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Resources for moms and women
Support and Resources

You do not have to find
your way through this alone.

Articles, community, trusted organizations, and crisis resources for moms and women on the healing journey.

From the blog

Articles to help you
understand and begin.

Written by Amelia Mora Mars, LMFT — honest, grounded reading for women ready to understand their patterns and take the first step toward healing.

Mother Wounds

7 Signs You May Have Grown Up With an Emotionally Unavailable Mother

Many women struggle with connection, boundaries, and the expression of their needs without realizing these patterns began in childhood.

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Mother Wounds

How Mother Wounds Shape the Way We Parent and How to Heal

Unhealed mother wounds affect how we parent. A compassionate path to healing so you can break generational patterns and mother with confidence.

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Mother Wounds

Are You Mothering From an Unhealed Place? Signs of the Mother Wound

Discover the subtle signs of the mother wound and how it may be shaping your parenting. Gentle guidance for women ready to heal.

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Mother Wounds

Healing the Hurt Beneath the Anger

Anger is often a surface emotion. This article explores what lives underneath it and how healing that hurt changes everything.

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Mother Wounds

The Woman Still Waiting for the Hug She Never Got

Stories and insights for healing the unmet needs from our earliest maternal relationships.

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Mother Wounds

Becoming the Mother You Never Had

The most powerful act of healing is choosing to give your children what you never received yourself.

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Mental Health

Holiday Smiles, Hidden Pain

The holidays can surface grief, loneliness, and family wounds that get masked by forced celebration. You are not alone in this.

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Faith and Therapy

Finding a Therapist Who Understands Your Faith and Values

Faith is deeply personal. Learn how finding a therapist who understands your beliefs can help you heal and experience grace in therapy.

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Healing

The Year to Receive

Many women are givers who struggle to receive. This is an invitation to let yourself be held, supported, and filled for once.

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Trusted organizations

Organizations doing
important work.

These are organizations Amelia trusts and recommends for additional support beyond individual therapy.

Mental Health

NAMI

National Alliance on Mental Illness — education, advocacy, and support for individuals and families affected by mental illness.

nami.org →
Mental Health Treatment

Lightfully

Higher level of care for women and adolescents offering residential, day, and intensive outpatient programs for mental health treatment in California.

lightfully.com →
OCD and Anxiety

OCD and Anxiety Centers

Specialized treatment for OCD, anxiety, and related conditions with evidence-based approaches including ERP and CBT.

ocdanxietycenters.com →
Eating Disorders

Alsana

Compassionate eating disorder treatment for adults with a whole-person approach that addresses the emotional roots of disordered eating.

alsana.com →
Children and Families

Childhood Matters

A Ventura County nonprofit supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and families in our community.

childhoodmatters.org →
Community Resources

211

Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211.org to connect with local health and human services including housing, food, mental health, and family support.

211.org →
If you are in crisis

Help is available
right now.

If you or someone you love is in immediate danger or experiencing a mental health crisis, please reach out to one of these resources right away.

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 — available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Call 988
Crisis Text Line

Text HOME to 741741 — free, confidential crisis counseling by text

Text Now
Emergency Services

Call 911 — for immediate danger to yourself or someone else

Call 911
Community Resources

Dial 211 — local mental health, housing, food, and family support

Call 211
Eating Disorder Support

National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline — (866) 662-1235

Call Now
Domestic Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline — call or text 1-800-799-7233

Call Now
NAMI Helpline

NAMI National Helpline — (800) 950-6264 — Monday through Friday 10am to 10pm ET

Call Now

If you are a current or prospective client in crisis, you can also call Amelia directly at (805) 244-8489. If it is after hours please use 988 or 911 for immediate support.

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