It’s World Breastfeeding Week!! What’s most important is that you get your baby fed. But for those who CAN breastfeed, breast milk is jam packed with all kinds of nutrients that boost immunity and fortify the microbiome. Anecdotally, my kids are 7 and 2 and neither has ever had an ear infection or needed antibiotics. Was it all the breastfeeding? Maybe. #breastsaremiraculous #notjustformotorboats #breastfeeding.❤️ PART TWO: For all the Mamas who are in pain about not being able to breastfeed (for physical, emotional or work reasons) know that we all know you are fantastic moms who love your kids so much that you wanted them to be nourished in the best way that they could be. While medical science does confirm that breastfeeding is the healthiest option when possible and demonstrates that is does statistically reduce the number of ear infections, each kid is different. Some kids who are breastfed will get ear infections and some kids who aren’t won’t. We are talking about statistics, not individual stories (except my own). The bigger problem I see on this feed is the number of women who have internalized shame for whatever their parenting choices or their children’s needs were. This shame is handed down and absorbed through a culture that is historically toxic to women and mothers whether they breastfeed or not. What this post is intended for is to release women who can and want to breastfeed from any shame that used to be associated with their breasts. While also beautiful, breasts are miraculous tools for nourishment and motherhood rather than solely sexualized objects of the male gaze. For any women who are hurting, I deeply and lovingly hope that you can release and heal any shame you have accepted or taken on as a result of your feeding choices. And for the women who want to breastfeed but feel self conscious about it, I hope you can feel free and excited to nourish your baby in a way that has fantastic health benefits for you both. ❤️👍🏻🌕🌕
New season. New haircut. New outlook. New baby. What else is new?? #ameliashepherd #greysseason16 #greysanatomy
Grey’s Anatomy season 16 is almost here!! What are we cooking up?? #drama #hilarity #pathos #greysanatomy
Last day of shooting! Kevin’s directing. #keverinaselfie #❤️ #greysanatomy
This lady is a class act. I wish you all could snuggle with her at work like I can. #tamelia @kimraver #greysanatomy
Grey’s Anatomy season 15 finale is tonight!!! So grateful to my friends at Grey’s and to all you gorgeous fans!! So excited that we get to come back and do it again in season 16!!! #greysanatomy
Gotta freshen up the locks for season 16. Best team ever. @calistasandersun @georgepapanikolas @kjersti.g.hair #greysanatomy #season16. Jewelry by @kathryn_bentley_jewelry
I’m the luckiest lady to have had the opportunity to work with this master of our craft. So grateful. #mamashepherd @tynedalyonline @caterinascorsone
Inclusion is a huge topic for parents of kids with special needs. Not very long ago, kids like my daughter were put in separate classrooms and kept away from the learning environments where “typical” kids played and developed and grew. People finally realized that this kind of discrimination limited the learning potential of kids with differences and also the learning potential of the typical kids. In integrated classrooms everyone’s EQ and IQ is enriched and elevated as they encounter and embrace cognitive or physical difference. Everyone on this beautiful planet benefits from the richness that arises when one embraces diversity. #inclusion #integration #socialjustice #downsyndromeawarenessmonth #T21 💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Scroll all the way through, friends! ❤️💛💙
Love is more powerful than death. Love is more real than fear. Love is eternal, the rest falls away. He is risen, Alleluia.
Just finished walking El Camino de Santiago with my Papa. Highly recommend. 👍🏻❤️✨
While I was in Toronto I visited the Aga Khan Museum with the girls to see the new and gorgeous Moon exhibit. This here is an amazing and humongous sculpture of the moon by artist Luke Jerram. Go and see! @agakhanmuseum
Had a little chat with Gina Shaw from Web MD. Give ‘er a read!
Eliza helping me come up with some looks for season 16. #greysanatomy
My favorite days at work are when my kids come to visit. This is a throwback to when Eliza dropped by the trailer at lunch to do some pretend surgeries. This poor woman had alligators in her stomach. She’s fine now. #empowerworkingmoms #structuralfeminism
Wow. That’s a crazy throwback. I think that was the first movie I ever shot. A thriller with classic western movie actor Geoffrey Lewis and Joan Van Ark. #theinternetisforever