Nobody warned you parenting would feel this big.
Becoming a parent is a full identity event. You're meeting a new little person and a new version of yourself at the same time — usually on three hours of sleep.
Lauri wrote this for the early years, with real-life tools for the emotional weather of pregnancy, postpartum, attachment, and the loneliness no one talks about.
What's normal vs. what's a signal to get support
Repair when you've yelled, snapped, or shut down
Tending to your relationship while keeping a tiny human alive
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Lauri BudzynskiMA, LPC, NCC
Whitefish Bay & virtual
Lauri works with adolescents, young adults, and adults on trauma, difficult relationships, and adoption/attachment-related grief. She's especially attuned to the parents of little ones navigating identity shifts, pregnancy and postpartum, and the early years that nobody warned you would feel this big.
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