Author Archives: lmschoen

Want to cultivate more love, joy, and abundance in your life?  Check out my Self-Love Diet! Four recommended reads for 2022 that share deep wisdom to help you lay out a path for:  Loving your body  Embracing imperfections and change  Releasing old patterns that no longer serve you  Growing deeper relationships with yourself and othersContinue reading “The Self-Love “Diet””

Join perinatal therapist and Avalon Healer Lara Schoen, LMSW for a twice-monthly virtual book club to share laugher, tears, and explore the ups and downs of motherhood following Lisa Marchiano’s new book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself. Each meeting will focus on themes discussed in each chapter of the book. Open to all who identifyContinue reading “Moms Mothering Moms: A Virtual Book Club for Finding You Again”

Formal Education Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of California, San DiegoEmphasis in Neuroscience and Behavior. Theatre Minor.Internships at the Adolescent Brain Imaging Project Youth at Risk study and Center for Human Development Pediatric Longitudinal Neurocognition and Genetics Study. Master of Social Work from San Diego State UniversityInternships at Rady Children’s Hospital OutpatientContinue reading “My Training & Comittment to Lifelong Learning”

A call to action – normalize not penalize mental health care for all healthcare workers – especially for birth workers! Childbirth is a seminal time where the birthing person needs support, care, and compassion to have a positive birth experience. Caring for pregnant people can be psychologically taxing. Not all births end in a healthyContinue reading “A call to action – normalize not penalize mental health care for all healthcare workers.”

Loss is devastating. The loss of a baby is particularly painful. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Our time with them was cut short, stolen from us, and we are forced to grieve the loss of hopes and dreams for our unrealized lifetime together. It’s normal to feel like life will never be theContinue reading “Companioning through Pregnancy and Infant Loss”

I see you doulas, midwives, nurses, OBs, and birth workers. You are overworked and emotionally exhausted. You’re doing the best you can within a system that often does not allow the time, space, and support for healing from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. You are burnt out, and you can’t keep going like this. YourContinue reading “Birth Worker Burnout & Trauma”

Empowerment through Self-Discovery Recommended reads from my lending library to nourish your soul and satisfy your quest for knowledge, wisdom, and connection through the power of storytelling.

Healing from trauma is possible when we are met with love, support and compassion. When our rage, pain, and sorrow has a safe space to be seen and heard, we can begin to unravel the disbelief around what happened to us and make sense of our stories. The cold, icy numbness protecting our wounded heartsContinue reading “Healing Trauma is Possible”

One: Be Prepared Childbirth Education Class A childbirth education class is an important empowerment tool that allows you to make informed decisions about your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey. There are many options for childbirth education. Find a class where the instructor and content resonates with you. Local childbirth classes can be a great wayContinue reading “5 Ways to Feel Empowered in Childbirth and Reduce Birth Trauma”

Join me for a guided nature healing walk as a way to connect with nature, community, and ourselves, and to disconnect from daily stress and tech. This 3-hour offering includes a thoughtfully selected progression of group connection activities, mindfulness practices, found-object mandalas, guided processing, and individual journaling and reflection time. Sessions are offered quarterly. ToContinue reading “Guided Nature Healing Walk”