I'd like to share an email with you that I sent to the LLC last week. It's something that I've thought about doing a handful of times since I started my business, but as you'll read in the email, there were some fears that kept me from doing that.

After having done it though, it feels like my business is taking off. This work is reaching the moms who want to learn to love their life again, even with postpartum depression. There was one mom who hosted a group of moms for lunch to watch my class from this week - this warmed my heart like no other.

Because at the core of why I do what I do, is for us to truly learn how to support each other on the way to heaven. Life can be hard, but it's so much easier to go through the hard when we are standing together. It's so much easier when you don't feel so alone, lost, and afraid. This is what you will get when you join us in Be Happy Again.

First of all, let me introduce myself. I’m Gloria Niemi – a life coach for believing moms with postpartum depression. I started my business several years ago, but it has been a dream of mine since I became a mom nine years ago. I had postpartum depression with my first daughter and I didn’t know that it’s what I had. I thought that something was wrong with me, or that I had made a huge mistake in becoming a mom. My faith was greatly tried during this time, I also had PPD to some extent after each baby, and I wished so much for a believing mental health professional to talk to.

I did see a few therapists, who helped with different things, but I always felt on guard when the topic of children or faith came up. I didn’t want them to question my faith when it already felt so weak.

I’m writing to you today because I’m not the only one. I’ve worked with many believing moms in the past couple of years, and these same issues keep coming up. They struggle with having patience with their kids, feeling resentful of their husbands, and not having purpose in their life. There are different levels of depression, and these moms tend to be on the milder side. I’ve also worked with several who have more moderate depression – they don’t know who they are, they struggle to find motivation for everyday tasks, they find themselves yelling often and feeling out of control, and they don’t want the life that they have.

The thing is, that these moms need help. They need to work through the things that they are struggling with so that they can remain in faith and be a happy, loving mom of a big family. They could go see an unbelieving therapist, but they also fear their faith being questioned. They want to keep their faith and love motherhood, but they don’t see how.

Simply put, that is why I do the work that I do. There is a huge outside influence in our lives these days, and so there also needs to be as strong of an influence from inside as well. I want to put the tools of how to manage your emotions, how to build a life that you love, and how to take care of you and your family, in the hands of those moms who are looking for this help.

I have a free class coming up on Tuesday, September 14th called How To Be Happy Again. I will be teaching what the different levels of depression are, and what to do to heal when you find yourself in each one. I’ll also be talking about what it’s like to heal without giving up your faith, because many believe the lie that you have to leave faith in order to be happy again.

I also have a group that will be starting the week following, for the moms who want to do this work in their life. I’ll be helping them apply what they learned in the free class so that they become the mom they always thought they would be.

I feel that this is important work to be doing, and that it is greatly needed right now. Of course I have fear that this will be taken the wrong way – that some will use it as a tool against faith, or that some might think I’m not believing correctly – and that has stopped me from reaching out sooner. But I have also seen the effect that this work has in my own life as well as my clients, and I know that there are other moms who will also benefit from it. I just pray that God would continue to guide me in this faith and show me the path for how this work can help us in our lives.

I used to feel afraid to share this much about me and my life. I remember the first time that I let somebody read one of my blog post drafts, I thought I might throw up. Literally. (There is another phrase that comes to mind, but to keep potty talk out of here, I won't share it with you. I'll just let you imagine what it might be instead.;)

What would it be like for you to share your story? Does that sound crazy and totally not doable?

Or have you already started talking about what you've been through, and connecting with people because of it?

One of the common fears I hear about joining a group is not being very good at sharing their stuff with other people. And I get it, because it isn't always easy. But one of the biggest things that we are looking for in life, is connection. And connection doesn't come from having a perfect story tied up in a bow.

Connection comes from being willing to let others see our mess, no ribbon or bow in sight.

When you learn how to share your story in a place where you feel seen, heard, and known, it becomes so much easier to begin to open up in the other relationships in your life as well.

Come join us in Be Happy Again - there is space for all of you here.

Love,

Gloria

P.S. Need a payment plan option? You can get that here.

Still have questions or concerns? Hit reply to this email, or schedule a 30 minute call here. I opened up some spaces for Monday.<3

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