Navigating Life-Altering Parenthood

Equilibrium Echoes

S2, Ep5 - Markella Kaplani, a clinical and counseling psychologist, discusses the transitions and challenges that come with parenthood. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing and normalizing the changes that occur during this stage of life. Markella explains that parenthood is a profound transformation that affects various aspects of a person's identity, relationships, and emotions. She highlights the need for self-compassion and self-connection, as well as compassion and understanding within the couple's relationship. Markella also addresses the common feeling of being a 'bad mom' and encourages individuals to reparent themselves and challenge their inner critic.

Connect with Markella:

Markella Kaplani has dedicated her career to assisting adults, parents, and children to navigate their mental health challenges.

She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical & Counseling Psychology and has over 15 years of experience in both psychotherapeutic and educational settings.

In working with such a range of people, she’s had the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the diverse systems that constitute the human experience. As such, she possesses a holistic point of view, understanding the intricacies of interpersonal relationships and their pivotal role in mental health.

After becoming a mom herself, Markella shifted her focus to mothers and couples, recognizing the challenges that parenthood presents, ironically paired with the inordinate lack of assistance provided by our institutions and systems.

Markella is passionate about elevating and empowering parents to reconnect with themselves, their partners, their children, and their dreams. She stands with compassion beside them and offers a path toward a new normal that contains even more love, even more growth, and even more connection.

You can find Markella on

> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markella.kaplani

> her website: https://www.markellakaplani.com

> The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast: https://www.markellakaplani.com/podcast

(Find it on Apple, Spotify, and all your favorite podcast players!)

And here is the resource Markella shared with us:

A FREE mini-course that serves as a great introduction to matrescence - the metamorphosis from woman to mother - and all how we develop. Learn how you can make all the changes you feel turn from uncomfortable to a SUPEROWER!

https://www.markellakaplani.com/videoseries