Mental Health
Explore a variety of resources to help you care for your mental health when navigating a complex family building journey.
Mindfulness during Family Building Group
This 60-minute mindfulness exploration is for anyone navigating a family building journey who would like to learn skills and strategies that will be supportive for the stressors they may encounter. Practices may include guided meditation, affirmations, visualizations, or gentle movement. Participants are encouraged to have a journal or something similar for writing.
This group typically meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:30-7:30p EST.
Carissa Spada, LMT has been serving others through the wellness field for over 20 years. She is a massage therapist, yoga and mindfulness meditation coach specializing in fertility. Having experienced her own personal fertility challenges, and ultimately IVF, she can relate and understand how trying this journey can be. Carissa supports all of her clients in reducing stress and achieving optimal health as they more deeply relate to their own inner wisdom.
Taking Care of Your Mental Health During Your Family Building Journey
Having to struggle to start or build your family can take a toll on your mental health. Join Elena Clamen, a licensed mental health counselor who specializes in fertility and family building for a conversation about mental health during a challenging...
Mindfulness During Family Building
Whatever path you're currently on, if you find yourself feeling stressed and worried about your mental health, this conversation with AllPaths Family Building and volunteer Carissa Spada, Mindfulness Coach, RYT, LMT is for you. Join us for a discussion about...
Conquering The Two Week Wait
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“We’re Not on the Same Page!”
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Mental Health Matters
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2022 Volume 3 By: Katie Aguayo Zweifel, LICSW, PMH-C Many people facing challenges in growing their family also experience mental health difficulties as a result. Numerous studies have shown that people who are struggling with...
How Creativity Can Instill Hope and Healing
Guest Post by Elena Clamen, LMHC There can be so much uncertainty, disappointment and waiting while on an infertility journey. Some of the feelings may include: frustration, grief, loss, anger, sadness, shame, and isolation. Anyone who has experienced...
It’s never too early–or late–to be aware of postpartum depression
By Kate Weldon LeBlanc May is Maternal Mental Health month, and I do not want it to end without RESOLVE New England (RNE) doing our part to help raise awareness. I think the most familiar maternal mental health term is postpartum depression (PPD), but...
Balancing Your Emotions Throughout the Day: Schedule Lamenting Time
By Kristen Magnacca, noted author, coach, motivational speaker, and expert on the emotional aspects of infertility. Her book Love and Infertility: Survival Strategies for Balancing, Infertility, Marriage, and Life (from which this article is excerpted) was...