The importance of self-care is crucial, as we can all benefit from slowing down and looking inward. This type of “time in” not only quiets the body and mind to relieve stress, but it also helps us get to know ourselves and understand our own thoughts, emotions, and hopes.   Meditation is one simple way people can work this important self-care practice into their lives. Meditation can be done in minutes, requires no special equipment or setting, and is a discreet practice anyone can learn. Passive meditations like yoga nidra and yin yoga are especially subtle options for people also lookin ..read more

  Essential Advice for Accepting Changes   Have you struggled to accept the ways in which your life has changed after the pandemic? It’s normal to miss the days before the pandemic. Now, however, is the time to embrace the present circumstances, even as mandates are lifted, and make the best of it all. From finding safe things to do in your area to applying for new jobs, you can turn over a new leaf. The following tips from Life After Placement will help you chart a new course.   Tackling Responsibilities   From scheduling doctor’s appointments to helping relatives in need ..read more

An individual's quality of life depends on the decisions they take each day. In this article, we explore three healthy habits one can develop to improve their ability towards tackling challenges and creating a positive frame of mind.   Life After Placement offers events, online support, and monthly group meetings for birth mothers. Sign up today!   Stop Impulse Shopping   Recreational shopping, boredom shopping, window shopping, or anything else you want to call it is the act of purchasing commodities not based on need, rather on impulse. Places like malls, supermarkets, and on ..read more

A Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress and Improving Wellness Photo credit: Pexels.com   Stress is an inevitable part of everyday life. As a woman, you face unique stressors, such as trying to get pregnant—or, in case of an unplanned pregnancy, putting a child up for adoption. When hurdles like these arise, it's important to manage the ensuing stress with dedicated self-care. This guide from Life After Placement highlights some ways women can cope with the daily grind and improve their overall wellness.  Make your home an oasis of calm Feeling your best starts at home. You want a zen ..read more

Mental Benefits of a Clean Home For the most part, the physical and logistical benefits of a clean home are relatively obvious. Keeping things nice and organized makes for a more practical and harmonious home environment, while cleanliness and hygiene hold the key to better health and well being. But what about the psychological benefits of a clean home? Believe it or not, investing just 20 minutes or so each day in energetic domestic duties really can make all the difference to your mental health. Studies have shown that those who make the effort to keep things clean on a regular basis tend t ..read more

Holiday Gifts to Show a Birth Mother You Care Are you struggling with the right gift to buy a birth mother for the holidays? Shopping for a birth mother is a sensitive subject. While you want to acknowledge her journey, the last thing you want is to add heartache to the difficult decision of adopting out her child. Rather than shying away or resorting to a generic gift, give the birth mother in your life one of these budget-friendly gifts that will help her find comfort and healing through this challenging time. Creature Comforts Keep Them Warm: Shop Macys at Rakuten to Find Cozy Pajamas or Sl ..read more

Doubt is something that is constant in my life. I don’t know how many times I have doubted the decisions I have made even when all has gone well. Possibly it came at an early age. I have always questioned the norm so doubt comes as a part of the process. As a child my parents were very ingrained in their religious beliefs. In the beginning I followed as all of the other siblings did not ever questioning their guidance. But as the years moved on, I found myself having doubt about many of the things I should just accept. I wanted things to be clear and concise but religion is not clear and conci ..read more

Sharing has many meanings to me as a birth mother. There are so many things we share in our lives from the time we create life through the years we experience the multitude of interactions it brings. When you become pregnant you are sharing your body with another human life. For nine months, your body is sharing the essentials for the creation, growth and sustaining of life. For some women, it becomes a tremendous hardship which was never expected. It can drain you of your physical abilities and functions. For some of us it is life threatening yet we continue for the sake of the child. And for ..read more

Envy to me is the scourge of all time. It is a curse upon one’s ability to think critically and make sensible reasoning possible. I read a book a while back on Envy by Helmut Schoeck. If anyone wishes to get a very good sense of the true meaning of envy it is something you should take the time to read. He takes the mentality of envy back to tribal times where all people are expected to conform to the rules set by the wise and all-knowing. If anyone was driven with a sense of self-expansion they were either disciplined or cast out. It was forbidden to seek more or want more. This was envy at it ..read more

Lynea and I were discussing the hardships of personal relationships birthmothers experience as a result of placing. I had never really thought about these things on a personal level before but started to see what might be a really hard situation. I have been married three times, not a point of pride but rather it does bring me a lot of experience with baggage brought into a marriage. My second marriage tied together children from the previous one. I knew going into the marriage I was taking on two children who would be in my world every day. There was no way I was going to believe I could ever ..read more