Navigating Mother’s Day

Natacha Pennycooke Psychotherapy is Sending Love to All on this Mother’s Day.

5 Tips to Navigate Mother’s Day.

Here we are again, another Mother's Day!

Mother’s day, for many, is a day that comes with so many mixed emotions that can be challenging to navigate.

As a mom to a young child, I absolutely love mother’s day. I love that my son wants to put flowers in my hair, makes me arts & craft cards and tells Daddy that he wants to ‘take Mama out for dinner’. These special moments are precious family memories that make me smile, and that I will always remember - especially as my son gets older.

Although this yearly event is a fantastic way to celebrate mothers and the mother figures in our lives, the day can come with some very real and challenging triggers. Trust me I know … 

As an adult daughter who has a strained adult mother-daughter relationship, mother’s day can be a hard, sad and difficult time.

As a woman who has lost an unborn child, mother’s day can come with grief of what will never be.

On this Mother’s Day, whether you are dealing with excitement, joy, loss, sadness, hurt, regret or any other emotions in between, here are:

5 Tips to Help you Navigate Mother's Day

1) Feel your feelings. It's okay to feel whatever emotions come up in the moment.

2) Connect with people who truly support you and who validate your emotions.

3) Choose how you want to spend the day, and with whom.

4) Do not be afraid to ask for help (#ineedhelp).

5) Be kind and gentle with yourself.

Whatever today is for you, whatever feelings you have, whatever you do to bring comfort and joy, take time to give the feelings space and remember you can use today to honour the women, big-sisters, mothers, aunts and mother figures in your life.

If you realize that these emotions are too hard for you to navigate on your own, reach out! 

Our team of therapists are ready to help you to begin processing these feelings - either individually or as a family group.

Journeying with you,
Natacha