drkat, Author at Well Mind Perinatal

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76: Perinatal Mental Health & the Military Family

PodcastNovember 6, 2017577Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 necessary discussion, Dr. Thiam talks with about the unique aspects of perinatal mental health in the military family. Dr. Thiam highlights: *The stressors for both for the perinatal mother who is…

75: Expectful – Guided Meditation for Pregnancy Loss & Beyond

Podcast, Pregnancy, pregnancy lossOctober 30, 2017959Views 0Likes 0Comments

Expectful offers guided meditations for all of the transitions through motherhood from fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood. They heard feedback that many mothers who experienced pregnancy loss, didn’t have guided meditation support they needed. So, they teamed up with Dr. Jessica Zucker, who is well known for her strong advocacy through the #ihadamiscarriage campaign. Together, they made a beautiful…

74: Resilience building in pregnancy & postpartum

Podcast, Pregnancy, pregnancy lossOctober 21, 2017753Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 and understanding for yourself. Nkem Ndefo is on with us today, teaching, informing, shedding light on how to think realistically, holistically about stress. This is totally necessary to understand for pregnancy…

73: Perfection in new motherhood

Podcast, Pregnancy, Pressure / Myths of Motherhood, Stress/ Burnout / PerfectionismOctober 17, 2017706Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 when you were trying to conceive, during pregnancy, birthing or postpartum? This is one of those things that really impacts the early stages of motherhood and parenthood…

72: Social support is part of the solution

PodcastOctober 9, 2017527Views 0Likes 0Comments

“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 Lack of social support is a part of what is impacting perinatal and postpartum wellness. Could we start to count on our social supports…

71: Pregnant & Postpartum – Soapbox Edition II – Yeah, no.

Podcast, Postpartum, PregnancyOctober 2, 2017430Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 time, I’m shouting out some of the things that the Mom & Mind listeners are upset about too! Thanks for sharing! Let’s see..most of the things I discuss are about…

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76: Perinatal Mental Health & the Military Family

75: Expectful – Guided Meditation for Pregnancy Loss & Beyond

74: Resilience building in pregnancy & postpartum

73: Perfection in new motherhood

71: Pregnant & Postpartum – Soapbox Edition II – Yeah, no.

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