GaGA! Growing and Getting Awesome… the Official Loving the Pregnant You Blog

Do your kids trust you?

There’s a lot out there these days about the importance of trust for business leaders. And… whatever is key for business leaders tends to be critical for parents as well. Is there any more important type of leadership than the leadership parents provide their children? Today I want to talk about trust. Do your kids…

Get it Together and Love Yourself! at Kidville

Expectant Moms! Get It Together and… Love Yourself! A Powerful Combination will host this workshop at 1030 W. North Avenue (3rd Floor). On Tuesday, May 6th. From 6:30pm to 8:00pm. The event is $15.00. To register click here. Join Eirene Heidelberger of GIT Mom and Amy Riley of Loving the Pregnant You for a real…

Get It Together and… Love Yourself! at Pottery Barn Kids

Expectant Moms! Get It Together and… Love Yourself! A Powerful Combination will host this workshop Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 10:00am to 11:30am at the Pottery Barn Kids location at 2111 N. Clybourn in Lincoln Park, Chicago. This event is FREE. To RSVP and receive 10% off purchases during the event call Pottery Barn Kids at (773)…

Surrendering to pregnancy hormones (and how it can be empowering)

A few months into my first pregnancy, I woke up in a mood: a mood induced by pregnancy hormones. Wow, here it was. I felt totally out of control of my emotions. I was irritated and disappointed and no amount of rationalizing in my head or trying to distract myself could change it. I was…

Feeling overwhelmed? 3 steps to shift from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered

Feeling overwhelmed? Sometimes we feel like there’s perpetual overwhelm, sometimes we know a specific event will send us into overwhelm, and sometimes it just sneaks up on us. It’s OK to feel overwhelmed. Let me start there. It’s easy to think that you’re not succeeding or you’re not effective if you’re feeling like it’s too much….

Honoring each others’ choices

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Audaciously nourish yourself

Pregnancy is a great excuse to finally take good care of yourself! For some of us, and in this day and age where we women wear many hats, this is long overdue. Pregnancy is an excellent opportunity to consider not only the traditional ways to nourish yourself – get rest, be active, eat well –…

Remember you’ve never done this before

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1 step forward and 3 steps back? Trust yourself.

Set backs happen. Sometimes they happen when we feel the least equipped to handle them. Often in the leadership training that I facilitate (along with being a Pregnancy Coach, I’m also a Training and Development Consulting and Business Coach), I share about the learning curve. Ah, the learning curve! I seem to more easily remember the…

Pregnancy coaching is it right for you?

When you’re pregnant, you take on a wide range of new responsibilities and emotions. A Pregnancy Coach can partner with you to help you navigate any number of situations. Those who benefit from coaching include: Women who have specific concerns about pregnancy. Pregnancy concerns run the gamut –  from gaining too much weight, to not…