Emily and Morgan created KC Infant Feeding with one purpose in mind. Balance. Their paths first crossed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) supporting babies who struggled with feeding. With their skill sets and knowledge they provided parents and caregivers with information and techniques to help dissipate feeding difficulties.   

However, it wasn’t until they both experienced feeding struggles with their own newborns that they realized how essential the inclusion of family mental health considerations are in the development of feeding plans. This balanced approach ensures long term success and thriving infants.   They now approach families they support with compassion, knowledge, and empowerment that comes from years of experience working with infants and personal moments of struggle, hope, and success.  

In this week's episode, we discuss the lasting effects of parenting in isolation during the 2020 quarantine, evidence-based practices for feeding interventions, how support people can care for your loved ones through their feeding journeys, and why, with feeding as with many things in life, we fear what we don't know. We also encourage y'all to stay OFF Dr. Google!   

In a new segment I like to call, "Meg gets free professional advice from her podcast guests," we discuss helping children eat who are showing picky behaviors, as well as discussing weaning a baby who will fight you if you come between her and breastfeeding, remembering it's okay to set boundaries, because this is your body you're sharing with your little one.  

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Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

Jennifer Robertson is a fertility coach and has helped women all over the world transform their mindset and take back control of their life in the midst of infertility.   

She is also author of The Injustice of Infertility, a deeply inspiring and raw account of her own seven-year fertility journey.  Throughout her own fertility journey, Jen discovered that her old ways of pushing and working hard weren’t serving her. She is now using the lessons learned along the way to develop programs and support women throughout their journey to motherhood - from the moment they start trying to conceive, until they hold their baby in their arms.   

In this week's episode, we discuss emotional validation, when it's okay to ask someone about their procreation plans, how we force ourselves to shrink down to not make others uncomfortable hearing about our fertility struggles, and (I'm stealing this, I've already told Jen!) unpacking the Babushka doll that is the all-consuming nature of trying to conceive.   

Self-Preservation v. Selfish | Let's Discuss...  

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In this week's episode, it is my true pleasure to introduce Monique Farook of Infertility and Me chats with me about the importance of mental health in our fertility journeys. Monique tells me about her path to launching her podcast in order to be the voice she needed when she was going through her own journey and to provide a space for others to feel empowered to not suffer in silence.  

We also use this space to address the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade in matters of fertility. My many thanks to Monique for coming alongside me to discuss this, as it has been deeply on my mind since the opinion was leaked.   

This is an episode you do not want to miss!   

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Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

Happy Fall Semester to those of you learning or teaching or participating in the education process in any way! I am going to take just the tiniest little break to make sure I have my business in order to teach this lovely SW810 Clinical Practice I course over on the Lawrence campus of KU, but I will see you bright and early in September!  

I won't type them here as I don't want to get read for filth for spoiling anything, but please give this a listen at the end for the trigger warning I wish I had had before I watched House of the Dragon on HBO Max. It's a good show, sure. But holy goodness, Trigger Warning, friends.  

Be curious, not judgmental!  

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Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

What gets us stuck? What holds us back from starting the process of making the changes we envision for ourselves?  

In this week's episode, Special Guest, Alexa Shank, and I discuss finding your passion, working alongside a professional to help guide the movement toward something new, and overcoming fear to find your motivation for real, sustainable change.   

We discuss the benefits of an eating disorder (Yes, you read that correctly. Guess you need to watch, eh??), the meteoric rise of disordered eating we have seen from the pandemic and quarantine, and the perfect storm of factors that can lead us to maladaptive places we never thought we would be.   

Change, but make it Sustainable | Let's Discuss...  

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 Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

What DON'T we talk about on this episode today, y'all? In true, you're my new best friend call me every 5 minutes, fashion, Shae and I get into a myriad of topics. From the systemic barriers that prevent people from joining our profession, to how consuming art can help lift us out of our survival mode woes, how tapping to sync electromagnetic energy of the heart and brain, and how we can work to decolonize therapy and stop performative allyship.   

Trinity The Tuck also gets a mention in there. Future podcast guest alert? Let's manifest that now!   

We discuss the importance of giving oneself grace and the practice of self-love and acceptance. We discuss finding what feels good in your own body. We discuss why we were all so dang obsessed with Tiger King in 2020. And so much more.  

Unstick That Energy, Purse First | Let's Discuss...  

Shae's recommendation: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/ 

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Criticism Defensiveness Contempt Stonewalling Gaslighting?  Contemptuous communication can lead to the demise of relationships, so much so that, in a study, John Gottman was able to predict partnerships likely to dissolve with 96% accuracy, just by observing the couple's communication styles. Whoa!   

I have taught a pyschoeducation on this topic for years, and I realized Gaslighting fits nicely into these Horsemen in some cases, so I tacked it on!   How do we recognize our maladaptive ways of communicating in our relationships? How do we work against those impulses and make intentional choices that are conducive to healthier relationships?   

Also, because I know you were on the edge of your seat - It's S2E17 The Kerkovich Way I was talking about from the show Happy Endings.   The 5 Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Let's Discuss...  

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Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

Is anger a secondary emotion? Can you just be angry, or are you angry because you first felt something else?   

In today's episode, I discuss recognizing warning signs, when anger can be healthy, healthy expressions of anger, and the importance of balancing when to Let It Go and when to be assertive.  

Anger is a Secondary Emotion | Let's Discuss...  

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Listener request! In today's episode, I go through what mindfulness means and how you can work to enact it more in your daily life, and I run through a script for progressive muscle relaxation at the end!   

If you're driving in your car, maybe wait to do that until you get home! Also, please be sure to utilize progressive muscle relaxation to the extent of your abilities. No need to push it!   Give me a holler if you have any other Psychoed Moment requests, I'm all ears! 

Mindfulness and Progressive Muscle Relaxation | Let's Discuss...  

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Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

I was delighted to be a guest on Sharon Fekete's podcast, The Broken Road to Mental Health, recently, and Sharon and her team were kind enough to share the footage with me so I could share it with y'all!  

Find Sharon!  

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-broken-road-to-mental-health/id1548712186