by Lisa Stephen | Jan 13, 2023 | General
One researcher, Engle (2009) states, “The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal mental health as ‘a state of well-being in which a mother realizes her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is...
by Lisa Stephen | Aug 17, 2022 | General
Motherhood is hard, but motherhood during a pandemic must be at least 1000x harder! On a good day, moms are already overwhelmed with 754 things to do, 421 places to be, and about a million things to think about. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, a lot of...
by Lisa Stephen | Aug 9, 2022 | General
Women are constantly taught to be small. I used to (and still do!) tell my two daughters over and over again to “take up your space.” I wanted them to learn to combat the gendered messaging they would inevitably receive telling them to shrink themselves. For women who...
by Lisa Stephen | Jul 20, 2022 | IGNITE Services
Helping moms of gifted kids is one of my areas of speciality. I’m passionate about this topic because in addition to working with moms of gifted kids, I went through it myself (twice), and there were days I felt I was failing no matter what I did. Being a mom is...
by Lisa Stephen | Jun 21, 2022 | General
When I started to think about becoming a coach, I first asked myself, “Does coaching work?” I’d been a doctorate-level psychologist for many years—I was not about to engage with something that didn’t have any evidence to back it up. I’d heard stories of...
