The second Thursday of every Month we have the pleasure to sit down and chat with one of our wonderful instructors/providers. Look out for a monthly blog post featuring our guests of the month!

Some of our past guests include:

• Elizabeth Green (former Blossom ED and Sleep Specialist)
• Bill White of Happy Baby Signs (learn all about the benefits of signing with baby)
• Jenny Putt of Jenny Putt PT (prenatal and postnatal pelvic floor specialists)
• Rotem Pearlson (postpartum doula, lactation consultant, & educator)
• Cameron Seeberger (doula & childbirth educator)
• Ben Arias (Beep! Beep! Car Seat & Baby Proofing)
• Marnie Levenson (Mental Health Therapist, Blossom Board Member, & Trainer for Mentor Moms program)

To be on a Happy Hour, unless you're an already vetted Blossom Independent Contractor, you will need to go through a more detailed intake process. This process is in place to make sure we are providing sound and trusted resources to our Village of moms and parents. Thanks for your understanding and we hope to share a virtual coffee chat with you!
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Click through to this playlist on Blossom's YouTube channel and hear directly from some of Blossom's passionate providers. 
To find providers for almost anything you can think of, please visit our provider directory!​

Members of Blossom's Provider Network will get a spotlight that will be posted on our Social Media accounts as well as our YouTube Channel.  What a great way to reach a wider audience with your story, purpose and offerings!
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Don't miss out on this amazing offering any longer!
​Join our Provider Network today!

We know it's been hard to stay connected in this new remote world that we live in and our hopes are that these small changes will bring us all a little closer. In this monthly newsletter we hope to share updates on our upcoming classes as well as updates that you may have to share. Our thoughts are to have a provider spotlight and a doula spotlight each month. We hope this effort will be seen as a type of career networking and experience sharing forum.
If you're interested in learning how to get your information on the newsletter, please contact blossom@blossombirthandfamily.org. 

- original post 11/2021 -- merged over from our Provider Blog

​Dr. Ava Satnick is a board certified pediatrician and lactation consultant who practices integrative medicine and works with children of all ages through her center, Holbrook Health. In Thursday's talk, titled "A Call to Teen Spirit" she will be discussing how the pandemic especially affected pre-teens and young adolescents and offers some insights and solutions for alleviating anxiety and depression. ​


What is anxiety?Anxiety – feeling worried, nervous, or plain scared about something like an interview or other important event – is natural. These feelings normally come and go in response to your situation, but with an anxiety disorder, they become persistent and overwhelming.

Children, teens, and young adults may suffer from anxiety and panic. Panic attacks cause physical symptoms such as a racing heart, shaking, and nausea and may sometimes result in chest pain.  Those who suffer from anxiety and/or panic may find it increasingly hard to take part in everyday activities. At young ages, such intense fear that you or your child may be unable to function, remaining immobile, or crying uncontrollably. In older children and teens they may refuse to go to school or college because these experiences have become anxiety-inducing. They will need to relearn how to constructively use these emotions and understand their stressors so they can live to their highest potential.