Why Baby Bee or What's in a name?
First posted on Baby Bee Doula's website January 31, 2014 I chose the name Baby Bee for my business soon after completing my DONA training in 2011. I needed a name for my business and after trying several on my friends and family, Baby Bee is what stuck. The name is at least in part related to the book “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd, which I absolutely loved and read during a vacation to Arizona in 2008, a few years before I moved here. It’s the story of a young h
Self Care > Sacrifice: A new paradigm for motherhood
Today in my therapy groups we talked about core beliefs- the agreements you make, often without even realizing it, that dictate the decisions you make and how you behave. It turned out to be an enlightening discussion for all involved, where we laughed at some of our most absurd beliefs, and collectively shuddered at more detrimental ones. Later on this evening as I was putting my daughter down to bed, about two weeks worth of group topics synthesized in my mind and I reali
