We See You, Mama: A Cherished Mom Carecast

Hi fellow mamas, advocates and change agents! Welcome back to another episode of the We See you, Mama Carecast! I am your host, Kristina Dulaney. This podcast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit based in East TN, dedicated to educating and supporting moms, families and the community surrounding maternal mental health. todays episode is particularly special as it is being released on the very first declared Postpartum Psychosis Awareness Day! Join us today, May 7th 2021 as we elevate the discussion and raise awareness around postpartum psychosis. Go to cherishedmom.org/pppawarenessday for more. We are thrilled to have Grace on the carecast today to share her journey and recover through postpartum psychosis.

Grace lives in North Texas with her husband Jason, 6 1/2 year old son Will and two dogs Dude and Wade. She received her bachelor’s degree and currently works at Texas Woman’s University. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her loved ones and binge watching true crime television.

We do discuss the heavy topic of postpartum psychosis in today’s episode that may trigger emotions or bring up other feelings. It’s completely ok to sit this one out if you need to and we will see you next time!

We are so thrilled to welcome Grace to our carecast and look forward to sharing her story with you.

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Hi fellow advocates, mamas and change agents! We are back for another episode of the We See you mama Carecast…I am your host, Kristina Dulaney. This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families surrounding maternal mental health. Today we are so excited to welcome Nicole Obenshine to share a little bit of her journey with us and all that she is up to today.

Mama of Two. Founder of the Womb Light® Energy Academy, Usui, Holy Fire & Lightarian Reiki Master VI, and Published Author. Her  mission is to raise the vibration of Womb'n & Mothers by energy work, education, and empowerment. She is a  PMAD Survivor, and certified in multiple modalities such as Yoga, Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT, T.I.M.E. Techniques and Empowerment Coaching!

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 I know it has been a little bit since our last episode and we are so appreciative of your patience and giving us grace as we took a little hiatus. Just a reminder, This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit in East TN dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families and the community surrounding maternal mental health. I’d like to encourage you today to check us out on our social media platforms as we have some exciting things coming up. We are so thrilled to welcome Carmen to our carecast today.

Carmen Galeano is a pastor's wife and homeschooling mom of four by day. Content creator of Graciously Woven, creative, and photographer later in the day. As a previous social worker, art teacher, and counselor, Carmen enjoys curating and sharing life experiences with her blog community. Encouraging fellow parents to vulnerably grow and be gracious as they raise their families. She talks about her own faith walk, parenthood, marriage, and everything in between.

We are so grateful for Carmen for joining us today, being vulnerable and having an open and honest conversation!

Suicidal ideation is discussed on today’s episode so I want you to be prepared. If you ever need resources or support, please do not hesitate to reach out to us!

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Hi fellow mamas, advocates and change makers! Wow, what a year it has been! This is the We, See you mama Carecast and I am your host, Kristina Dulaney. We wanted to briefly pause our regularly scheduled episodes for a special one highlighting the impact Cherished Mom is seeing in our community! What you will hear is unscripted, off the cuff answers to a few questions from members of our community. Cherished Mom is a nonprofit based in East TN, dedicated to educating and supporting moms, families and the community surrounding maternal mental health. We invite you to check out our website at cherishedmom.org and you can also find us on social media!  There are many ways to support nonprofits without reaching in your wallet…following, sharing and engaging but we would be honored if you would give so we can continue to important and impactful work that we do! We thank you in advance and enjoy this special episode!

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Hi mamas, advocates and changemakers and welcome back to another episode of the We see you mama carecast! I am your host, Kristina Dulaney.  This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit in East TN dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families and the community surrounding maternal mental health. I’d like to encourage you today to check us out on our social media platforms as we launch our end of year campaign, #checkonmama.

Today, we are thrilled to introduce a doula that works in our region, Mitzi. Mitzi is the owner of Start In Love. She's a Certified Labor Doula & a Hypnobabies Hypno-Doula, serving clients in the Tri-Cities area for the past 3 1/2 years. She lives in Johnson City with her husband & daughter; moving here from Orlando, FL where she worked at Walt Disney World - performing in various parades & shows, before working as a concierge in a Disney Resort Spa.

Before we get to the episode, we are going to release a special episode and we would love your help to do that! If we have impacted, educated or supported you in any way…please share your message with us by going to www.cherishedmom.org/message. We thank you in advance and without further delay, lets get to the episode with Mitzi!

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Hi mamas, advocates and changemakers and welcome back to another episode of the We See you Mama Carecast. I am your host, Kristina Dulaney. This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit dedicated to educating and supporting moms, families and the community surrounding maternal mental health. You can find us on social media and on our website by visiting www.cherishedmom.org

Caroline is a #girlmom of two. She is a survivor of Perinatal OCD and depression. She runs on Jesus and Coffee. God has redeemed her past struggles by allowing Caroline to work as a Family Support Specialist for new and pregnant moms, and also through her work as a writer. Caroline is the author of the blog “Through The Deserts”. She shares the story of her journey through the desert of perinatal mood disorders in hopes that other mommas will find hope as they travel through their own desert.

We do discuss specific intrusive thoughts in this episode so please listen from a safe space. I will be sure to put helpful resources in the show notes and you can always reach out to us if you need to.

We appreciate you joining us today and without further delay, lets get to today’s episode…

Resources: 

Postpartum Support International Helpline: 1-800-944-4773 (call or text)

National Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255

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Welcome back mamas, advocates and change makers! Thank you for joining us today! We are continuing to share difficult stories this month in honor of infant and pregnancy loss awareness month. Today, we are grateful to Chelsea for agreeing to share with us.

Chelsea is a wife, mom and licenced professional counselor that enjoys working with moms and families in the community. She believes and understands the value of Providing support and education to this population and the support systems that work with these families. She loves that this is part of Cherished Mom’s mission because it was something that she needed during and after the birth of her son. Chelsea is proud to serve on Cherished Mom’s board of directors to help provide the care and support that moms and families in our community so desperately need.

Please be aware that we do discuss pregnancy loss in this episode and know and understand that it is ok to sit this one out if necessary. We want our mamas, advocates and supporters to be able to listen from a safe space. We do not share these stories to upset or trigger anyone but to raise awareness of the realities that occur in hopes to inspire change. If this episode, or any episode we produce, triggers emotions for you…please find someone you trust to talk to and seek help if you need it, its more than ok!

This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit that is dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families surrounding maternal health. Without further ado, lets get to the show!

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In today's episode, we are honored to be joined with Tomeka from Jace's Journey. 

Tomeka is from Kenansville, a small town in Eastern North Carolina, where everyone is family and

everyone knows someone who knows someone who is related to someone. In 2017, She set out to find

decent healthcare for her pregnancy with her son Jace. This journey would set her stranded in

uncharted territory.

Losing Jace caused Tomeka to re-examine the facts of their medical diagnosis to see what happened,

what needed to change, and what could be done to prevent this from happening to anyone ever again.

The tragic, yet preventable death of Jace and almost losing her life in the process birthed an unbridled

passion and purpose to spread awareness and to be a catalyst for change as it relates to racial and

implicit biases faced by African American women and infants on a daily basis.

Tomeka’s ambition for Jace’s Journey, a nonprofit organization she co-founded in 2019 with her

husband Brandon and serves as Executive Director, is to work towards eliminating the disparities in

maternal and infant health through education, advocacy and community engagement. 

If she can save at least one life on her quest to change the hearts and minds of the people responsible

for providing African American mothers proper healthcare, she will have made an impact. She intends to

save many more lives than that. It’s her promise to all the mothers and children out there and to the

one that made this all possible, Jace Alexander Isaac.

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This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit that is dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families surrounding maternal health. Without further ado, lets get to the show!

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Jodi Drake is a survivor of Postpartum OCD/Anxiety. After recovering from this condition, it was her mission to help other women like herself, who have struggled with various perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD’s). Throughout her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, she researched perinatal mental health and based several of her projects on the topic. This culmination of work led her to complete her graduate thesis on PMAD’s, entitled, “Lifting the Fog: Provider Screening Behaviors and New Mothers’ Knowledge of Perinatal Mood Disorders.” Jodi’s journey as a volunteer with Postpartum Support International – Indiana Chapter began on December of 2017. She has assisted and been a co-leader for PSI’s “Climb out of The Darkness” event in 2018 and 2019. To expand her knowledge, Jodi completed two courses within PSI’s “Components of Care series,” which will eventually lead to a PMH-C certification. In October of 2019, she was grateful to be selected as one of the Peer Support Coordinators in Indiana. Jodi is extremely passionate about this role, as it entails personal communication with parents who are struggling and need resources (i. e. healthcare prescribers, therapists, support groups, and books/printed materials). There is much more work that needs to be done in the area of perinatal mental health, and Jodi will continue to pursue that mission.

This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit that is dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families surrounding maternal health. Without further ado, lets get to the show!

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Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the We see you, mama carecast! I am your host, Kristina Dulaney. Today, I am honored to welcome another very special guest here with us. This particular guest saw me through my journey over 5 years ago as my manager at the time (while she was pregnant herself). Then, she experienced her own mental health challenges unexpectedly postpartum. Rachel is here to share with us today. Rachel was born in Texas and now settled into NC with her husband and 3 children and is also a Registered Nurse.

Please be aware that in this episode we do discuss suicidal thoughts, psychosis and postpartum anxiety and could be triggering. I want you to be able to listen from a safe space or feel free not to.

This carecast is a program of Cherished Mom, a nonprofit that is dedicated to educating and supporting moms and families surrounding maternal health. Without further ado, lets get to the show!

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