The Wellness Pod

On this episode, I interview Maria Fontanez, the founder of Aisha Neris Postpartum Depression Awareness foundation. Maria loss her daughter Aisha to postpartum depression, and is committed to increasing awareness of maternal mental health disorders. She shares her daughter's story, hoping it will help another family avoid this kind of loss.

You can find more information about Maria's foundation at:

https://www.facebook.com/AishaNPPDAwareness

http://aishanerisppdaware.wixsite.com/help

For further resources on Postpartum depression and other maternal mental health disorders, visit

http://www.perinatalwellness.net

On this episode, I interview Allika S. Alce, IBCLC. She's a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, practicing in Orlando, FL. Allika shared her inspiring story as a young mother breastfeeding for the first time, and how the challenges she endured and her triumphs led her to become a lactation consultant and an advocate for breastfeeding.

Apart from her lactation consulting practice, Allika also runs a free breastfeeding support group, Lika's Leaking Ladies. You can find her support group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/156822814480602

For further resources, visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Beatriz Reyes-Foster, an Anthropologist at the University of Central Florida. We talk about her journey into the field, and her work with the milk sharing initiative and breastfeeding support and awareness in the community. We talk about birth and VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section), and maternal health and wellness. It was a very enjoyable and enlightening conversation, and I hope you enjoy.

For further resources, visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net

In this episode I welcome my sister to the podcast. We take some time from our holiday vacation together, to talk about her experiences with pregnancy - the ups, downs, joys and challenges.

For more information,

visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net

In part 2 of my introduction to mindfulness, I will focus on mindfulness and motherhood. I will guide you through several exercises to de-stress and become more balanced, as well as an exercise for moms and partners to be more mindful with themselves and your baby.

For more information, visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net

In this episode, I talk briefly about what led me to the field of Psychology and maternal mental health.

We begin exploring the topic of mindfulness. What is it? How can you find it?

Look out for Part 2 of my exploration of mindfulness: Mindfulness and motherhood.

For more information, visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net

I am Dr. Shari-ann James, licensed psychologist. I specialize in maternal mental health, wellness, and women's mental health in general. Please subscribe to my podcast and look out for future episodes. For more information on maternal mental health and helpful resources, visit http://www.perinatalwellness.net