Sometimes, therapy is awkward! This week, our special guest, Nicole Arzt, discusses her entry into being a therapist, starting the hilarious Instagram account, Psychotherapy Memes, where therapists can have a chuckle over shared experiences, and how she got about the business of selling her writing for money with her Media/SEO/Content writing business.   

Author of Sometimes, Therapy is Awkward, Nicole discusses how therapy can be "painful, messy, and downright confusing," offering anecdotes, jokes (of course!), and action-based solutions to stressors people working in mental health.   

Sometimes, therapy is awkward | Let's Discuss!  Find Nicole! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychotherapymemes/Links: https://beacons.ai/psychotherapymemes 

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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.

Y'ALL! She is here! 

Dr. Jackie Schoemaker Holmes discusses the chaotic & twirly moments of parenting, educates me on why "selfish" does not exist, and let's us know it's time we fully dump the self-sacrificial BS that has for so long been motherhood.   

In this week's episode, we get into the roles women facilitate in a capitalistic society, MILF culture, and always a favorite of mine y'all know, why we need to fully strike "bounce back" from our vocabularies.  

I have been waiting to speak with Dr. Shoemaker Holmes for ages and finally plucked up the courage to reach out to her. She is everything and more! Can't wait for y'all to enjoy this episode!  

Eating Her Young | Let's Discuss!  

Find Jackie! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatingheryoung/

Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of, Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke. I’d love for you to write a review of my podcast on your app, and don’t forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can also support this podcast by purchasing a monthly subscription at the amount of your choosing at https://anchor.fm/letsdiscusswithmeg/support.   

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Jennifer Summerfledt, MA in Counselling Psychology, Certified Canadian Counsellor, Chief Empathy Officer of ASK Therapy for Moms, student of direct entry midwifery, and all-around perinatal mental health champion, joins me for a chat this week on Let's Discuss... 

Jennifer educates the team on polyvagal therapy, the wandering nerve, visualization, the importance of completing the stress response, and a dive into neurobiology and birth trauma. We chat about unraveling biases and breaking down belief systems that can hold us back from living our peak mental health lives.

Therapy For Moms | Let's Discuss!

Find Jennifer!

https://www.therapyformoms.ca/

https://www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/

https://www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/product-page/midwifery-for-the-soul

https://www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/product-page/healing-after-birth

Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of, Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke. I’d love for you to write a review of my podcast on your app, and don’t forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can also support this podcast by purchasing a monthly subscription at the amount of your choosing at https://anchor.fm/letsdiscusswithmeg/support. 

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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.

"Get yourself a snack and have a great day!"   

On this week's Let's Discuss, Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting joins me to discuss why toddlers treat people like a**holes.   

We talk about other stuff, of course! We discuss how hanger is a real emotion and how it presents in children and adults like; how Caitlin and I both, if we aren't eating, we are thinking about the next time we get to eat; and the trauma that is taking energetic and beautifully wild children out in public spaces.   

We also discuss building validating communities where we can vent, seek credible advice (note I said, "seek," not where we receive unsolicited advice), and be vulnerable. And, as always, boundaries get discussed, because we all need them.  

Big Time Adulting | Let's Discuss!  

Find Caitlin!

Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of, Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke. I’d love for you to write a review of my podcast on your app, and don’t forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can also support this podcast by purchasing a monthly subscription at the amount of your choosing at https://anchor.fm/letsdiscusswithmeg/support.   

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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.

Chelsea Conaboy has delved deep into forbidden territory with MOTHER BRAIN. With unflinching examination of her experience of parenting and of what neuroscience, tradition, and others have to share, Conaboy describes the myriad profound changes that occur in men and women in raising a child.

In this week's episode, Chelsea is kind enough to sit through my fan-girling as we discuss her text about the changes a brain goes through for everyone during pregnancy, the stigma and struggles that occur during this intense period of learning, the research that is being done to unlock the mysteries and fallacies of the Mother Brain.

Mother Brain | Let's Discuss... with Special Guest, Chelsea Conaboy

Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of, Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke. I’d love for you to write a review of my podcast on your app, and don’t forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can also support this podcast by purchasing a monthly subscription at the amount of your choosing at https://anchor.fm/letsdiscusswithmeg/support. 

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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.

Did your Spotify 2022 Wrapped consist of the soundtracks from Trolls World Tour, Brave, and Turning Red? If so, you just may be a Default Caregiver.  

In this week's episode, Tara Clark of  @modernmomprobs  and I dive into what it means to be to go-to parent, the one the kids seek most often to solve their problems and to be their 'Garbage Disposal,' the one who sacrifices their Spotify algorithm to make car trips more tenable, the one who more often sees a loss of identity as a result of parenthood.   

We also chat about how Kate got her start by looking to connect with other mothers and share her observational comedy by building a social media community, how to prevent stress from becoming overwhelm since nothingness is in such short supply, and how comparison traps us while also preventing us from being conscious parents. 

And also a moment discussing Mommin' in NYC, because I can't resist an excuse to live my glory days in Manhattan!   

Modern Mom Probs | Let's Discuss!   

Find Kate!

Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of, Let’s Discuss… with Meg Duke. I’d love for you to write a review of my podcast on your app, and don’t forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can also support this podcast by purchasing a monthly subscription at the amount of your choosing at https://anchor.fm/letsdiscusswithmeg/support.   

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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.