by Yulinda Renee | Sep 1, 2016 | Awareness Months, counseling, mental health, Mindfulness, motherhood, parenting, self-care, therapy, wellness
I am the mother of three, including a set of twins, one of which has sickle cell. In honor of September’s sickle cell awareness month, we share our story. The disorder runs on my father’s side of the family and I lost two older brothers from sickle cell...
by Yulinda Renee | Aug 23, 2016 | Coaching, counseling, mental health, parenting, self-care, therapy, wellness
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger: Dealing with stress in the family as a family. Strong families are beneficial to not only themselves but to the communities in which they reside; they are the building blocks of society. Unfortunately even the strongest family...
by Yulinda Renee | May 3, 2016 | Awareness Months, children mental health, counseling, mental health, parenting, poetry, therapy, wellness
Dancing through daffodils Smiling at the frog as it leaps to freedom Upturned face capturing the sweet breeze Swing set waiting in anticipation for little legs to set it flying Sprinklers chase them through the grass As peals of laughter waft up to the listening ears...
by Yulinda Renee | Dec 6, 2015 | mental health, motherhood, parenting, self-care, wellness
For the parents…(or anyone really) As I find myself becoming more and more overwhelmed with life, mentally tired and struggling to focus on the positive, I decided that it would be beneficial to myself and to my kids for me to work on my mindset. I was thinking...
by Yulinda Renee | Oct 20, 2015 | Coaching, counseling, Mindfulness, motherhood, parenting, poetry, self-care, therapy
Making memories out of moments. Between the next breath and the last I am bolstered by the laughter of little girls that just seconds ago were gripped by their own angst. With arms outstretched, hands soapy from dishes waiting patiently for the return of my attention,...