WildMatrescence by Kimberley Johnson

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June 2025

The Unhelpful Pendulum Swing from Medical Gaslighting to Discrediting Psychological Science and Practice
Today's newsletter is all about the biopsychosocial model and how long-overdue societal pushback against medical gaslighting can inadvertently…
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
Mindfulness-based approaches to managing pain and other physical symptoms: The paradoxical benefit of "paying attention, on purpose..."
Today's newsletter provides a brief overview of mindfulness-based treatment for pain and other physical health conditions, and how these strategies can…
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD

May 2025

Mindfulness is hard. Luckily, relaxation isn't the point.
In this newsletter I talk about mindfulness practice... common misconceptions about what it is and isn't... and why many find it to be painstakingly…
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
On Tenderly Holding (Not Erasing) Perinatal Grief
No matter what we eventually reclaim, we are allowed to grieve the loss of our envisioned postpartum or motherhood story.
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
Shame Monster
In today's newsletter I share about my experience navigating a stigmatized childbirth injury, the power of deconstructing shame, and finding out we're…
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD

April 2025

Next Zoom Community Group Friday May 9th
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
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Consumed By Worry? Try Scheduling It.
Today's newsletter is all about "planned worry time," a surprisingly effective and evidence-based worry management strategy.
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
On Costco Car Dinners & the Magic of "Good Enough" Parenting
Today’s newsletter is for all the fellow parents doing the best they can. For anyone who needs a reminder that what is “good enough” for us may turn out…
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
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March 2025

On the fence about having another baby?
This is your sign...
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
5 Reflections from 5+ Years of Managing Pelvic Organ Prolapse & Levator Ani Muscle Avulsion
If I could time travel back to 2019, here's what I wish I could tenderly share with that devastated version of myself (and anyone in that space now)...
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Kimberley Johnson, PhD
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