Alisa Fulvio

Alisa Fulvio
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Alisa is a psychotherapist, life coach and mom of three. Alisa is a native of Fairfield County and lives with her husband (a New York transplant), daughter (October 2012) and two sons (January 2015, June 2018). Following the birth of her second child, Alisa left her full-time job and pursued her dream of starting her own private practice by founding Balanced Being Counseling, LLC and Balanced Being Coaching, LLC (abalancedbeing.com) located in downtown Fairfield. Alisa specializes in working with young women and moms to decrease stress and manage feelings of anxiety and depression. She is trained in treating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and is an active committee member of Postpartum Support International- CT Chapter serving as the Communications Chair. Alisa is the creator the Facebook Group, Balanced Mama, a non-judgmental space for moms to feel inspired, gain support and come together among the chaos. She is passionate about motherhood, supporting women, buffalo chicken and a good margarita.
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7 Ways Being a Social Worker Prepared Me for Motherhood

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We’ve all heard the saying, “Nothing can fully prepare you for motherhood.” And I would have to agree. The exhaustion, the struggle, the love. You don’t get it until you are in it. But, on...

EVA NYC and My Morning Hair

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If you are anything like me, a shower is part of your daily self care. Seems simple, but my shower is my sacred time. It gives me a boost and helps me wind down...
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I’m Sorry, Baby

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I’m sorry, Baby. You’re still in there, but you didn’t have a chance at life. You’re in there but not growing. Your heart never beat. Your Dad and I wanted you. We wanted you so...
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Mothering the Mama: Let’s Not Forget Her

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Being a new mom is exciting and magical. It’s a time of connection and bonding. It’s a time of firsts. But being a new mom is also exhausting and overwhelming. Life as you know it gets...
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Me, Myself and My Intrusive Thoughts

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***Trigger Warning*** Before becoming a mother, I was a clinical social worker. Despite my training in the mental health field, my knowledge of perinatal mental health was based on simply knowing that a handful of...

Meet Alisa: The Balanced Mama

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If you had told me a year ago that I would be writing a blog, I would have probably laughed out loud. But like, for real, laugh out loud. “Why,” you ask? Well, because English was...