Hi All! It’s been quite a while since I put up a blog post, but the timing of this one is crucial, so here I am. It’s been a busy summer with Terra’s Place, seeing Moms while also running the business end of things, and we just returned from an amazing Postpartum Support International 2018 conference in Houston! Crazy, crazy muggy, but what a wonderful community of providers and moms supporting families. Yaay!
As you are likely aware, the World Health O...
It’s been a while since I posted a new blog to the Terra’s Place website, and partly that’s due to my wanting them to be meaningful, or funny, or inspiring, and not just posting something for the sake of posting. After attending the first annual 4th Trimester Conference this past weekend, however, I am just downright inspired. And I wanted to share that with all of you!
The conference represented all the work and dedication and creativity of a community ...
Terra's Place therapists, Dr. Bobbi Vogelsang and Dr. Cara English, recently attended the 2020 Mom Annual Forum in Los Angeles, CA. 2020 Mom was founded in 2011 as the California Maternal Mental Health Collaborative, and has evolved into a national organization pursuing a mission to close gaps in maternal mental health (MMH) care through education, advocacy, and collaboration. In 2014, 2020 Mom united stakeholders across the US to promote federal advocacy,...
We at Terra's Place received a wonderful letter from a Mom about the experience of becoming a new mother, and permission to post it onto our website. So thank you, Rikki, for letting us share your experience with our Terra's Place moms!!!
The feeling of carrying a life, giving life is absolutely the best feeling in the world. Words cannot describe the many emotions going into every aspect of pregnancy and being a mother. There are many days yo...
The holidays (whatever they are for you – Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or a Secular celebration of family and friends) can be many things to many people, and many different things over time to any of us. For children, it’s often a time of excitement, anticipation, and indulgence. For single adults, it can be a time of loneliness and a longing for a family of one’s own. For parents, it can be a time of trying to make everyone happy: children, grandparents, ...