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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

Compassion Focused Counseling and Consultation in Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

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Take a look at some posts I have written about parents.

A Self-Care Primer For New Moms

April 17, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Becoming a mom can be a huge adjustment. While you are pregnant it is all about taking care of you. But once the baby arrives, the focus immediately shifts and all of a sudden you are spending most of your time taking care of your baby. Work, fun, and leisure time used to be relatively […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents, Postpartum Depression Tagged With: awareness, breathe, connect, exercise, image, letting go, mantra, new baby, self care, self-compassion

The New Science of Self-Compassion

April 2, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Self-compassion is hard for some people to embrace because it sounds self-indulgent. This is a misnomer because practicing self-compassion actually gives us an incentive to try, not because we want to be the best but simply because we care about ourselves. Interestingly, most people find it is easier to care for others then to be kind to themselves.

Filed Under: Articles, Families, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: Brene Brown, Kristin Neff, parenting, science, self-compassion

Decisions, decisions

March 16, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

So why on earth are school decisions so darn anxiety provoking? From preschool to college and in between, I keep running into people (including me) who are agonizing over finding just the right fit for their offspring. It is rational to tell ourselves that of course he/she can try it for a bit and if […]

Filed Under: Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: 'Parenting from the Inside Out', anxiety, awareness, Daniel J. Siegel, family systems therapy, feelings, LICSW, Mary Hartzell, parenting, school, society

All feelings are okay, it’s what we do with our feelings that matters

March 3, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Has anyone noticed the overwhelming glut of “hot off the press” information about parenting being lobbed our way? These unsettling messages often contain the latest new study that proves we got it all wrong but there is some hope that we can get it right if we hurry up and read all about it. Why […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents, Postpartum Depression Tagged With: anxiety, awareness, family systems, feelings, kindness, LICSW, parenting, society, stress

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