by Dr. Maria | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
If you’ve read my uber popular Choosing Adoption series, you know that I’m into signs. Not like road signs and billboards (though I do have a healthy collection of old Elvis movie poster tins…hee hee). I mean signs from the Universe. (P.S....
by Dr. Maria | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
It’s like a slow, rumbling roar, isn’t it? When you’ve just learned that something good in your life is gone (like that last little shred of hope you’d been clinging to), you sense the stun like a heavyweight champion’s blow to the...
by Dr. Maria | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
Back when I first started my professional blog, I named it “From Gutter to Stars.” And, even though I’ve since moved the blog to this site, I still love that title. Today I’m revisiting an old post explaining why, since it’s...
by Dr. Maria | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
Today I’m sharing an interview I recently gave over at The Donor Group. They have tons of great information on donor gametes, IVF, and all other kinds of fertility stuff. You should totally go check them out. Here’s what they asked me: Tell us a...
by Dr. Maria | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog
I’m a therapist, right? So, like, I’m supposed to be this blank canvas and let people project their “stuff” onto me as grist for the therapeutic mill. And that’s helpful; it really is! But the fact of the matter is,...
by Dr. Maria | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
I know who you are. Because I was in your shoes for nearly six years. The I’ll-do-anything-to-be-a-mom shoes. You’re the person who does everything you can for everybody else, but you don’t take care of you. You’re the one who needs to...
