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 chat with you guys about all of the awesomeness happening to raise awareness during the month of May and also touch base about why we need this awareness. The Mom…
Dr. Ivy Love Margulies – Perinatal loss expert & Death Midwife Going through a loss of a child during pregnancy, birth or postpartum can be devastating to a family. It’s also hard to know what to do…how to even make decision moving forward. Psychlogist, Dr. Ivy Love Margulies shares her expertise in perinatal mental health, reproductive…
Diana Collins- Personal Struggle and Loss of a friend *Sensitive Content* Please be aware that our discussion may be overwhelming for some people. Resources for support listed below. We discuss Diana’s friend who died from postpartum depression suicide. Diana also shares some of her personal struggle with depression and her suicide attempts. We are going…
Postpartum Depression Advocacy
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 being done and about the rockstars who are at the forefront. Jamie is the Director of Advocacy for the National Coalition for Maternal Mental Health.…
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 us the amazing work and model program that she is doing in Huston, Texas to help mothers and families in the community. What is so great about her organization is…
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 through when they bring a baby into the relationship. It’s hard for a lot of expecting parents to know what they DON’T know. She says that we…