What ultimately led me to create Healing Pineapple Therapy and specialize in reproductive mental health was my own personal journey with infertility. Before infertility became part of my own story, I had already spent years as a therapist specializing in health psychology, grief and loss, and medical trauma and anxiety. I understood grief. I knew coping strategies. I knew the importance of support. And yet, despite all of my clinical experience and knowledge, I still felt lik

Becoming a mom is often painted as a beautiful fairytale. You fall in love, get married, and create the little family you may have imagined since childhood. Our society makes a grand celebration out of pregnancy announcements, gender reveals, baby showers, and registries. The second you announce you’re pregnant, it can feel as though you’ve joined the club of motherhood—complete with plenty of unsolicited advice and wisdom from those who have walked the path before you. But s

When you are going through infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy, and/or postpartum changes, people often tell you how strong you are. “You’re so strong.” “I don’t know how you do it.” “You’ve got this.” Usually, these words are meant with love. But sometimes being called “strong” starts to feel less like encouragement and more like an expectation. Sometimes this leads us to isolate from others just to avoid the “toxic positivity.” If you are a millennial or Gen Z female, yo