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Mama Needs A Moment
By HER+ Health CollectiveSociety & Culture
Mama Needs A Moment episodes
- Ep. 45 How Parents Can Help Neurodivergent Kids w/ Dr. K.Lea
Our education system impacts parents and children alike. It is rare to meet someone with a deep understanding of the day to day management of a classroom and curriculum instruction as well as a firm grasp of the intricacies of the education system as a whole.
Dr. K. Lea is that person. She has been involved in special education for over 30 years. Her experience is broad in scope, ranging from aiding in the development of one of the initial early intervention programs in Tennessee to working in drug and alcohol rehab, the juvenile prison system, resource classrooms, and consulting for home school groups who enrolled students with special needs. She has presented professional development workshops on topics in Montessori and special education both nationally and internationally. Dr. K.Lea has also worked with state and local governments in special education policy and procedural alignment. Her current research focus is primarily on peer-assisted learning in inclusion classrooms and overidentification of minorities in special education.
Today we discussed with Dr. K.Lea the Montessori method and helping neurodivergent children navigate the school system.
Our discussion today included:
- What the Montessori method looks like
- Ways we can bring Montessori methods into the home
- Why Montessori methods may not be appropriate for some students
- How to help neurodivergent children navigate the school year
- Steps parents can take to create a team within the school system to help child
- Three school staff members to befriend in the school
Thank you to our episode sponsor:
Davis Faily Chiropractic @davischironc
37 min - Ep. 44 Top Five Health Concerns Affecting Women (Part 2): Maternal, Reproductive and Mental Health a Roundtable Discussion
(Part 2) After combing through several sources such as the World Health Organization, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, WebMd, US Food and Drug Administration, CDC, to name a few…we have compiled a list of the top health concerns affecting women. Today we will hear our expert panelists discuss the top women’s health issues based on the perspective of their profession.
Our compiled list after looking at numerous resources includes:
- Cancer
- Heart Disease
- Maternal Health
- Reproductive Health (including STD/STI, HIV, UTI)
- Mental Health (depression, suicide)
The fourth HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 featured the following HER Expert panelists:
- Dr. Charryse Johnson – experienced Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor offering over 20 years of experience serving as a counselor, consultant, and educator. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology, NCC 2021.
- Nicole Wallace - a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years experience helping adults and children with overcoming trauma, managing life transitions, and developing coping skills.
- Christy Maloney – Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian – Supervisor, CEDS-S specializing in helping those with eating disorders and disordered eating from her practice, Enhance Nutrition Associates.
- Dr. Holly Durney - Dr. Holly Durney PT, OCS Dr. Durney is an APTA Orthopedic Certified Specialist and has pelvic floor rehabilitation training from the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation
- Maris Feeley - Full-Spectrum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Co-Owner and Director of Carolina Birth & Wellness
- Kerry Lett -MPH, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Public Health who is passionate about helping women who are trying to conceive, pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum and children to help manage medical conditions, tackle picky eating, and establish a good family relationship with food.
To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory
Today’s episode includes a discussion of the following topics:
- The barrier to access to care and what it looks like from our expert’s experience.
- The systemic nature of not being heard during appointments.
- In an ideal world, with access to unlimited resources, a receptive community and leadership, etc. what would improvement in this area look like for our experts?
- Women’s health being mainly focused on gynecological and reproductive health, and being a woman in our healthcare system is costly.
- Expanding the concept of reproductive health beyond just carrying a child.
- Ways that women from every socioeconomic level can maintain their reproductive health.
- Understanding your limits and being mindful of your mental wellbeing.
- Mental Health resources
Mental Health Resources:
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline 1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP4MOMS)
Women’s Mental Health Matters - www.wmnhealth.org
Anchor Perinatal Health
Therapy for Black Girls and podcast with Dr. Joy Hardin.
Postpartum Support International
Episode 7: Unpacking Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Episode sponsor: www.davischironc.com
38 min - Ep. 43 Top Five Health Concerns Affecting Women (Part 1): Cancer, Heart Disease & Maternal Health a Roundtable Discussion
After combing through several sources such as the World Health Organization, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, WebMd, US Food and Drug Administration, CDC, to name a few…we have compiled a list of the top five health concerns affecting women. In this episode, we will hear our expert panelists discuss cancer, heart disease and maternal health issues based on the perspective of their profession.
Our compiled list of the top five health concerns includes:
- Cancer
- Heart Disease
- Maternal Health
- Reproductive Health (including STD/STI, HIV, UTI)
- Mental Health (depression, suicide)
The fourth HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 featured the following HER Expert panelists:
- Dr. Charryse Johnson – experienced Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor offering over 20 years of experience serving as a counselor, consultant, and educator. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology, NCC 2021.
- Nicole Wallace - a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years experience helping adults and children with overcoming trauma, managing life transitions, and developing coping skills.
- Christy Maloney – Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian – Supervisor, CEDS-S specializing in helping those with eating disorders and disordered eating from her practice, Enhance Nutrition Associates.
- Dr. Holly Durney - Dr. Holly Durney PT, OCS Dr. Durney is an APTA Orthopedic Certified Specialist and has pelvic floor rehabilitation training from the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation
- Maris Feeley - Full-Spectrum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Co-Owner and Director of Carolina Birth & Wellness
- Kerry Lett -MPH, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Public Health who is passionate about helping women who are trying to conceive, pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum and children to help manage medical conditions, tackle picky eating, and establish a good family relationship with food.
Today’s episode includes a discussion of the following topics:
- Listing the top women’s health related concerns
- Experts discuss how they see cancer and heart disease affecting the women they work with and what they do to support them.
- The impact of difficult health histories on women’s relationship with their body.
- Discussion of the top lifestyle risk factors cited as potentially increasing the chance of developing cancer & heart disease and whether this is an accurate directive by healthcare professionals.
- Some of the barriers that can come up when dealing with cancer and heart disease.
- Maternal health is an issue in the US and why we are going backwards.
- Racism and discrimination in the medical system.
Thank you to our episode sponsors:
*Davis Family Chiropractic - www.Davischironc.com and @davischironc for social media
*Samantha Faulhaber - https://samanthafaulhaber.com and @shamanicsam for social media
To connect with any of our experts, please go to our website directory
37 min - Ep. 42 What if Everyone Could Access Breastmilk for Their Baby? How The MilkXChange is Changing How We Feed Babies w/ Alanna Oaks
We love bringing you guests who are truly changing the landscape of parenting. Our very own HER member, Alanna Oaks is one of those people!
Alanna is a registered nurse and the founder of The MilkXChange, a brand new platform that is working to make the exchange of breast milk safe and accessible for everyone. Alanna’s personal struggle with breastfeeding and the heartache it caused her family was the catalyst for the launch of The MilkXChange.
Personal struggles such as what Alanna went through, can often turn into passion. That passion and dedication to make breast milk accessible to everyone is exactly what we see when talking to Alanna about her new platform. From the current unequal access available at milk banks to the ability for families to bring in an extra stream of revenue, this new venture has the potential to change so much for countless families.
Our discussion today included:
- Alanna’s personal struggle with breastfeeding
- The lifelong friend Alanna found in her breastmilk donor
- The dwindling prevalence of breastfeeding, despite increased recommendations from AAP
- The barriers to breastfeeding
- How The MilkXChange provides access to human breast milk for families in need
- How The MilkXChange provides a potential revenue stream for those lactating
- The hurdles Alanna has faced in launching The MilkXChange
- What role regulations play in human milk exchange
- BOD and giving loved ones the benefit of the doubt
- The necessity of taking risks in life and business
Podcast Sponsor: Davis Family Chiropractic
HER Health Collective
53 min - Ep. 41 Seeing Yourself More Completely Using the Enneagram w/ Erin Baute
Erin Baute has been working and studying in the field of behavior change for over 20 years as well as studying and using the Enneagram for over 12 years. She is passionate about people and the motivations that drive our behaviors.
She works as a wife and mom to two children and is a self-employed business strategist, change agent and development coach. She focuses on behavior change and social marketing. Erin integrates the Enneagram model as a framework for individual growth and motivation. She also coaches companies to create personalized business strategies, team level-setting, understanding of behavior and productive communication approaches, as a way to navigate the changing business infrastructures and positively impact company culture.
This episode includes a discussion of the following topics:
- How studying and using the Enneagram changed her life.
- Living the Enneagram as a mom and wife while raising two children, one child being neurodivergent and the other being neurotypical.
- Erin shares a message for mothers raising their own neurotypical or neurodivergent children
- Her definition of what “the best version” of someone looks like and whether or not she has accomplished it.
- The truth about breaking unhelpful personality habits.
- What are some of the struggles that come up most frequently when working with moms?
- What happens when your child’s temperament comes up against life.
- Erin defines each number and how the Enneagram can be a tool to help people understand where they’re underdeveloped.
- How the typing process helps us identify with different types of people and how we can use it to change the world.
Resources:
https://livingtheenneagram.com
YouTube Channel
Erin on Instagram
Erin on Facebook
The book Erin mentioned during the show
Typing Guide
Thanks to our sponsors of this episode:
Dr. Davis of Davis Family Chiropractic, @davischironc on social media
Madelene Martin of The Beginnings Center, @thebeginningscenter on social media
1 hr 12 min - Ep. 40 Navigating Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage: A Roundtable Discussion
Today we are discussing a difficult but important topic. It’s a subject we believe needs to be spoken about more openly so mothers know they are not alone. About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. But the actual number is likely higher because many miscarriages occur very early in pregnancy — before a person might even know about a pregnancy.
We hear our expert panelists discuss how parents can navigate pregnancy after loss, what resources are available, that often difficult decision to not have more children and being content with the family that one has, and dealing with the changes that the body goes through after loss, how to approach fitness after miscarriage or loss, and a parent's understandable array of mixed emotions and anxiety of losing a child.
The third HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 featured the following HER Expert panelists:
- Dr. Charryse Johnson – experienced Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor offering over 20 years of experience serving as a counselor, consultant, and educator. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology, NCC 2021.
- Nicole Wallace - a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years experience helping adults and children with overcoming trauma, managing life transitions, and developing coping skills.
- Christy Maloney – Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian – Supervisor, CEDS-S specializing in helping those with eating disorders and disordered eating from her practice, Enhance Nutrition Associates.
- Jenna Somich - Certified Personal Trainer & Health At Every Size certified Trainer
Today’s episode includes a discussion of the following topics:
- Practical advice & tips for those navigating a pregnancy loss or miscarriage
- Recommended resources for parents to turn to in times of grief and loss
- The impact of loss on family planning & finding peace with the size of one’s family
- Dealing with the feeling of one’s body betraying oneself
- Ideas on how to support and what to say and not say to a friend or loved one suffering through the loss of a pregnancy or child
- Nurturing the body and finding oneself again after a loss
- How to handle the anxiety that comes through this type of loss and potentially handle future pregnancies
- How the Roe v. Wade reversal impacts mothers in these experts’ practices
Resources:
RTZ hope.org.
Sbe mom.org.
StillBirthday.com
Body Kindness.
Body Keeps the Score.
Thanks to our sponsor of this episode:
Dr. Davis of Davis Family Chiropractic, @davischironc on social media
1 hr 2 min - Ep. 39 Being a Medical Marvel and Teaching How to Best Advocate for Our Family's Health w/ LaToshia Rouse
We love bringing you guests who are not only doing impactful work in Women’s Health but also have interesting stories to share. This episode with LaToshia Rouse delivers in both areas.
LaToshia is a certified DONA International doula and owner of Birth Sisters Doula Services. She has a passion for helping parents develop their voice in the care of their children and helping medical staff learn from and make improvements in care based on the parent perspective. She also strives to find ways for clinicians and patients to have a true partnership and improve outcomes. LaToshia has served as a subject matter expert and expert team member for the Perinatal Quality Collaboratives across the country, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), National Quality Forum (NQF) and several other organizations. Her work as an advisor, speaker, facilitator and doula all began after having triplets at 26 weeks gestation via an emergency vaginal delivery.
Our discussion today included:
- Latoshia’s birth story of her triplets and emergency vaginal delivery.
- Motherhood advice from a mom of four.
- Her findings while working with NICU's, including her discoveries, improvements needed and what they are doing right.
- LaToshia’s suggestions on how to best advocate for your children.
- The definition of who a doula is, what they do, and how LaToshia explains her role as a doula.
- Changing how birth doula’s are accepted in the birthing community and how she knew being a doula was her calling.
- Working with highly reputable organizations and whether she gets intimidated.
- LaToshia’s story of how she was a victim of not receiving equal access to care.
- From her perspective, LaToshia discusses whether she truly believes that we can create a healthcare system where clinicians and patients have a true partnership and improve outcomes.
- Ideas on how to make this partnership happen so it is inclusive of all socioeconomic platforms and accessible to all.
Sponsorship:
Davis Family Chiropractic: www.Davischironc.com and @davischironc
Dr. Charryse Johnson: https://www.charrysejohnson.com
Expired Mindsets by Dr. Charryse Johnson
1 hr - Ep. 38 Facing Fears & Life’s Big Moments, Digging Deep & Sharing Stuff - Part 2 w/ Cindi & Crissy
We are back for part two, diving deep and getting personal with two entirely new questions!
We recently read the book Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First.: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level by Laura Tremaine. Laura says, “In spite of the hyper-connected culture we live in today, women still feel shamed for oversharing and being publicly vulnerable. And no matter how many friends we seem to have, many of us are still desperately lonely.”
We built HER Health Collective to cultivate genuine relationships between moms in an effort to drastically decrease the loneliness they may be feeling. Having relationships beyond the superficial requires digging deep into the nitty-gritty and having openness with others. We are setting the stage and being an example to our community of moms.
So, here we go, we’ll go first… Our discussion today includes our answers to the following questions:
When did it change?
What are you afraid of?
Podcast Sponsors:
Davis Chiropractic
The Beginnings Center
56 min - Ep. 37 Our Pivotal Decisions and Learning to Be, Digging Deep and Sharing Stuff w/ Cindi & Crissy
How well do you know us, the owners of HER Health Collective? We are opening ourselves up and getting a bit vulnerable. We recently read the book Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First.: 10 Questions to Take Your Friendships to the Next Level by Laura Tremaine. Laura says, “In spite of the hyper-connected culture we live in today, women still feel shamed for oversharing and being publicly vulnerable. And no matter how many friends we seem to have, many of us are still desperately lonely.” We built HER Health Collective to cultivate genuine relationships between moms in an effort to drastically decrease the loneliness they may be feeling. Having relationships beyond the superficial requires digging deep into the nitty-gritty and having openness with others. We are setting the stage and being an example to our community of moms. So, here we go, we’ll go first…
Our discussion today includes our answers to the following questions:
- Who taught you how to be?
- What were your pivotal decisions?
Davis Family Chiropractic: www.Davischironc.com and @davischironc
Dr. Charryse Johnson: https://www.charrysejohnson.com
Expired Mindsets by Dr. Charryse Johnson
38 min - Ep. 36 Walking Joyfully & Confidently in Your Purpose w/ Molly Stillman
Molly Stillman has been blogging since college. What started as a fun way to bring joy to people through her satirical writing has over the years, morphed into a wildly successful ethical fashion and lifestyle blog. Her mission is to inspire women to walk joyfully and confidently in purpose, and to know that you were created with a purpose for a purpose.
In addition to her blog, Molly owns and runs a farm, and is authoring her first book, a memoir hitting shelves next year. Today’s discussion touches on everything from the power of integrity to the need to let our children make mistakes. We discuss the influence of Molly’s famous mother, a nurse in the Vietnam war. We touch on culture’s role in building our identity, and why that’s problematic, the importance of identifying your gifts and using them to serve others, and so much more.
We loved sitting down with Molly and enjoyed this conversation with her so much. If you need a little inspiration and love in your life right now, this episode is for you. Enjoy!
Our discussion today included:
- Appreciating the power of integrity
- Molly’s book deal and her soon to be released memoir
- The power of sticking through “the muck” and making mistakes
- Molly’s upbringing and the influence of her famous mother, Vietnam Nurse Lynda Van Devanter Buckley
- Culture’s role in building our identity, and why that’s problematic
- The importance of identifying your gifts and discovering how to use them to serve others
- What you feel you must control is what you must let go, explore what you have agency over
- The power of hard work and diligence in finding success
- Your purchasing power and its impact on the human trafficking industry
- Pursuing sustainable way of life when it comes to food
- Knowing you were uniquely chosen to be your child’s parent
Sponsorship: Dr. Charryse Johnson - Expired Mindsets - https://www.charrysejohnson.com
Molly mentioned the book written by her mom: Home Before Morning
https://www.stillbeingmolly.com
1 hr 8 min
About Mama Needs A Moment
From the publisher's feed
Mama Needs A Moment is here to change the way moms take care of themselves. Hosted by Cindi Michaelson and Crissy Fishbane, co-founders of HER+ Health Collective, we know the struggle of juggling it…
all. Mom life is hectic, but your well-being matters. That’s why our most recent seasons deliver shorter 15–20 minute bite-size episodes filled with expert advice on women’s health, parenting, self-care and Roundtable conversations with trusted experts from different fields. You’ll hear real talk, practical tips, and insights you can use right away—because healthy moms raise healthy families.