Carolyn Wagner

Carolyn is a Chicago-area therapist at the Wilmette Counseling Center, specializing in maternal mental health, and founder of The Calm Mama Method. She believes mothers are world changers, and our future depends on supporting them as they do their sacred work. She enjoys traveling, eating and spending time with her husband and three young children.

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