Mental Health Awareness Month: The Silent Load Carried by Mothers,
Mental Health Awareness Month, conversations around emotional well-being become louder, more intentional, and more visible.


We’re excited to include Beverly Phan on this week’s Parent Profile. Beverly makes Vancouver her home with her partner and 3 lovely children. She loves finding delicious food and fun adventures for her family to take part in. She believes “everything is better when experienced as a family” and we couldn’t agree more. An empowering presence on Instagram, Beverly shares great eats and fun places to visit in the BC area. Looking at her page always makes me hungry!
Describe your family: We are a family of 5 and finding delicious food and fun adventures is what we love to do.
Current job/career: I own a digital online business and help others do the same so they can hit seven figures without sacrificing their families and sanity.
What’s the most challenging part of being a parent? While I love watching my children grow and gain their independence, I also know that I have to allow them to experience the pain and disappointments from natural consequences and that is the hardest part.
What do you love the most? Food, travel, and culture.
What is something about you we would find surprising? I worked at the homeless shelters in Surrey for a few years and have a degree in mental health and addictions.
What have you been doing to stay sane during Covid? Our baby boy was born just a few months before covid so raising him has been a great distraction and I loved having the girls home and homeschooling them. The extra family time was very comforting for me. I also practiced meditation and read more.
If you want to learn about other inspiring BC Parents – check out their profiles here.
Mental Health Awareness Month, conversations around emotional well-being become louder, more intentional, and more visible.

The Messy Reality of Infancy I was standing in my kitchen with Baby Z on my hip when I felt it. Warm and immediate. The consistency was unmistakable. Liquidy poop, dripping down my leg. It was another unsuccessful attempt at elimination communication, the practice of trying to respond to a baby’s cues to avoid diapers…

Capacity fluctuates depending on the day. Some days you feel steady and capable.
