by Lexi Losch | May 29, 2024 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
Photo by Emily Ingalls Photography by Lexi Losch, MA, LPC, NCC Having a baby in the NICU can be a stressful time for the entire family. You may be experiencing many ups and downs as you navigate this new life. You may feel helpless because you can’t help your baby...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Oct 9, 2023 | Emotional Health
The NICU is a trauma-filled environment. Any time you or an extension of yourself experience a threat of danger, there is an opportunity to experience trauma. PTSD can present itself in or after the NICU. We spoke to Dr. Tiffany Gladdis, a Licensed Clinical...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jul 17, 2023 | Emotional Health
July is nationally recognized as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (also referred to as BIPOC Mental Health Month) and was created to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face in regard to mental...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jan 5, 2023 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
A traumatic birth and a NICU stay both place added pressure on relationships. Both partners may react to stress and grief very differently. Tending to and nourishing your relationship with your partner now will provide for a stronger foundation for your family as your...
by Lexi Losch | Jan 3, 2023 | Emotional Health
Setting intentions can feel kinder to yourself. We’ve all entered into a new year, bringing with us baggage from the past year, an ongoing pandemic, and the expectations of New Year’s resolutions. New year, new me. There’s a general feeling of displacement that has...
by David Winsman | Dec 19, 2022 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Grief & Bereavement
Yes, the holidays are hard but even more so in the NICU, post NICU, or in bereavement. The holidays are hard. This used to be a blanket statement I subscribed to. Prior to being in the NICU with my wife and daughter, going home on hospice care, and becoming a bereaved...
