Marissa Joy
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295 appearances
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first heard Jul 2024
last heard Jul 2024
Marissa Joy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When we moved here, we just had the one.
And I actually wasn't working as an SLP.
I was burnt out at not just from the field, but just being a new mom.
I had a lot of undiagnosed at the time, postpartum anxiety, just things I was dealing with personally.
So I kind of took a step back.
I couldn't imagine trying to find a job in this new area with this new baby.
So that's just what felt right to me.
And honestly, I'm glad that I did because if I would have molded myself into a position that just
wasn't a good fit, I don't know that I'd be doing what I'm doing now.
It probably just would have been a lot more hopping around.
In 2021, I had my second baby and he had a lot of feeding issues and we really struggled.
And I was told by our pediatrician at the time, who is no longer our pediatrician, that it was all my fault and I was doing it wrong and I just wasn't trying hard enough and I knew enough to make me dangerous, you know, where if that had been my first kid and I was struggling the way I was personally struggling,
That would have wrecked me.
So that in the back of my mind, knowing I don't want another parent to ever be told that, whether it's feeding issues or not.
Was kind of my driving force behind opening my own practice.
So we ended up working with a team of really great providers who really helped my son.
They helped me.
We had an a but a two and a half year feeding journey that I am so grateful for because of that.
But it was hard to find the right people.
And I thought
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