On this episode I speak to Donzell Lamkins who is a LCSW a husband, father, psychotherapist and consultant committed to helping people identify and overcome barriers prohibiting them from reaching their full potential. Donzell has extensive experience working with men, fathers, and families to navigate life events and transitions, adapt to change, strengthen coping and distress tolerance skills, and begin their ongoing healing journey, recognizing and centering his clients as the experts and leaders of their lives. Donzell is passionate about mental health, especially pertaining to parental wellness.

We talk about the importance of fathers mental health not only for the family but for the entire community. 

Donzell shares with us his experience through the transition into fatherhood.

He shares with us ways in which we can identify if and when our partner may be struggling with his mental health.

He speaks on how easy it is to simply disregard emotions and how much more challenging it is to sit with them.

We hear him share the importance of feeling our emotions.

He also gives us a few things that are in his toolbox that help him take care of his wellbeing and also benefit his son. 

He shares the importance of getting to know ourselves as it helps us identify what we need.

And we talk about so much more.

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Caroline is our beautiful guest in this episode. Caroline Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a heart for supporting women through the transformation of pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood. Caroline has advanced training with Postpartum Support International, & specializes in perinatal mental health, postpartum adjustment, and enjoys working with couples and families in postpartum planning. Caroline offers in-person and virtual therapy for SC residents, and mama coaching for out of state clients. She lives in Charleston, SC with her husband and two young daughters. In this episode we talk about:  

Her personal experience navigating through postpartum anxiety and depression

 Her experience navigating polycystic ovarian syndrome, IVF, and Thyroid complications

 She share her experience navigating a caesarean and the reality of how our culture shifts its attention from mama to baby impacted her 

She shares her experience with anxiety prior to becoming a mama 

The expectations that we place as mamas and the reality of what a true postpartum season looks like especially as she navigated her baby's feeding complications and lip and tongue tie

 Her poor support system and how the load of mother became her full responsibility 

Navigating sleep depravation, lack of support, and intrusive thoughts Inability to connect with her baby right away 

Advocating for ourselves and how she did so by reaching for support via therapy, medication, and ending breastfeeding 

We discuss the risk factors that contribute to PPD & PPA 

 We cover the difference between baby blues and PPD & PPA

 We riff on how its important to use proper language and the misinformation around referring to PPD & PPA "postpartum" 

She shares the tools she used to support her the second time she navigated postpartum

 The importance of clarifying our values in this season of our life Identifying as HSP and how that can impact our postpartum season

Understanding that we are not our thoughts  

Reminders for mamas who are navigating the postpartum season through the pandemic  

And so much more...

Find our guest Caroline Adams: Instagram : https://instagram.com/joy.inmotherhood?igshid=11rgwn88a2kct 

Website: https://www.welcomingwellness.net/contact 

Postpartum Support International : https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/psi-online-support-meetings/

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In this episode we speak with Shaelyn Cataldo. Shaelyn is a Creative Midwife, Homeschool Mama, JourneyDance Guide and Re-Mothering Mentor. With a Masters Degree in Holistic Counseling and a specialization in the Expressive and Creative Arts for healing, Shaelyn helps women heal from the cultural conditioning of the 3 P’s-perfectionism, pleasing and pretending so they can reclaim their full self-expression. She is devoted to empowering creatives, leaders, healers, mothers and change makers to heal the mother wound so they can share their voices, their gifts and their magic with the world. She offers 1-on-1 mentorships and online group programs.

Shaelyn shares her story about her early career and how she began to do the work that she is doing. She shares own story of re-mothering and describes what re-mothering is. We talk about her initiation into motherhood and it stirred up inside her. She mentions how motherhood brings up the unmothered self. She shares how anxiety and control began to show up in her life and impact her marriage. We touch on the topic of how many of us accept motherhood through the lens of the 3 P's. She shares what the 3 P's are. I am honored to hear her story on how she came back home to herself through creative arts. We touch on what the mother-wound is. We dive into what the "good girl" is and how she shows up. We also learn about her beautiful mentorship program Mothering The Mother and so much more. This episode is the medicine that so many of us mothers need especially in our current life. 

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Molly is an Intuitive Eating and Body Image coach who teaches women how to radically love themselves and their bodies! It lights her up to watch women step into their power that is already within them! In this episode we unpack so much good stuff. I invite you to bring a pen and paper while you listen as Molly shares her story through body acceptance and self love.She shares how our need for control in our life can impact our need to control our body. We touch on how our need for control can stem from our human need to be seen and accepted. She mentions how performing in our life and being disconnected from our body can bring up anxiety and the urge to control aspects of our life. We riff on what we can gain and feelings we can access when we free ourselves from diet mentally and food anxiety. We discuss the illusion that we were taught about our body and how we can get connection and safety. We unravel how important connecting to ourselves and others is. We touch on the fact that our body wants to protect us when it gains weight and why we shouldn’t fear weight gain during the pandemic. We riff on the impact that being highly sensitive has on our body image and relationship with food. We speak on how free it feels to rewrite the stories of how we relate to our body and food. We also have a beautiful conversation about postpartum bodies and how our healing is going to impact our children’s view of their body in a beautiful way. This conversation is just so beautiful and I’m hoping it is the beginning of many conservations like these as body image and food anxiety is something that really impacts so many of us women and mothers. You can follow me at on Instagram @_janeth.lee_ and let me know how this episode landed. You can also reach Molly if you love her energy as much as I do on Instagram @mollykatewellness

In this episode I have a very vulnerable conversation with Saron who is a doula and is back on the podcast to share her story navigating how she overcame her 4 pregnancy losses. We discuss how we can hold our loved ones going through such losses and what those who experience pregnancy loss do not need to hear. I suggest how we can begin to treat our mothers who have had a pregnancy loss in the way we may treat our new mamas as they’re body has also gone through the process physical, emotionally and spiritually. We discuss how grieving this process is necessary and we bring up that you’re experience is valid no matter how late or early your loss may have been. We touch on how seeking professional help through a therapist helped Saron and how we can assist those grieving with other children a warm meal and what we can actually say to help these mamas feel held. Saron calls me higher as I unintentionally and as I learn how to be there for these women suggest that a lesson could come be behind it, a true beauty of how we as women can guide each other with such beauty and grace. We hope that this episode may bring you healing as it has for both Saron and I as we connected. You can connect with me and tell me what you gathered and served you from this episode on Instagram @_janeth.lee_ You can find Saron @birthinrainbows on Instagram, on Facebook @birthingrainbowsdoula and by email at [email protected] To read Saron experience through pregnancy loss https://www.rooteddoula.com/blog/pregnancy-amp-infant-loss-sarons-story

In this episode we talk about what a doula is and how Saron came to this work. Saron tells us about her birth experience. We talk about the importance of being informed prior to giving birth so that you can make the best choices that align with your intuition. We also dive into the importance of having a doula so that you have someone in your corner to advocate your wants and needs. Saron shares with us the importance of self advocacy for women in the black and brown community. If you’d like to work with Saron you can find her on Instagram @birthingrainbows and on Facebook @birthingrainbowsdoula

In this episode I chat with Michelle. She shares how even as someone with the knowledge in child development through her work as a teacher and occupational therapist motherhood came to teach her many lessons about herself. She speak on how healing her inner wounds and connecting to herself and connecting to who she is at her core has been what has created a much better parenting experience. We talk about how we can be a safe harbor for our children to fully express themselves in their essence when the world may discourage them from doing so. We also bring up the topic of boundaries and how they impact our parenting.

For more on Michelle’s work: Website: michellediasinos.com IG: @michelle.diasinos Podcast: The Mothers’ Roundtable Facebook: @mdiasinos Email: [email protected]

I welcome you to this season on the podcast. I speak on my intention for this season and tell you why I feel so deeply called to speak in the topics I chose to speak on this season. Enjoy the pod!! Follow me on IG @_janeth.lee_

In this episode we riff on what the inner child is and the benefits of cultivating our own inner mother. We also discuss how this work can be deeply transformation for our relationship and our own wellbeing.

This episode is a guided meditation. The meditation focuses on the techniques called box breathing and a full body scan. If you are feeling out of your body, breathless, hyper vigilant this mediations will help you return to your body and feel at ease.