Exhale, mama
A space for breath, self-care, and pause in the middle of motherhood, life, and healing.
There exists a pause between each inhale and exhale that you take. Notice it. Notice how it makes you feel to notice it. Notice the miracle of each breath. That miracle, that pause is what this blog is about. I’m blogging to remind you and I to appreciate the in-between, the waiting periods of life. The parts that feel like nothing and everything at once.
About Carmelita
Welcome! I’m a therapist who works with trauma in children and adults. I’m a mom of two toddlers and a wife. I’m expanding my practice to work with women-related issues and created this blog to be a resource for moms and other therapists.
From the blog
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A Devotional for Worn-Out Moms
As a mostly stay-at-home mom of two toddlers who also operates a private practice, I know worn-out. I recently saw a TikTok from another work-from-home/stay-at-home mom who talked about how difficult it is sometimes to have the best of both worlds and in the comments section another mom posted, “it’s the best of both hells.”…
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Daily Self-Rest Checklist
July 2025
My checklist features 7 different kinds of rest, some you may be familiar with and some you may not have thought of. The 7 types of rest can help your nervous system relax in creative and unique ways. Rest looks differently for everyone but this checklist offers some options for how you might rest in the seven different domains of rest.
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