The spin instructor implores his class - “Make it count!”.
“Don’t regret it later”, he adds. His message is clear - make this moment in time useful, give it your all.

Mary Oliver says it a little differently in her poem about a Summer’s Day.

Tell me,  what else
should I have done?

Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

Are you living a life that you will regret ten years down the road? Are you paying attention to the things that matter, to the people who matter, to the life you are living as you are busy planning it?

Those who honor the people they married, who honor who their children are, who are mindful of their feelings, lead lives of more simplicity, authenticity and peace.

What would you do differently today, and in the next few years? What is the life you would like to lead? Is your life about achievements or about connectedness? What will you remember about the year 2008? The family vacation, what your kid did, what your partner and you started? Don’t wait to make a New Year’s resolution, but think about what sustainable change you can start now that will pay attention to the quality of your life.

Perhaps in a year you can look back at this time and know you started down a slightly different path, one that positively affected those close to you.

Post Partum Depression affects the entire family and must be taken seriously. PPD affects the child in many ways - children of women who suffer with PPD are more likely to be anxious and more insecure in their attachments.

I find that women who have had traumatic events in their lives are more likely to suffer from PPD. If there is trauma around the birth of the child, there can also be symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Over the years I have noticed that women who have PPD, have had conflicted feelings over the pregnancy, have had difficulties getting pregnant, and have had depressive episodes prior to the pregnancy.

Additonally, when medical intervention is used to get pregnant, there are often emotional and familial stresses that are ignored or buried in the hope that a child would solve all these issues.

Therapy can help sort out these conflicts instead of burying them by using medications.

Learn more : http://www.helpguide.org/mental/postpartum_depression.htm

Yes, the cost of psychotherapy can quickly add up, especially if one pays out of pocket. But, let us consider the hidden costs of not getting good psychotherapy.

What does untreated Depression or Anxiety cost? Just in terms of lost productivity, the costs are huge to the person, family and the economy. Additionally, the emotional effect on families of depressed or anxious people can be immense. How does one factor in the cost of unhappy relationships, failed friendships, poor communication and lack of self care? What happens when this is passed on to the children in these relationships?

Poor financial decisions are usually made when one is anxious. When a person is calm and able to look at long term financial health, the decisions made are very different from jumpy reactionary ones. Sadly, there are too many people who spend time looking at what is on sale that week instead of spending that same time looking at their financial plans.

One of the rewards of spending time and money on psychotherapy, beyond the immediate improvement in relationships, is a more conscious life. Being conscious on a day to day basis helps a person avoid anxious behaviors, and begin to consider and implement long term goals and plans - whether personal and family, work-life balance, health, parenting, or long term financial planning.