Motherhood can look “fine” on the outside while feeling heavy, disconnected, or overwhelming on the inside. This post explores the subtle signs therapy may support you as a mom—even if you’re functioning—and how creative, holistic approaches like art therapy can support anxiety, identity shifts, and emotional overload during motherhood.

Discover how art therapy can support your emotional healing and growth in motherhood. Learn how an art therapist for moms in Denver can help you reconnect with yourself through creativity, self-expression, and holistic care.

Anxiety in early motherhood isn’t just in your head. It lives in the body, and especially in the nervous system. In this post, we explore how gentle practices like breathwork, body awareness, and art-making can support postpartum anxiety, without pressure to fix or push through (written by a postpartum therapist in Denver). If you’re a mom feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or constantly on edge, this is an invitation to soften, listen, and reconnect with yourself at a pace that honors what you’ve been carrying.

This blog post explores why the holiday season intensifies overwhelm for moms and how societal pressure fuels the “perfect mother” myth. Written by a postpartum therapist in Denver, it offers compassionate insight into emotional load and increasing demands placed on mothers during the holiday season, and practical ways to feel more supported, grounded, and connected to yourself through the holidays and beyond.

Pregnancy and postpartum deserve more than checklists and medical appointments—they deserve space for emotional tending, identity exploration, and support rooted in real connection. This blog post is an invitation to embrace pregnancy and postpartum with more compassion, grounding, and choice.

Most parents prepare for birth, but few prepare for what comes after. Postpartum can be an isolating, transformative season that reshapes identity, relationships, and daily life. As a postpartum therapist in Denver, I explore why preparing for this transition matters, what modern motherhood really looks like, and how building community and awareness before baby arrives can make all the difference.

When I became a first-time mom in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt untethered, isolated, and overwhelmed. It wasn’t until I began slowing down—returning to art, presence, and in-person community—that I found my way home to myself. For me, slowing down became a sacred practice: a way to reconnect mind, body, and spirit. As an art therapist in Denver, I’ve seen how this practice can open space for healing, creativity, and deeper connection.

Motherhood is full of seasons and transitions. This post explores how healthy separation can actually strengthen attachment, and offers gentle art therapy tools to help you navigate back-to-school shifts and other transitions with more ease and resilience.

Motherhood can feel like it takes every ounce of your energy, leaving little space for the creative spark you once knew. But what if creativity could be found in the small, ordinary moments of your day? As a postpartum therapist in Denver, I help moms see how simple practices can bring joy, presence, and a deeper connection back to themselves.

Pregnancy is more than preparing for birth—it’s a powerful window for building emotional awareness and support that can carry into postpartum. In this post, a postpartum therapist in Denver shares compassionate insights on how physical symptoms, emotional patterns, and identity shifts during pregnancy can offer clues about what support may be needed after birth.