Amanda interviews Stephanie Risinger, a licensed therapist that specializes in PMADs, about matrescence and how this can affect mental health challenges in the postpartum period. Stephanie gives tips for new mamas, talks about PMADs, our need for community, challenges with expectations prior to having baby, and the challenges of looking to instagram or tv for input on how motherhood should be. Stephanie is a wealth of knowledge on matrescence and how it affects identity and mental health.

You can find more about Stephanie at www.hopefulandwhole.com and on instagram @hopefulandwhole

If you're looking for a therapist and are in the Kansas City Metro area, this is where Stephanie sees clients!