but maybe also a gift and an invitation into this moment - this here and now with my family moment. I will work to accept that I won't get the house cleaned the way I want and accomplish my long list - but I CAN be present here with what is unfolding in my life, with this small body curled up in my lap, with the tug on my hand to “watch this mama!”.  This is a work in progress, mama. But I’m trying. I hope you will join me.

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Sleep Is Queen

Sleep deprivation in early motherhood and postpartum period can feel like unraveling. In this post, learn why sleep is so hard for new moms and practical ways to honor rest—even when it's elusive.

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Colleen Barrows Colleen Barrows

Motherhood Is…

Motherhood is being struck anew by how dense the tiny nucleus of your life here: Here, in this room, two tiny humans tucked away in bed.

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6 Grounding Practices For The Baby Blues

For the postpartum days when everything feels a little upside down

You’re holding your sweet baby, and your hormones are doing cartwheels. One moment you're crying, the next you're soaking in the sweetness of tiny toes and sleepy sighs.

This swirl of emotions is normal — but it can feel like a lot.
Here are a few ways to ground yourself in the midst of the baby blues

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Travel Colleen Barrows Travel Colleen Barrows

Travel

This is beautiful chaos. What does the beautiful chaos look like for you today, mama?

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Deep Breaths, Therapeutic Tools Colleen Barrows Deep Breaths, Therapeutic Tools Colleen Barrows

Nervous System Reset

Your nervous system governs your stress response—think fight, flight, freeze. A reset doesn’t mean you flip a switch and become zen. It’s more like slowly loosening a rubber band that’s been stretched too tightly for too long. You’re offering your body micro-moments of safety, presence, and relief.

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Therapeutic Tools Colleen Barrows Therapeutic Tools Colleen Barrows

Let’s Begin Here

Let’s begin together, fellow mama, parent, joy-seeker, struggler. Let’s chase beauty, seek joy, and gently push back against the belief that our worth is tied only to what we produce. Because honestly? That’s not working for me anymore

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