by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 9, 2018
“If you do not have 20 minutes to sit in meditation, you should sit for an hour.” -Zen saying “If you do not even have two minutes to yourself, you need at least four.” -Me When I tell people (especially mothers) that I teach mindfulness and...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 30, 2018
I talk a lot about self-care for mothers in my work. And I find it so interesting that when I read articles for women (mothers, in particular) about self-care, the recommendations are often things like, “Pamper yourself! Go get a manicure! Take a bubble...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 19, 2018
As parents, we probably have no deeper wish than the desire to keep our children in our safe, sheltered care forever, and never have to send them out to “where the wild things are.” We tune into the news and see daily evidence of a violent, insensitive,...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | May 8, 2017
When my daughter was born, almost eleven years ago, a friend gave me a copy of the poem “Mothers With a Baby” by Guadalupe Morfin. The poem reads, in part, Mothers with a baby need someone to sing them to sleep to tell them a story to promise them a...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 10, 2017
There is a whole genre of “Dear Mom” letters and blog posts out there: “Dear Mom, I know it’s hard now, but it gets better, you just have to trust someone who is further along on the journey than you are…” I love reading these letters,...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 2, 2015
The next few weeks are shaping up to be pretty emotional for me. First, tomorrow is the publication day for Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience. This powerful book challenges the myths about and breaks the silence...
