Join us for another episode of Mom Truths, where we explore the challenges and hope of motherhood. Today's episode features a story written by an anonymous mother, who goes by "The Anxious Mom." The story takes us through a journey of fear, worry, and physical change, with a focus on a child's illness and a mother's reaction. As you listen to this incredible story, please be aware of potential trigger warnings. We want to express our deep gratitude to "The Anxious Mom" for sharing her journey with us. Your voice is heard!

Thank you for listening and we hope these stories change your life as much as they have changed ours.

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Introducing an Incredible Mini-Series on the truths of motherhood.

Today we welcome Tamara Slocum to kick off our Mom Truths mini series. Tamara shares her story of postpartum depression, rage, helplessness and HOPE.

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Welcome to Mom Truths. This is a mini series dedicated to sharing the truths of motherhood, written or spoken by the mother. Check out this short episode to find out more!

Stay tuned for amazing stores for moms and by moms!

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In today's episode we welcome Meagan Moyers, PT, DPT, and Owner of Resilience Physical Therapy LLC.

Meagan joins us to discuss her passion of helping women find a deeper sense of belonging and connection to their bodies and each other. Today Meagan shows us a new and enlightened understanding of how we can learn to orient ourselves towards pleasure, which can dramatically shift our wellness and how we can fully "show up" in the world. Meagan focuses on rediscovering your body through movement and rediscovering your body through sensuality. Todays episode aims to bring light to the idea that as our bodies change so can we. We love todays episode and hope you do as well!

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Welcome back to The Motherhood Dilemma! In this week's episode, your co-hosted team Catie and Andrea, discuss the topic of "toxic positivity".  This topic has become quite popular over the past year with multiple view points to review.  The Motherhood Dilemma is here to review and apply "toxic positivity" to motherhood. Join this crew as they learn to understand this concept and how it has changed our language of life and language of motherhood.

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Great resources mentioned in this podcast:

Dr. Frankel    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Viktor-Frankl

David and Brown discuss "The Dangers of Toxic Positivity" on this awesome podcast:  https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-dr-susan-david-on-the-dangers-of-toxic-positivity-part-2-of-2/

Welcome back to The Motherhood Dilemma! In this episode, your co-hosted team, Catie and Andrea, dive into Anxiety during motherhood. Through personal stories and professional expertise, Perinatal Mental Health specialist Catie Whiting defines and explains “Mom-xiety”. This insight provides listeners with information to understand anxiety, how it uniquely affects mothers, how it manifests in their lives, and ways they can conquer it. So join your hosts, Catie and Andrea, as they provide a fresh perspective and tools to identify and "lean in" to Mom-xiety.

Tools to overcoming "Mom-xiety":

This tool should be done every day over at least 1-2 weeks. As you go through your day, write down the “fears” or “anxieties” that pop into your head and cause you distress. At the end of the day, take a look at what thoughts you have written down. Are they rational... or irrational? Meaning: Are you worried about a tornado coming when you see a dark cloud (irrational), versus, there’s a tornado warning on the radio (rational). Once you rate rational versus irrational, you will see that many of the anxious thoughts that pop into your head are irrational. This activity allows your brain to see that it holds multiple anxious thoughts that are just taking up space, and do not provide any safety for you.

This tool is one of Catie's favorites and is great for worries (that you have no control over) that seem to take up space in your brain. The idea is to "write it down". When you take a pen and paper and write down the thoughts, it pulls them from the emotional side of the brain to the logical side, allowing for a calmer discharge. In other words: Place the worry on a sheet of paper, fold it up, and put it in the box (or throw it in the trash). This allows your brain to see that you are aware of the worry, you accept the worry, but you have no room to hold it and you’re placing it in the box on the shelf.

This last tool is talked about constantly. “Go exercise and you’ll feel better“, “go for a run and you’ll feel better“. The idea is you must allow your body to have some kind of physical discharge to release anxious manifestations. This can be jumping on the bed for five minutes, running around the house yelling, punching a pillow, etc... The idea is not to do a full workout, although that is welcome. The idea is to discharge physical tension through the body, showing your brain that you have multiple ways for it to feel better.

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In the first episode of The Motherhood Dilemma, Catie and Andrea introduce themselves and what the Podcast is all about! Join us as we begin our journey to tackling the many dilemmas of motherhood!

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