I don’t know about you, but the story I was told growing up about having a baby was that it’s the most beautiful, meaningful, and fulfilling thing a woman can do. That it’s a privilege — a miracle. And while that might be true some of the time, there’s also a side of birth and new motherhood that doesn’t get talked about enough: the dark, lonely, and emotionally painful side of bringing life into the world.

I remember my immediate reaction when I first heard about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy:
“This is hippy woo-woo — there’s no way it actually works.”