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Rooted in anti-colonial, anti-oppressive values this space honors your full humanity - Heart, Body, Mind & Spirit
Centering radical love on the path towards parenthood and beyond
BUT, WHAT IS RADICAL LOVE?
"Radical Love is our refusal to pathologize pain or force healing to fit colonial timelines. It's a practice of remembering who we are and reclaiming how we heal, becoming the owners of our story towards family expansion, and therefore reclaiming our power."
— Dr. Irazábal de Sánchez
Radical Love
At YAI Wellness, we center a vision of healing guided by
This is not therapy as usual. This is an invitation to pause, reconnect, and be held - exactly as you are.
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Whether you're trying to grow your family, healing through grief, or adjusting to new roles and rhythms, YAI Wellness offers support that meets you with presence and authenticity, not pressure or unrealistic expectations.
You do not have to figure it out alone.
You do not have to “push through.”
You get to feel.
You get to rest.
You get to be held.
It honors the full humanity of those navigating family expansion by centering cultural wisdom, relational integrity, and embodied healing. Dr. Ana Irazábal de Sánchez coined it, calling for therapy to be reclaimed as a tool for justice, dignity, and collective liberation.
At YAI, Radical Love is:
- A therapeutic stance rooted in cultural humility
- A relational practice grounded in authenticity and solidarity
- A sacred commitment to honoring your story - without shame, without compromise
radical love is a decolonial act of care
Radical Love Defined
You’ve done everything “right.” You’ve built a successful life, made careful choices—and now, faced with fertility challenges, loss, or the realities of new parenthood, you feel unmoored.
For the first time, your usual strategies—planning, problem-solving, pushing through—aren’t enough.
You’re navigating emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual shifts with no clear map. And while the world expects you to keep it together, what you need is space to feel, process, and be supported.
This is more than a season—it’s a moment of transformation demanding growth and expansion of all aspects of one's humanity. A transition you don’t have to navigate alone.
when success is no longer within your control
-ERIKA O.
“I met Ana after trying out various therapists following a particularly difficult period of my life. Ana is everything I was looking for in a therapist: smart, insightful, empathetic, a great listener, and kind. Over a year later, I continue to feel supported by her and she has equipped me with practical tools to navigate new challenges. I’m extremely grateful for all of her help!”
-lillia f.
"Dr Irazábal de Sánchez has helped me navigate the joys and challenges of motherhood and everything in between. She is patient and is always attentive to our conversations.
She celebrates my wins with me and works through the challenges. I appreciate the way she helps me reframe situations and offers tools for future situations. I appreciate the way she remembers my history and even references past experiences I’ve shared with her. It makes our sessions impactful and feels like continued progress instead of a one-time conversation. I value her perspective, challenging questions, and resources that she offers."
-Aleeza a.
“I've been working with Ana through my prenatal journey and she has been a fantastic support resource. She's a great listener and utilizes her knowledge of various frameworks to help me problem solve and proactively manage my thoughts and issues. She's got a very warm, calm, and inviting personality. I plan to continue to work with her through my postpartum journey and certainly recommend her!”
This is care that sees your authentic self - not just the roles you carry or the challenges you face. Whether you’re preparing for parenthood, navigating grief, or simply seeking space to breathe, these offerings are invitations to reconnect with your body, heart, mind and spirit
Radical Love
support rooted in
bringing your baby home
individual therapy
couples intimacy coaching
individual therapy
Tools to regulate your nervous system in moments of overwhelm
Greater clarity around your emotional and cultural story of family expansion
Language to name your experience without minimizing your pain or joy
Support in processing loss, trauma, and identity shifts without judgment
A renewed sense of agency in decisions around your body, relationships, and wellness
Practices that center rest, cultural affirmation, and healing as your birthright
you'll walk away with:
For those navigating fertility struggles, pregnancy, postpartum, loss, or identity shifts around family and self.
This is a space to pause, feel, and be held - without needing to explain or justify your pain. Together, we’ll explore how systems, ancestry, and lived experience shape your story while offering grounding tools for healing.
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Couples intimacy coaching
Communication tools to navigate conflict with compassion and clarity
A stronger emotional connection and sense of shared purpose
Renewed intimacy that holds space for grief, joy, and evolving identities
Confidence to co-create family structures rooted in your shared values
A deeper understanding of each other’s inner world, beyond roles and expectations
Skills to disrupt harmful patterns without replicating urgency, blame, or pressure
together, you'll walk away with:
For partners navigating this transformation - together or apart.
This offering is about reconnecting with each other, not just getting through the moment. Through guided conversation, reflective tools, and space to feel seen, we strengthen the foundation of partnership - including joy, pleasure, grief and transformation.
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Deepen Your Connection
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Bringing your baby home
Evidence-based tools to strengthen your relationship as co-parents
A shared language for navigating the emotional and developmental needs of your baby
Strategies to maintain connection amidst stress, exhaustion, and change
Clarity on your parenting values and how to embody them—together
A roadmap for managing conflict with empathy and intention
Confidence that your relationship can grow alongside your family
by the end of the program, you will have:
A relationship-first program for expectant and new parents.
Grounded in academic research, rooted in care - this offering helps you strengthen your relationship while welcoming your baby. You’ll learn how to stay close, manage stress, and create a loving environment for both your partnership and your child’s development.
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meet the
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Radical Love
I’m Dr. Ana Irazábal de Sánchez, founder of Yai Wellness—a bilingual (English/Spanish), multicultural, licensed psychotherapist certified in perinatal mental health, mother, educator, and decolonial thinker. My work is rooted in the anti-colonial value of Radical Love, shaped by lived experience, and guided by the belief that healing is an embodied and relational experience —through connection with our humanity and authentic selves while acknowledging culture, valuing our stories about family and community, and connecting to our planet.
I support individuals and couples through one of life’s most significant transitions: Path towards family expansion My collaborative approach weaves profound cultural humility with somatic and cognitive evidence-based practices. I won’t ask you to fit into a system that was never built for you—I’ll walk beside you as you write your story centered in wellness and rooted in Radical Love.
Holistic Support Honoring Heart, Body, Mind & Spirit.
Cultivating Radical Love Towards Liberation
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Begin Your Story Towards Wellness, Healing, and Liberation
Whether in therapy or coaching, our work will center your pace and authenticity. This is a space for healing that honors your lived experience - and transformation through Radical Love.
Start with a 15-minute phone call. You will be invited to share what you are carrying and also what kind of support you hope to receive.
If it feels right for both of us, we’ll co-create the next step together. If I am not the right person for this section of your story I will support you in providing another trusted individual and resources.
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Holistic Support Honoring Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit
Whether you're navigating the uncertainty of fertility, the weight of postpartum, or the transition of family expansion —this is a space where your authentic self is invited to be revealed, acknowledged, and held with care
If you're ready for support in cultivating Radical Love to have your needs met, we’re here for you.
