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97: When Perinatal Myths Become Beliefs

Podcast, Pressure / Myths of MotherhoodApril 28, 2018315Views 0Likes 0Comments

Maternal Mental Health Week is Here! 4/30-5/4 World Maternal Mental Health day is Wednesday 5/2 We are addressing the myths of motherhood and parenthood while digging a little deeper to see how those myths become the beliefs that we carry about ourselves. What are these myths? So glad you asked! They basically sound like perfection…

92: SOAPBOX Edition! Mom guilt, mom shaming and helping families

Podcast, Pressure / Myths of MotherhoodMarch 26, 2018381Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dr. Kat gets on her soapbox! Dishing on a few things that get her upset and maybe get you upset too?!?! We have a long way to go to do better for pregnant, birthing, loss and postpartum moms! Here are some of the things she touchs on… *Can we just be supportive to moms? Can…

73: Perfection in new motherhood

Podcast, Pregnancy, Pressure / Myths of Motherhood, Stress/ Burnout / PerfectionismOctober 17, 2017570Views 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…

63: Encore of The Good Mother

Podcast, Pressure / Myths of MotherhoodAugust 7, 2017170Views 0Likes 0Comments

Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D. LMFT Topics discussed: The Psychological gestation of motherhood, transition to motherhood, societal pressures in motherhood, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Body and Mind, how chronic continuing stress has an impact on pregnancy and postpartum, who is the “good mother”. Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., LMFT is a past president of Postpartum Support International and currently sits…

8: Making a family – Infertility & beyond

Fertility / Infertility, Podcast, Pressure / Myths of MotherhoodJuly 18, 2016489Views 0Likes 0Comments

Kate Badey discusses Infertility, Adoption, Post Adoption Depression, Embryo Adoption. Kate is a mom of three who was in the infertility trenches for 3 years before experiencing the joy of motherhood. Her journey led her down a path to adoption, and later embryo adoption. Her experience with post-adoption depression after the arrival of her first son…

7: The Good Mother

Podcast, Pressure / Myths of MotherhoodJuly 11, 2016466Views 0Likes 0Comments

Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D. LMFT Topics discussed: The Psychological gestation of motherhood, transition to motherhood, societal pressures in motherhood, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Body and Mind, how chronic continuing stress has an impact on pregnancy and postpartum, who is the “good mother”. Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., LMFT is a past president of Postpartum Support International and…

Pressure / Myths of Motherhood

97: When Perinatal Myths Become Beliefs

92: SOAPBOX Edition! Mom guilt, mom shaming and helping families

73: Perfection in new motherhood

63: Encore of The Good Mother

8: Making a family – Infertility & beyond

7: The Good Mother

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