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Maria Perroots

@mariaperroots

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🕊️ Wife + Mommy
✨ Licensed Professional Counselor

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Weddings are the adult homecoming 💕✨ most exquisite wedding Jay and Mara ❤️ taken in Waldorf Astoria Washington DC by @mariaperroots

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Somewhere in between let’s have another baby and let’s get out of the in-laws basement by @mariaperroots

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22 days ago

Trip so good we extended it 3X

Home is where my Jul Jul is!! taken in Vero Beach, Florida by @mariaperroots

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3 months ago

I swear every season I’m like, “this is my fav time with the kids.”

PS my kids will either love that I never post and think I’m cool or they will say my ADHD is showing 😂 by @mariaperroots

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5 months ago

Wendy likes the bad boys ✨✨ by @mariaperroots

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a year ago

Girl, get you the people that you can text when 💩hits the fan and you need a human moment.
Surround yourself with women that provide empathy, validation, and that offer humble wisdom when you ASK for it.
The way you chose to mother, the sacrifices you endure, the messy joyful moments are things you should never be ashamed of.

#postpartum #babysleep #motherhood #therapy by @mariaperroots

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Going into fall with gratitude and thanksgiving 🍁

When you go into the day with perspective on what you are grateful for versus ways in which you fall short- your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors literally transform.

I firmly believe that in order to put something into a daily practice, you have to be realistic about your time. In this season, I don’t have time to write in a journal. But I can whip out my phone and envision the Lord being my Hype Man next to me while I look at the beautiful babies He gave me🤍

#motherhood #therapy #postpartum #christianmom #christiantherapist by @mariaperroots

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The only thing better than the apple orchard is the apple crumble after ❤️💚 taken in Stribling Orchard by @mariaperroots

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Connecting biology, mental health and the Lord never ever ceases to blowwww my mind. Reviewing the cascade of wonder that happens in the release of oxytocin, is evidence the Lord intended us to be close to our babies.

The details ❤️
-skin-to-skin contact releases oxytocin
-parasympathetic nervous system is activated promoting rest, digestion, and healing and growth of cells, therefore boosting immunity
-reduces cortisol (stress hormone) therefore decreasing inflammation and pain

This release of oxytocin in the longterm generates a strong and healthy
-bond between baby and parent
-sense of safety and trust
-social skills
-immune system

Which all lead to calm and healthy baby + parent

All these facts blowing your mind too? Here are ways to activate some oxytocin
✨ baby wear with carrier
✨ co-sleep
✨ contact nap
✨ skin-to-skin contact
✨ cuddle, kiss, hug your baby to your hearts desire!

#motherhood #therapy #postpartum #christiantherapist #christianmom by @mariaperroots

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a year ago

After working with moms for nearly five years in a counseling space I find all my moms need - validation, validation, validation.

Mommy 👏 you 👏 are 👏 everything 👏

The love, the routines, the education, the taxi driver, the budgeted, the magic maker, the healer, the comfort, the chef, the boss woman.

Motherhood is an often thankless, and self-sacrificing job. From the moment you wake up till you hear the middle of the night cries on the monitor, you are serving your family.

Often there is not a person there cheering you on, or letting you know you are doing an amazing job.

With parenting suggestions, research and opinions constantly at our fingertips it can leave a mom questioning her own personal motherly instincts. Instincts that the Lord so beautifully imprinted on us as women.

It is an honor to validate moms and scream from the rooftops that they are providing unconditional love to their families.

And if you are reading this and validation is what you need - mommy I see you. You are in the thick of it and you are handling it all gracefully and humanly. Those babies are so blessed to have you as their mommy.

#motherhood #therapy #postpartum #christianmom #christiantherapist by @mariaperroots

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a year ago

As a Christ-centered (almost fully licensed) therapist, I go over what is within one’s control almost every session.

The news, the updates, the reels, the endless rabbit holes - can literally leave one flooded with emotion, or numb with fear.

When everything feels out of control, set your attention on what is within your control.
How you approach your children, your marriage, your home.

If we are seeking peace, do our actions and behaviors match that value-based direction?

#motherhood #christianmom #therapy #postpartum #charliekirk by @mariaperroots

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My sweet Nina girl, Happy 3rd Birthday.

This past year you have absolutely blown my mind with your nurturance, creativity, curiosity, energy and simply just becoming a person with likes, dislikes, excitement and fashion preferences!

I could not be more obsessed with you. I love you my little Princess Queen❤️ taken in Stribling Orchard by @mariaperroots

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