Having a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be one of the most overwhelming, stressful, and emotionally draining experiences for new parents. Parents of NICU babies face a unique set of challenges, from the emotional toll of watching their newborn struggle to the logistical demands of balancing hospital visits with everyday responsibilities. If you know someone navigating the NICU journey, offering your support can make a tremendous difference. But often, people don’t know what to say or do to truly help.

Tomorrow kicks off NICU Awareness Week, so in honor of that, here are some do’s and don’ts to help you support any NICU parents in your life.

When one person in a relationship is grappling with trauma, it can affect the entire relationship. Couples therapy offers a path to navigate these challenges together while fostering empathy, understanding, connection, and healing.

It can be difficult and scary when your partner or loved one has PPD. Learn some signs of PPD, how to provide support, and how to encourage professional help - including a resource list.

We all want healthy relationships - but where do you even start?

Build solid foundation with healthy expectations! Read Jeni’s perspective on where to begin.

For many, the journey to parenthood is filled with hope and dreams, but those don’t always come to fruition. Kelsey offers tools that might make that path a little bit more manageable.

Having a new baby comes with a lot of unknowns. Emily offers tips to help weather the uncertainty that comes with a new addition to your family.

Many of us spend all year pining for summer - and then when it arrives, it falls flat or whips by. Gabrielle writes about how to truly enjoy this time.

Navigating the duality of enjoying warmer weather and your concern for climate change can be hard - Kelsey shares techniques to help manage these feelings.

Gabrielle explains what a cognitive distortion is, and describes 5 that might pop up for you.

Jeni writes about her experience of navigating medical diagnoses in her family, and how she has found her own support team.

Check out some of Kelsey’s favorite tools for calming and regulation when you’re feeling activated or escalated.

Gabrielle details the phases we move through when making lasting change.

Jeni gives her recommendations for keeping your relationship strong long after Valentine’s Day is over

Gabrielle draws a distinction between distraction (which can be a helpful when it is intentional) and avoidance (which isn’t!)

Katy writes about how to manage two of our biggest roles - while not losing ourselves in the process.

Gabrielle writes about what’s really under that need to do everything right - and it might not be exactly what you think.

Kelsey writes about how our friendships are one kind of love we all really need.

Katy details how to begin to explore your relationship with your own sexuality.

We’re a few weeks into January - a pretty common time for all of those well-intentioned New Year’s Resolutions to fall apart. Whether you’re feeling icky about a resolution that went by the wayside or bailed on a different goal, Gabrielle writes about what to do when things didn’t pain out the way you’d hoped.

Emily introduces a concept to think about your needs as a person - and figure out what to shift so your balance feels better.