Loving Myself Again: Self-care from A-Z after a NICU stay

By Leanne Rose Dorish

Are you the parent of a NICU baby and feeling like you've lost yourself in the process?
Frustrated that you get no time for yourself now that you're home with your baby?

This short and easy-to-read guidebook will help you look at self-care and personal time in a different light. Using the tips in Loving Myself Agai

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leanne Rose Dorish
• Release date: May 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781777208813

Leanne Rose Dorish

Love is my first language. I am the proud mama of a 2014 NICU graduate. As a registered clinical counsellor, my private practice focuses on self-care and treating and relieving the symptoms of trauma. Recognizing the trauma that NICU stays can create, I have turned my 11 years of trauma therapy experience into building community and resources for NICU graduate families. I am an author, speaker and guest blogger on the topic. You can find me at https://www.mynicufamily.com and at @my_nicu_family on Instagram and Facebook.

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Loving Myself Again

Self-care from A-Z

after a NICU stay

Leanne Rose Dorish

Copyright © 2020, Leanne Rose Dorish

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

ISBN: 978-1-7772088-1-3

Book Cover design by: rebecacovers

Cover image credit: Olga Yakovenko

Edited by: Danielle Steiner-Janzen

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my incredibly patient and supportive husband, Scott. Thank you for continuously believing in me.

With Love Always,

Your Leannie

"Magical moments come out by

shifting perspective."

~Leanne Rose Dorish

Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

A is for Attention

B is for Bonding

C is for Creativity

D is for Downtime

E is for Empathy

F is for Friends

G is for Gratitude

H is for Honour

I is for Intuition

J is for Juiciness

K is for Kindness

L is for Love

M is for Movement

N is for Nurturing

O is for Observation

P is for Patience

Q is for Quiet

R is for Rest

S is for Spirit

T is for Time

U is for Understanding

V is for Voice

W is for Work

X is for Xenialness

Y is for You

Z is for Zest

Acknowledgements

About The Author

Introduction

Whether your child was in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN) for one day, one year or somewhere in between, it is usually not where you expected to be. Wearing a hospital gown (and maybe even gloves) to reach through two small