4 Lessons I Learned From My Daughter | World of Psychology

Recently, my daughter turned 4 years old. I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. It feels like it was only yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital, all 8.6 pounds of her. I still remember the newness of those early days. The Olympics had just finished, and the 2008 presidential election was under way.

Back then, four years felt like the distant future, and yet here we are. As one friend shared, once you have a child, ?The days are long, but the years

Juli Fraga, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist. She has a private practice in San Francisco, California where she practices at the ?Root and the Branch,? a holistic health and wellness clinic. Here, she specializes in women?s health concerns especially as they relate to maternal and reproductive health. Juli also facilitates postpartum support groups for the Great Expectations program at UCSF, and is currently co-developing a 4-week group, ?The Afterglow,? which will be held at UCSF in January 2013. Clinically, she integrates mindfulness-based practices and psychoanalytic theories into her work. She focuses on mind/body wellness with deep attention to each individual?s physical and emotional well-being. Visit her online and on Twitter.

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Fraga, J. (2012). 4 Lessons I Learned From My Daughter. Psych Central. Retrieved on December 16, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/12/16/4-lessons-i-learned-from-my-daughter/

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