by Leigh Ann Torres | Jun 27, 2022 | Emotional Health
The following article was created from our NICU Community Conference session with KC Davis, How to Practice Self Care (when you feel like you’re drowning). Listen to episode 36 of the NICU Now podcast to hear KC’s full session. To learn more about our annual NICU...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Jan 25, 2021 | Emotional Health
by Vedria E. Millage, LMSW and member of Hand to Hold Board of Directors In our society, there are unspoken expectations to go, go, go! Many consider rest to be indulgent and a privilege, resulting in feelings of guilt for taking a minute to focus on themselves. This...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Feb 14, 2019 | Life after the NICU
How do you give back to the people who have helped saved your child’s life, go out of their way to be kind, and help lift you up when you fall? In honor of National Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17, here are some random and creative ways we gave back to the...
by Hand to Hold Staff | Mar 26, 2018 | Emotional Health
The NICU can feel overwhelming, so much so, that self care goes by the wayside. Here’s the thing about self care, we can’t take care of our baby/babies if we aren’t taking care of ourselves. This doesn’t mean we have to do it all ourselves, but...