Mothering Whilst Grieving Post Traumatic Event: Nahid Eshraghi Mazloum EP 4

In this episode we covered:

  • My aunts background in Iran

  • What it’s like to age beyond years my aunt thought she would live

  • What it was like in Iran after the revolution

  • Who are Baha’is and what are their beliefs?

  • How my aunt was personally affected by being a Baha’i after the revolution in Iran

  • What it was like for my aunt to mother after grief and a traumatic event

  • What it was like for my aunt to live in a third world country

  • What it was like living and mothering in Malawi as an expat

  • What it was like to mother without a mother

  • Dreams that my aunt had of her parents during her mothering

  • My aunt sharing her experiences as a therapist

  • The one client that just couldn’t kick out of her office

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Hope After Hospitalized Perinatal Mood Disorder: A Mom EP 3

In this episode we covered:

  • Quote A Mom shared about motherhood

  • The unique relationship I have with A Mom

  • The challenges that ensued after birth

  • Statistics of perinatal mood disorders

  • What got A Mom hospitalized for perinatal mood disorder

  • The shocking number of hospital beds available for perinatal mood disorders

  • How do you know you have a perinatal mood disorder

  • The important lesson of learning to drop breastfeeding in favour of moms mental health

  • What it was like for A Mom to be in a 7-day perinatal mood disorder program

  • When A Mom realized she was back

  • The yoga class that changed A Mom life

  • How loving yourself during hard times is what brings you back to centre

  • How no body focuses on the mom after birth

  • What A Mom message is to other women who have perinatal mood disorders

  • How A Mom prepared for her second birth

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Interviewing My Sister-in-Law: Asiyih Modarai Haghbin EP 2

In this episode we covered:

  • What it was like for my sister-in-law to be a first-time mom

  • The best decision she made about breast feeding

  • How I learned to get on board with my sister-in-law’s decision

  • How my sister-in-law coped with lack of sleep

  • The trade-off people make during motherhood

  • What it was like for my sister-in-law to have a second-baby

  • The incredible birth story of the second birth

  • What breast feeding was like second time around

  • How my sister-in-law instills virtues in my nephews

  • Activities you can do with your kids to instill virtues

  • My sister-in-laws perspective on how to raise boys that will become gentlemen

  • What I learned about healing my own inner masculine

  • One of the most un-conventional decision’s my sister-in-law made after second baby came

  • Our relationship with the male counterpart

  • How do masculine and feminine energies come to the fore with toys

  • The advice my sister-in-law had for me

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