Mom and Mind | Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
Episodes
76: Perinatal Mental Health & the Military Family
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time to honor Veterans Day, we talk with Dr. Melinda Thiam about what life might be like for some military mamas. In this fascinating and n...
75: Expectful - Guided Meditation for Pregnancy Loss & Beyond
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Expectful offers guided meditations for all of the transitions through motherhood from fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood. They heard fee...
74: Resilience building in pregnancy & postpartum
21 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you can really start to understand how stress and trauma affects you on a physiological level and emotional level, you can hold more compassion a...
73: Perfection in new motherhood
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you identify as a perfectionist? Do you feel like things need to be a certain way and if they aren't, you feel unsettled? How did that affect you w...
72: Social support is part of the solution
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"It is ridiculous that when you are the person in the middle of a crisis, that you are the person who is faced to do the heavy lifting" - Joy Twesigye...
71: Pregnant & Postpartum - Soapbox Edition II - Yeah, no.
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy & Postpartum: Soapbox Edition II Yeah, no. I have some thoughts about how mothers are treated.... I'm hoping back on the soapbox! And this t...
70: Postpartum Bipolar, "Birth of A New Brain"
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bipolar disorder in pregnancy and postpartum is not often discussed. Dyane Harwood is advocating for that to change. In this episode, Dyane shares her...
69: Postpartum Feelings: Anger, rage, failure & guilt
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about feeling bad about our bad feelings in postpartum & pregnancy. How many of us have had feelings in pregnancy or postpartum that we didn't...
68: Natural Disasters & Perinatal Women
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To those of you who are living through the natural disasters all over the world right now, the Mom & Mind Podcast is with you. Especially the pregnant...
67: Eating Disorders in Pregnancy & Postpartum
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stefani Reinold, MD shares some about her personal experience through pregnancy and postpartum and how she is helping other moms cope and manage with ...
66: Supporting "overweight" perinatal mothers
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bebo Mia's Bianca and Natasha talk about what mothers deal with who are labeled as overweight. Have you ever been labeled as being overweight, plus si...
65: Postpartum Psychosis, A Mothers Story
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Postpartum Psychosis, while rare, is very serious. 1-2 in 1,000 new mothers experience this and most have no idea what is going on. Kristina Dulaney s...
64: Supporting Native American Mothers
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Andrews, LCSW is sharing a glimpse of the Native or Indigenous mothers pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. This is such a valuable discu...
63: Encore of The Good Mother
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Encore! Dr. Diana Lynn Barnes We are re-airing some episodes while I take a break and regroup for a moment! This is one of the popular episodes of the...
62: Rewind! Postpartum Everything.
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
My Postpartum Story - Redux We are taking a short break from new episodes, 'cause well, this mama's taking a vacation! We won't leave you with no epis...
61: When The Bough Breaks - PPD Documentary & Personal Story
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya Newbould - Producer of When The Bough Breaks and Personal Story of Postpartum Depression *sensitive content at 7:00 & 20:50* Tanya shares her...
60: PPD Coretta's Story & Helping Women of Color
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Coretta Rae Daniel – Postpartum Depression & Anxiety, Personal Story and helping women of color *Sensitive Content, 17:45-20:45* Coretta shares her ...
59: Postpartum Anxiety, Ingrid's story
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ingrid Esparza - Personal story of Postpartum Anxiety Ingrid tells us about her experience after birth and in the early months of life with her new...
58: Finding Joy after Trauma
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Marie Gibson We discuss some topics that may be sensitive for some listeners. Many mothers experience a trauma in life prior to having childre...
57: Understanding Birth Trauma
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rebecca Moore - Understanding Birth Trauma We are discussing traumatic birth experience and it's impacts. Did you know that someone could feel t...
56: Alliance for Women of Color
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for Women of Color – PMHAWOC Here are three powerhouse women who have come together to co-found a beautiful and nee...
55: SOAPBOX EDITION!!! Celebrating 1 year!
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kat - Soapbox edition, sounding off! Hey everyone! It’s just me in this episode, to bring you a special soapbox edition of Mom & Mind. Basicall...
54: LGBTQ Perinatal Mental Health
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elyse Springer, MFT Elyse shares vital info and awareness in this focused conversation on LGBTQ perinatal mental health. There are many many facets t...
53: Naturopathic Medicine in Pregnancy & Postpartum
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christine White, ND - Fascinating Discussion about Whole-Person perinatal wellness. What is Naturopathic Medicine and how can it help you? Dr. Wh...
52: REAL self care for mamas
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme Seabrook, The Postpartum Mama, shares her personal story through a very difficult postpartum depression and how it shaped the work that she doe...
51: Postpartum Suicide - The loss of a wife & mother
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Raul Martinez - Postpartum Suicide- The loss of a wife and mother. After losing his wife, Kelly, Raul became a powerful advocate for moms and families...
50!! Jane Honikman - Roots of Maternal Mental Health & Beyond
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 50! Jane Honikman - Mother of Maternal Mental Health 2 OMG's at once, Jane Honikman is on with us and we are at Episode 50! I'm honored to bri...
49: MMH Awareness with Dr. Kat!
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Special Episode: MMH Awareness Week! Just me, chatting with you! Hey everyone, welcome to maternal mental health week! I wanted to come in and have a ...
48: Angels Born Still
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ivy Love Margulies - Perinatal loss expert & Death Midwife Going through a loss of a child during pregnancy, birth or postpartum can be devastatin...
47: Postpartum Suicide - Always With Me
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Collins- Personal Struggle and Loss of a friend *Sensitive Content* Please be aware that our discussion may be overwhelming for some people. Res...
46: Advocacy & Bringing Postpartum Depression out of the Shadow
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Zahlaway Belsito Do you ever wonder who is doing any thing about maternal mental health? LOTS OF PEOPLE! Listen in to Jamie to find out what is...
45: A Dark Secret & A Mothers Sanctuary
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
LaShonta Edwards - A Mothers Sanctuary LaShonta is a doula, advocate, author of A Dark Secret, founder and CEO of A Mothers Sanctuary. She shares with...
44 : Becoming Us - Prepare to be a thriving family
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elly Taylor - Becoming Us Now there IS a training manual for becoming a family! We talk in depth about the stages and life changes that couples go thr...
43: Birth Disparities for African American Moms
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Diggs - Birth Disparities Thank you Jessica for being on with us to talk about this, vital to understand and very distressing reality for p...
42: High Risk Pregnancy? How to talk to your doc
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Parijat Deshpande, High Risk Pregnancy - How to talk with your providers. In this episode, we discuss how we don't know what we don't know...That it'...
41: Return to Zero - Healing after Stillbirth
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kiley Hanish - Return to Zero It's hard to imaging being able to get through the loss of a baby during pregnancy. Kiley shares with us some of her sto...
40: The Art of Holding in Therapy - Karen Kleiman, LCSW
25 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Oh, this is such a great chat! We talk about helping pregnant and postpartum mothers, Karen's scope of work, training provide...
39: Psych Medication in Pregnancy & Postpartum
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody Dispelling the myths of medication use in pregnancy and postpartum We are talking with Expert Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody ab...
38: PSN Africa- Supporting African Mothers
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Onyedikachi Ekwerike I’m honored and excited to have Onyedikachi Ekwerike, speaking with us from Nigeria about maternal mental health for African mo...
37: Playing Monopoly with God - Personal Story
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Bangs tells us parts of her personal story of postpartum mania and psychosis, a hospitalization, how her husband and supports helped her throu...
36: What is Postpartum Psychosis?
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Postpartum Psychosis I’m honored to have expert Dr. Diana Barnes back with us today to discuss Postpartum Psychosis. This is a highly-misunderstood...
35: Coping with Perinatal PTSD
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Randall, Psy.D. Coping with Perinatal PTSD We are talking with Dr. Sarah Randall today about PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) related to ma...
34: ASK HER: Preventing Postpartum Suicide
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Kaufman LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC Postpartum Suicide is a very real risk to new mothers. In this episode we are discuss Suicide as it relates to m...
33: Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss Grief
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Deb Rich, Ph.D. Understanding perinatal grief. We are talking with Dr. Deb Rich about pregnancy loss and neonatal loss. This is a very difficult topic...
32: Supporting Asian American Moms
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Juli Fraga Asian American Moms: Cultural Sensitivity in the perinatal period. In this episode, we discuss maternal mental health in the context of...
31: Maternal Ambivalence and Our Bodies
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Helena Vissing, Psy.D. Our bodies, our minds and how we understand them in the change to motherhood. In this episode we are talking with Dr. Helena Vi...
30: Sleep Deprived Moms
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren DePaola, LCSW SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP! We are talking about a very important topic…SLEEP! We’ve all heard that new moms and parents don’t sle...
29: From Pain to Meaning & Empowerment
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Cross, LMFT Finding Empowerment and Meaning through your pregnancy or postpartum experience. On this episode we are talking with Lisa Cross, LMFT...
28: Couples Life with Baby
05 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Scales, LMFT How much do we really think about how a baby will impact or change the relationship that we have with our partner? Generally, not...
27: Bed Rest & Mental Wellness
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Parijat Deshpande - High Risk Pregnancy Wellness Expert I'm excited to share the second interview in our series with Parijat Deshpande. In our first i...
26: Supporting Black Mothers
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica A. Walker B.S, RADT Jessica shares some of her personal story of working through postpartum depression. We talk about some of the stressors t...
25: "Adventures with Postpartum Depression"
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Novak- Personal Story, postpartum mental health This episode contains content that may be sensitive for some listeners. In this episode, we a...
24: When The Bough Breaks - Lindsay Gerszt
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Lipton Gerszt shared her story about the difficulty she experienced after the birth of her son. Her story is highlighted in a new documentary ...
23: "He's not talking about it", A fathers journey
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Williams: Paternal Postpartum Depression “He’s not talking about it” This episode contains sensitive content for some listeners. On this ep...
22: Laughter & Empowerment to Heal
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Using laughter and empowerment to heal NaKaisha Tolbert-Banks, LCSW, LCAC, CLYL, CEC, ELI-MP In this episode, we are talking with NaKaisha Tolbert-ban...
21: High Risk Pregnancy? Who, What, How & Thrive
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Parijat Deshpande - High Risk Pregnancy Wellness Expert This Episode is Part 1 of the high risk series with Parijat Deshpande who helps women throug...
20: Supporting Latina Mothers
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Latina Maternal Mental Health Emilia Ortega-Jara, LCSW discusses cultural considerations for Latina Moms who are dealing with maternal mental health i...
19: Aarti Sequeira, Postpartum Depression
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Aarti Sequeira I’m very honored and excited to have the super awesome Aarti Sequeira on with us today. She is here to share her personal experience ...
18: The Many Faces of Infertility
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Rabinor, LSCW Infertility and Mental Health With our conversation today, we really want women, partners and families to know that they are not ...
17: Dads need postpartum support too
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel B. Singley, Ph.D., ABPP Today we are switching gears to talk about DAD and Mind with Dr. Singley. Dads have their own experience and transition...
16: Postpartum Psychosis - Personal Story
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Postpartum Psychosis and Depression Lisa shares her personal story of struggle through Postpartum depression and psychosis. This is very important for...
15: Postpartum OCD. Why am I having these thoughts?!?!
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany Warren, LCSW Postpartum OCD- We talk about how difficult it can feel to have the scary and intrusive thoughts happen with postpartum OCD. The ...
14: Caring for body is caring for mind
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christina Hibbert Resources for Support and Exercise for Mental Health Dr. Christina Hibbert is the bestselling author of 8 Keys to Mental Health ...
13: Baby's here... what about us?
23 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine O’Brien We are talking with Catherine O’Brien from Happy with baby about couples adjustment to parenthood. Catherine O’Brien is a lic...
12: Ask her how she's doing.
15 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Crystal Clancy - Screening for Depression in Pregnancy and Postpartum Topics addressed: Pregnancy and Postpartum screening for depression, Edinburgh P...
11: Working together to help moms
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Burhkard Topics discussed: Maternal mental health, local, state and national advocacy and legislative actions, supporting hospitals to be “mom f...
10: "...Pregnant, Depressed and Scared of Pills"
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Brown shared her story of depression and anxiety during pregnancy, her struggle with finding the support she needed and trying to decide if she wo...
9: Maternal Mental Health NOW
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Caron Post from Maternal Mental Health NOW is with us to discuss how the organization offers training, advocacy and support for mothers and famili...
8: Making a family - Infertility & beyond
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Badey discusses Infertility, Adoption, Post Adoption Depression, Embryo Adoption. Kate is a mom of three who was in the infertility trenches for...
7: The Good Mother
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D. LMFT Topics discussed: The Psychological gestation of motherhood, transition to motherhood, societal pressures in motherhood...
6: Pain to Healing- a Postpartum Journey
04 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Real and Personal Story from suffering to healing: Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, PTSD from Birth Trauma and OCD *Sensitivity notice - difficult c...
5: Postpartum Support International
27 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Director of Postpartum Support International, Dr. Wendy Davis!!! Wendy shares some of her personal story and how she came to specialize in p...
4: Breastfeeding & mental health
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel shares her personal story and discusses how breastfeeding complications contributed to her postpartum mental health. This is a story that so ma...
3: Postpartum Action
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Did you all know that you can get training or psychotherapy from Dr. Shosh? She is very active in treating, training and advocacy. Dr. Shosh is with u...
2: Postpartum Depression - Dr. Shoshana Bennett
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shoshana Bennett This amazing woman has pushed the field of perinatal mental health forward with her advocacy, expert knowledge, training for psyc...
1: My Postpartum Story: Anxiety & Depression
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the episode, I discuss my own personal story of postpartum depression, anxiety and OCD. ***I discuss some topics about intrusiv...
0: Intro to the Maternal Mental Health Podcast
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast focuses on the mental health aspects of becoming pregnant, being pregnant and early parenthood. Just by listening and becoming aware of m...