Motherhood Meets Medicine

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time! Here is today’s featured episode with Dr. Daryl Johnson, listen as she discusses keeping the spark alive after kids. Over the past two and a half years, we’ve been living in a pandemic. This has impacted our children in so many ways, particularly the state of their mental health. As we continue to see a rise in mental health concerns with children, we have to collectively pay attention to this crisis, and determine how we can offer support. When a child's mental health is impacted in a way that is harmful to themselves or those around them, it can be challenging to alter that behavior or even discuss it. Dr. Hoet is on the podcast today to discuss how we can help our child who has a mental health disorder, or strong emotions, and how we can work through them. Ariana Hoet, PhD, is the clinical director of On Our Sleeves and a pediatric psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Hoet is deeply passionate about making sure everyone has a fair opportunity to be as healthy as possible and that people of all backgrounds are accepted and celebrated. Her personal experience as an immigrant from Maracaibo, Venezuela, has helped to fuel that passion. Becoming a psychologist and working in the health field only increased her understanding of the importance of working toward inclusion and equity in our society. She hopes to further the mission of On Our Sleeves by providing inclusive resources helpful to all adults caring for children. In today's episode we also discuss how we can help a child who is feeling thoughts of suicide or other harmful emotions, and the best ways to go about being there for them. In this episode we discuss: The pandemic being a chronic stressor. Why Dr. Hoet started On Our Sleeves. How to validate a child's heavy emotions. Details of "Operation Conversation". Reviewing warning signs if our child is feeling suicidal. Resources: Read about the estimates of children affected by Covid-19 - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00005-0/fulltext On Our Sleeves - https://www.onoursleeves.org/ TableTopics cards - https://amzn.to/3Iwjpn3 Connection Cards for Kids - https://amzn.to/3yYUSUM Discount code from my sponsors: Get $30 off your Modern Fertility Hormone Test: modernfertility.com/mmm30 Get 50% off your first order of Hiya vitamins:hiyahealth.com/lynzy Connect with Lindsay: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community atpatreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine - https://www.patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram: @motherhoodmeetsmedicine https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine/ Sign up for the weekly newsletter herelynzyandco.com - https://www.lynzyandco.com/ Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time! Here is today’s featured episode with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, listen as she talks about gun violence and the changes that need to be made. Gun violence has become a devastating problem in the United States. To put it into perspective, there’s about 120 firearms per 100 people in the United States. It may feel like we have no control over making changes, but there are steps that we can take. The number one place to start is educating ourselves about gun violence. We need to know more about it, and understand how we can reduce these fatalities in our everyday culture. We all want to make our country safer for our children and for ourselves. That’s why I’m bringing Dr. Katelyn Jetelina on the podcast. In this episode Dr. Katelyn Jetelina and I discuss statistics, demographics of shooters, how the stats in the United States compares to other countries, and so much more.  Dr. Katelyn Jetelina is a violence epidemiologist, biostatistician, wife, and mom of two little girls. During the day she works at a nonpartisan health policy think tank and is engaged as a scientific communication consultant by the CDC, and at night she writes an independent newsletter called Your Local Epidemiologist, which covers a wide array of public health topics including gun violence. In this episode we discuss: The definition of what a mass shooting is. Why the United States is higher in gun violence than many other countries it’s often compared to. What the purpose of the leakage plans are. The most common motivation behind shootings. Whether or not the effect of Roe V Wade will play into more gun violence in the future.  What individuals can do to help reduce gun violence. Resources: Check out the Gun Violence Archive - https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ Moms Demand Action - https://momsdemandaction.org/ Show Notes: https://lynzyandco.com/podcast/ Connect with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina: Sign up for Dr. Katelyn’s newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist  - https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/ Follow her on Twitter - https://twitter.com/dr_kkjetelina? ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Discount Codes from Our Sponsors:  Navy Hair Care Shampoo + Conditioner: use code LYNZY for 30% off Navy Hair Care Charcoal Mask: use code LYNZY for 30% off Connect with Lindsay: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community atpatreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine - https://www.patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram:@motherhoodmeetsmedicine - https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine/ Sign up for the weekly newsletterherelynzyandco.com - https://www.lynzyandco.com/ Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time! Here is today’s featured episode with Dr. Daryl Johnson, listen as she discusses keeping the spark alive after kids. Relationships always require a lot of time and energy in order to be successful. This becomes extremely challenging once a couple has children because all the focus is directed towards them. It sometimes seems impossible to create balance between your relationship with your partner and time spent with the children. Dr. Daryl Johnson joins me on this episode to teach us how to do just that. Dr. Daryl is a couples therapist, licensed professional counselor and psychologist in the Washington DC area. Dr. Daryl helps her clients break through the obstacles that seem to be holding them back in their relationships. She specializes in guiding singles and couples toward healthy romantic relationships. She recently released her first book titled Love and Other Stuff, The No Bullshit Guide to Relationships When Love isn't Enough. In this episode we discuss: Relationship challenges that parents face and how to deal with them. Common issues couples struggle with. Ways to create healthy expectations within your relationship. Tips for how to keep the spark in your relationship. Resources: Grab your copy of Dr. Daryl’s book,Love and Other Stuff The No Bullshit Guide to Relationships When Love isn't Enough - https://drdaryljohnson.com/shop/p/loveandotherstuff The Gottman Institute - https://www.gottman.com/ Love Language Quiz - https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language Connect with Dr. Daryl: Daryle Johnson Your Favorite Couples Therapist - https://drdaryljohnson.com/aboutdrdaryl Instagram:@dr.daryljohnson - https://www.instagram.com/dr.daryljohnson/ Facebook:DrDarylJohnsonConsultingLLC - https://www.facebook.com/DrDarylJohnsonConsultingLLC Dr. Daryl’s coaching programs - https://drdaryljohnson.com/coaching Head to the show notes for resources from this episode: lynzyandco.com/motherhood-meets-medicine-the-podcast/ Connect on Instagram @motherhoodmeetsmedicine.  Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine. Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time! Here is today’s featured episode with Dr. Catherine Schmidt as she discusses postpartum depression and or anxiety. One in five moms experience postpartum depression and/or postpartum anxiety. Recent research shows that half of moms experience intrusive thoughts during their motherhood journey. Do these statistics surprise you? If you are experiencing any of these mood disorders, you’re most definitely not alone. Today, Dr. Catherine Schmidt is answering all our questions on these topics. Dr. Catherine Schmidt is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in San Francisco, California. She specializes in helping women improve their relationships, alleviate anxiety, and cultivate a balanced, fulfilling life.   In this episode we discuss: The difference between baby blues and postpartum depression. Intrusive thoughts and how to effectively manage them. How and where to seek help with PPD and PPA. Post-weaning depression and postpartum rage. Whether or not placenta encapsulation has proven benefits.   Resources mentioned: Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us?tr=Hdr_Brand Mental Health Resources For Womenhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nh3-DdEX9Rr_elsPVOnMcrQ4tuUpqXe-/view   Connect with Dr. Catherine: Dr. Catherine Schmidt - http://drcatherineschmidt.com/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drcatherineschmidt/   Discount Codes from Our Sponsors:  Navy Hair Care Shampoo + Conditioner: use code LYNZY for 30% off Navy Hair Care Charcoal Mask: use code LYNZY for 30% off   Connect with Lindsay: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram:@motherhoodmeetsmedicine Sign up for the weekly newsletterherelynzyandco.com   Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Children are safer today than they have ever been in history, but is that a good thing? What skills and experiences are they losing out on if they’re not exploring the world around them in a way that requires thought and risk?  Dr. Mariana Brussoni is here to share more about this exact phenomenon.  Dr. Brussoni is a Professor at the University of British Columbia, Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership, and Investigator at the British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute. She studies how to bring risky play back to children's lives. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of outdoor risky play on children and breaking down the barriers to children's access to these opportunities. Risky play does not necessarily mean dangerous play. Risky play is all about allowing children to experience the world without the ever watchful eyes of their parents. Providing opportunities for them to navigate challenges on their own, outside, with friends and grow into the adults they’re becoming. In this episode, we discuss:  What differentiates risky and dangerous play. The developmental benefits of risky play. How to find the balance between risky and safe play. How to expose your children to risky play. Connect with Mariana: Outside Play-https://www.outsideplay.org/ Questions:  What is risky play and why is it important? Why is it disappearing from children's lives? How do we find the balance between risk and safety? How do we bring back risky play? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you ever find yourself worried that your child doesn’t seem motivated to excel or succeed at the things they do in life? Perhaps it’s because they haven’t found their thing. Or maybe it has to do with the way you’re talking to them about their interests.   It’s amazing the changes our children experience as they learn about themselves and grow into the adults that they’ll become. But sometimes sparking their inner drive seems like a herculean task. Here to share her tips and tricks is Ellen Braaten, Ph.D. Ellen is a prominent psychologist and author at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1998. Dr. Braaten holds several prestigious positions, including executive director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program and the Kessler Family Chair in pediatric neuropsychological assessment, and an associate professorship at Harvard Medical School. Listen in as she shares her tips and advice for helping your kids navigate struggles, letting go when your child is no longer interested in something that they used to love, and learning how to advocate for your child at school. I learned so much from this conversation and I hope you do as well. My favorite piece of advice she gives is to parent the child you have. Such a great reminder! In this episode, we discuss:  Why children struggle in school. Methods to keep your children motivated. How public education can better accommodate various learning styles. Connect with Ellen: Bright KIds Who Couldn’t Care Less: How To Rekindle Your Child’s Motivation by Ellen Braaten https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462547648/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_EWVHWB86R7B8223XMCS7?linkCode=ml2&tag=ellenbraatenp-20 Ellen Braaten PhD -http://ellenbraatenphd.com/ Questions:  What is motivation? Why do kids seem so unmotivated these days? What does the college process have to do with Motivation? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you done having kids, approaching or entering your forties, and trying to figure out why your periods have suddenly become unbearable? It’s very possible you’ve entered perimenopause.   But how do you know for sure and what can you do about all these crazy, whackadoodle symptoms? Vanessa Wieland is here to share her knowledge and expertise as well as the studies that support the various therapies she uses.  Vanessa is an adult gerontology nurse practitioner with over 10 years of experience. She opened her own menopausal wellness clinic, phases clinic in January 2024 which focused on hormonal and non hormonal treatment for the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. She is certified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist in order to treat women with menopausal symptoms who cannot take hormone therapy.  As far as she knows, she is the only menopause specialist slash hypnotherapist in the world, as one mentor put it “a niche of one”. Some other fun things about her is that she hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2013 which took her six months. By the way, she taught English in China in 2005 speaks Mandarin, and she's a mountaineer.   It seems like menopause and perimenopause have always been these inevitable and scary times that women have to go through and just deal with, but that’s not the cause anymore. Do you feel more prepared to go through the change?  In this episode, we discuss:  Everything related to perimenopause and menopause. Symptoms and when you might start experiencing them. Treatments available to treat the symptoms. Connect with Vanessa: Phases Clinic -https://www.phasesclinic.com/ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/phases.clinic Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/phasesclinicnb Questions:  What are some of the earliest signs of perimenopause/how can you tell perimenopause from postpartum, low thyroid, etc? Doesn't hormone therapy cause breast cancer and heart disease? What's the deal with the Women's Health Initiative that came out in 2002? Is it okay to treat symptoms in perimenopause, or do you have to wait until your last period? Is there a particular age when I have to stop using hormone therapy? (Answer: no) Why did you decide to become certified in hypnotherapy for menopause care? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s amazing how much the order of birth impacts your children’s personalities and your parenting style. Have you ever wondered why it seems like all the babies of the family are outgoing with huge personalities but the oldest children are often quiet and reserved?  It’s because of the birth order and how family resources are used while raising your children.  Dr. Jamison is a therapist and speaker located in Dallas, Texas. She specializes in teens and the mental health of mothers and she’s been studying the relationship between behavior and birth order. Join us as she shares more about the impact of birth order on family dynamics, ways your birth order impacts your parenting style, and how to use this information to better support your children.  In this episode, we discuss:  Birth order’s potential impact on personalities and family dynamics. How birth order might influence a mother’s parenting style. The ways birth order can help navigate sibling rivalries and foster a sense of fairness. Connect with Dr. Jameson Dr. Kelly Jameson -https://drkellyjameson.com/ Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/kellyjamesonPhD/ Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/drkellyjameson/ Questions:  Most common mental health issues facing moms? Why does parenting feel so daunting with this generation? What can moms do to take better care of themselves? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The benefits of attachment parenting cannot be overstated. Securely attached kids are more confident, connected and more prepared to enter the world. They also tend to experience fewer health problems. But why?  Here to share more about the science behind attachment parenting and how we can raise confident connected children is Eli Harwood. Eli is a licensed therapist who lives in Colorado with her husband and three children. She's an expert on attachment theory and the author of Raising Securely Attached Kids, which will be available September 2024. She also loves playing dress up with her kids, obsessing about sourdough starter. And reminiscing about that one time, she won a set of globes as a Price Is Right contestant. The good news is that even if you haven’t been parenting in a way that promotes attachment up to now, this process is flexible and ever changing. The best time to start is right now. Listen in to hear all of Eli’s tips and tricks no matter the age of your children.  In this episode, we discuss:  What securely attached parenting is. How it benefits children throughout their lives. How you can cultivate it in your own home. We touch on highly sensitive children, how you can connect with them and help them to feel more seen and secure. Resources: Raising Securely Attached Kids: Using Connection-Focused Parenting to Create Confidence, Empathy, and Resilience By Eli Harwood https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Securely-Attached-Kids-Connection-Focused/dp/B0CPDP7DT5 Connect with Eli: Attachment Nerd -https://attachmentnerd.com/about Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/attachmentnerd/ YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWUY-2dpPEbeetSUhT2q-7Q LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-harwood-b3b9495/ Questions:  What is securely attached parenting? How is secure attachment parenting different from William Sears’ attachment parenting? What are common life events that test the bond between kids and parents, and how can they be overcome? How can you restore the bond with your kid if it has been broken? Is it ever too late to switch to a secure attachment parenting style? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trying to navigate the world of learning disabilities with your children and just getting more and more confused? Trust me, I know. I’ve been there. Which is why I keep bringing in the experts to provide you ways to understand learning disabilities in the classroom.  Something I just learned was that a lot of the terms that educators have started to use aren’t even true medical diagnoses recognized by medical professionals. Crazy! Here to share more about learning disabilities is Katie Davis. She is a Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a clinical Neuropsychologist in New York City. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of learning and attention disorders. Katie is an expert in statistics and her research focuses on helping clinicians and educators apply statistical rigor to their data analysis. Listen in to learn more about the most often diagnosed disorders, what the terms actually mean, and how to talk to your kids about their learning disabilities. Katie also shares her thoughts on how to get the best support for your children within their school system. In this episode, we discuss:  What the terms Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia mean. How they are different from learning disorders in Reading, Writing and Math. When diagnostic labels are useful and not useful. How to talk to your child about their learning disorder. Resources: Connect with Katie: Dr. Katie Davis -http://Drkatiedavis.com TeenSights -Katiesd.substack.com Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/drkatiesdavis/ Questions:  What do the terms dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia mean, and how are they different from learning disorders in reading, writing, and math? What are the differences between a diagnosis, a disability, and a school classification? What do we mean when we say “processing”? When are diagnostic labels useful and not useful? What labels do professionals commonly use that aren’t official diagnoses, and what is the utility (or lack thereof) of those labels? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Access to sexual education for our youth is unbelievably important both from a health standpoint and from an education standpoint. But so many schools these days have sex education as optional and many don’t even require the curriculum to be medically accurate.  That’s why I’m so excited to talk with Tara Jones all about how she’s helping to change the landscape of sexual education.  Tara is a black queer sex educator based in Philadelphia and New York. For the last five years that work has consisted of creating sex education, social media content aimed at young adults, writing for various publications and speaking at events. She is also the founder of the Youth Sexpert Program, a digital training program that aims to provide comprehensive sex education for high school enrolled youth.  Listen in to hear her thoughts on why educating tweens and teens and creating peer advocates is so much more effective than traditional sex education and how she’s affecting this change now.  In this episode, we discuss:  The importance of access to sexual education for kids. Why Tara created the Youth Sexpert Program and what it entails. The barriers that exist when it comes to accessing sex education. Resources: The Youth Sexpert Program -http://www.theyouthsexpertprogram.org Instagram -http://www.instagram.com/theyouths3xpertprogram The Importance of Comprehensive Sex Education -https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/adolescent-sexual-health/equitable-access-to-sexual-and-reproductive-health-care-for-all-youth/the-importance-of-access-to-comprehensive-sex-education/ Sex Positive Families -https://sexpositivefamilies.com/ Good Sex Illustrated -https://amzn.to/4aVxib3 Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life -https://amzn.to/4ca2YKR Right to Sex-https://amzn.to/4bMAR4L Questions:  How did The Youth Sexpert Program come to be? How was The Youth Sexpert Program's curriculum built and what does it contain? What have your observations been regarding how students approach talking about sex? What have your observations been regarding conversations between youth and parents about sex? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is not productive to think negatively of our children's teenage years. Instead we need to find ways to embrace this time period and support the changes they’re experiencing while giving them room to grow, learn, and fail with us.  But it seems like all the literature out there is designed to scare and dishearten parents as their children reach these later years. What should we be reading?  Thankfully, Ellen Galinsky decided it was time to share the positive side of parenting teenagers.  Ellen is President of Families and Work Institute, elected President of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN), and senior research advisor to AASA, the School Superintendent Organization. Previous jobs include Chief Science Officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and faculty at Bank Street College. Her life’s work revolves around identifying important societal questions, conducting research to seek answers, and turning the findings into action.  Her research is focused on work-life, children’s development, youth voice, child-care, parent-professional relationship, and parental development. She’s the author of the best-selling Mind in the Making and The Breakthrough Years. She’s also authored 90 books/reports and 360 articles. Career highlights include serving as President of NAEYC, a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, a parent expert on the Mister Rogers Talks with Parents TV series, receiving a Distinguished Achievement Award from Vassar College and the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from WFRN. Listen as Ellen shares more about the research she’s done and how we as parents can lean into the teenage years in such a way that provides our children with opportunities to practice autonomy and self-determination.  In this episode, we discuss:  What teens want most from us as parents. Ways to give teens autonomy support. What shared solutions are and how we can use them to help our teens build their executive function. The five basic needs teenagers have. Resources: Message 1 Understanding Adolescent Development -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/understanding-adolescent-development Message 2 Talk With, Not At Teens -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/talk-with-not-at-teens Listening is Where Love Begins -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/listening-is-where-love-begins A Skill-Building Approach: Don’t Hold the Leash Too Tight-https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/a-skill-building-approach-dont-hold Shared Solutions: An Autonomy Supportive Approach -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/shared-solutions-an-autonomy-supportive Introducing a Possibilities Mindset -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/introducing-a-possibilities-mindset Message 3 The Power of Positive Risk Taking -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/the-power-of-positive-risk-taking Beyond Queen Bees, Wannabees, Masterminds, and Wingmen -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/beyond-queen-bees-wanabees-masterminds Age Discrimination Hidden in Plain Sight -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/age-discriminationhidden-in-plain Understanding Adolescent Development -https://ellengalinsky.substack.com/p/understanding-adolescent-development Questions:  What do teens most want from their parents? What are teenagers' 5 basic needs? What are shared solutions? How can these help our teens with executive function? How to support our kids with risk taking? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If there was a program out there that could help you plan your weekly meals, come up with fun activities for your kids, give you gift and party ideas and so much more… would you use it?  Fun fact, this does exist! It’s called AI and tools like Chat GPT and Gemini are an amazing way to take off some of the mental load and stress of making day to day decisions. Here to share more is Michelle Tangeman.  Before opening Michelle Tangeman Behavioral Health as a child and family therapist, Michelle served as a Clinical Manager for STAR of CA, where she oversaw a clinical team providing children's behavioral treatment programs. Michelle has extensive experience and individualized behavior intervention, functional behavior assessments, school based services, family focused intervention, Early Start services and social skills training, and has provided these services to families across Ventura, and Los Angeles counties. She has also completed the training as part of the Postpartum Support internationals advanced perinatal mental health psychotherapy training program.  When she's not helping parents and families as a therapist. She is a mother of two beautiful children. As a parent, she knows how challenging it can be combining her personal experience as a parent. Along with her behavioral health background, she launched her online education company thriving toddler through thriving toddler courses and free resources. She aims to help as many people as possible become the parents they want to be. Michelle is also a podcast host and the Co-Founder of the Parenting Understood Podcast. Michelle and her co host are passionate about teaching parents about evidence based interventions grounded in science to make a positive impact on the parent child relationship. I know that we can all use more time in our day. Using AI to help take some of the mental load off our plates can definitely change the way we tackle all the responsibilities of life and parenting for the better.  In this episode, we discuss:  Ways to use AI assisted tools like Gemini or Chat gpt in your daily parenting. Which prompts make your life as a parent a little easier. Resources: Badass Matriarch-https://lynzyandco.substack.com/ Connect with Michelle: Michelle Tangeman -https://michelletangeman.com/ Pocket Parent Membership https://www.thrivingtoddler.com/pocketparent Toddler Tantrum Master Class -https://www.thrivingtoddler.com/ Questions:  What exactly is executive functioning? How can parents promote executive functioning skills in toddlers? What is toxic stress and how does that play into brain development and child development outcomes? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Media addiction among children is a huge problem. We know this and you know that I’ve been talking about it for a while. Thankfully there is a movement out there working to make changes at the policy level.  Enter MAMA - Mothers Against Media Addiction, founded by Julie Scelfo. Julie is a former New York Times journalist, Media Ecologist and founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction, otherwise known as MAMA, a grassroots movement of parents fighting back against media addiction to create a world where real life experiences remain at the heart of childhood.  She is also a mother of three, and her years of reporting on the issue of phones and social media exposed her to the epidemic of youth mental illness, including increased suicide rates among teens and tweens, and the crisis that media addiction and unchecked Tech was causing. This led her to recognize the need for a movement of parents and allies focused on addressing the crisis of media addiction among our children. Listen as we talk about everything from appropriate ages to introduce phones as well as what you can do at the local level to start enacting change and how MAMA can help.  In this episode, we discuss:  What inspired Julie to found Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA). What their goals are. How parents can get more involved on a community and national level. How to handle phones and social media under your own roof. Resources: Badass Matriarch-https://lynzyandco.substack.com/ Mothers Against Media Addiction -https://www.joinmama.org/ NY Times - Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfectionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/stress-social-media-and-suicide-on-campus.html HuffPost - How To Prevent Suicide Among Tweenshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/suicide-prevention-teens-tweens_n_5f764841c5b6374c558b68ca NY Post – Opinion: Violence, bullying, suicide: It’s time to fight digital addiction in kids like drunk drivinghttps://nypost.com/2024/03/30/opinion/violence-bullying-suicide-we-must-fight-digital-addiction-in-kids-like-drunk-driving/ SF Chronicle – Opinion: The surgeon general warns that social media is dangerous for kids. Why aren’t medical professional associations?https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/social-media-teens-surgeon-general-18115800.php Questions:  What inspired you to found Mothers Against Media Addiction? How are we as a society misunderstanding social media and smartphones? One of MAMA's main goals is phone-free schools. Can you speak about why that is such an important policy for you and do you find teachers, parents and students receptive to that proposal? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some really important things are happening in the world of women’s health and reproductive rights. In case you weren’t aware or if you’ve heard of EMTALA and the case that is with the Supreme Court coming out of Idaho, I wanted to bring on an expert to explain what is happening and what it could mean for health care providers in the future.  Alexa is a deputy director at the ACLU reproductive freedom project located in New York City. For almost 20 years, Alexa has been litigating in states across the country, including at the US Supreme Court to protect and expand access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. A number of those cases have concerned EMTALA, the federal law that guarantees hospitals provide abortions to pregnant patients facing a medical emergency.  Alexa decided when she was 15 that she wanted to be an ACLU lawyer. Since graduating college, she has essentially never worked anywhere else. She started as an assistant paralegal doing racial justice, First Amendment and national security work one week after 911. Then she went to law school and came straight back during college and law school she was always involved in abortion rights advocacy, and when a fellowship opened up at the ACLU reproductive freedom project in 2007. She applied and has been there ever since. In this episode, we discuss:  The background and history of EMTALA. How and why it was started. The recent case in Idaho that went to the Supreme Court. What the future of reproductive rights would look like for patients and providers if the court sides with Idaho Resources: Amicus brief: The ACLU, ACLU of Idaho and law firm Cooley LLP filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court to explain that Idaho’s arguments cannot be justified.https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-brief-in-emergency-abortion-care-case-highlights-idaho-politicians-deeply-flawed-legal-arguments TIME: What Blocking Emergency Abortion Care in Idaho Means for Doctors Like Me: An op-ed by Dr. Caitlin Gustafson, a family physician in Mccall, Idaho, and the co-president of the Idaho Coalition for Safe Healthcare.https://time.com/6968774/idaho-abortion-doctors-essay/ ACLU: Supreme Court to Determine Whether Politicians Can Deny Medical Emergency Medical Care to Pregnant People: A press release from the ACLU on the United States Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States.https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-to-determine-whether-politicians-can-deny-emergency-medical-care-to-pregnant-people Questions:  What is the background/history of EMTALA? This act started with protecting pregnant people; how did we get here? Since the Supreme Court took this case, Idaho has been allowed to prevent doctors from providing emergency abortion care, which has long been protected under EMTALA. Can you talk about the effects this has had on people in Idaho? What are the possible outcomes of this Supreme Court case? Who would be impacted the most? Will this impact states outside of Idaho? What threats does this case pose to medical professionals who are trying to provide care — alongside those trying to build their families? There is also a Supreme Court case before the justices on access to mifepristone — a pill used for medication abortion and miscarriage care. How will this impact reproductive health care, and are there other federal threats looming? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your teenager is meant to make mistakes and push the envelope when it comes to boundaries and expectations. They’re learning who they are as individuals rather than as sons or daughters.  So how do we keep them safe while still letting them try and fail?  It all starts with the boundaries you’re setting with your young children today. If you’re having your very first talk about curfews and drinking with your child as you drop them off at a school party, you’re too late.  Dr. Jenny Rose joins me to share more about how we can get inside the teenage mind and how to start laying a sturdy foundation upon which to build our future relationship with our children.  Dr. Jenny is a clinical psychologist specializing in work with teens and children. She has her PhD in attachment based parenting and works at an inpatient psychiatric institution. She is on a mission to support kids and teens amidst a pandemic of heightened mental health struggles. She is also all about preventative interventions rather than just jumping in for treatment when things go awry.  Jenny is also a mother of three, and is launching a book in just two months, called mindful meals. This book is about nutrition for the entire family. It will feature a section that concentrates on raising conscious eaters and helping children to develop a healthy relationship with food. It is the first of its kind to focus on the psychology of eating and how as parents, we can safeguard our kids. In this episode, we discuss:  How the teenage brain works. Why they are more prone to taking risks. How we can better connect with our teens. Breaking down the complicated aspects of parenting a teen. Resources:  RECIPE for Jenny’s Chicken Stew Ingredients: 1x brown onion 1 x pack of chicken breasts half a bag of butternut half a bag of pumpkin / sweet potato 3-4 baby marrows (zucchini) one bag of cauliflower / broccoli mix corn on the cob (1-2) Chicken stock seasoning Recipe: Fry your onions until golden and add in chicken breasts (cut into fours).Season chicken with salt, pepper, and chicken spice / seasoning. Once your chicken is browned, add in all your veg. Add in your chicken stock (you can even use 2), and fill your pot with boiling water. Make sure your water covers all the veg. Let it boil for about half an hour (until the veg is nice and soft). Once veg are soft, use a masher to mash all the veg (this will also pull the chicken apart). Add salt and pepper to taste. This recipe is so easy and versatile, remove whatever you don’t enjoy, add other veg you do like, and if you want to make it indulgent, and a dollop or two of cream! The sauce will be nice and thick (if too thick just add a bit of water). You can serve it on rice or pasta, but we actually eat as is (sometimes on the rice it can be a bit dry and loses the delicious, slurpy goodness). Discount Codes from Our Sponsors:  Navy Hair Care Shampoo + Conditioner: use code LYNZY for 30% off Navy Hair Care Charcoal Mask: use code LYNZY for 30% off Questions:  Help us understand how the teenage brain works? What is the biggest thing teenagers need from parents? Why are teens struggling so much? What typical difficulties do you see with teenagers? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever heard your child say something truly negative about themselves? Do they do it often? We all have a mental talk track that plays in our head through which we process our lives and emotions. So do kids.  What do we do when our kids start to display signs of their talk track becoming negative? Joining me today to share more about why negative self-talk occurs and how to navigate it with our kids is Dr. Emily King.  Dr. King is a child psychologist and former school psychologist who has worked with neurodivergent children and teens for the last 20 years. She received a PhD in School Psychology from UNC Chapel Hill, where she worked at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities.  She spent five years working as a school psychologist and public schools in Houston, Texas, where she specialized in providing school based mental health services. Dr. Emily now works in private practice in North Carolina specializing in supporting the mental health needs of neurodivergent youth.  Listen as Dr. King shares her tips, tricks, and advice for becoming an effective advocate for our children… to our children. Because they need us to be the ones to help them navigate their feelings and emotions.  In this episode, we discuss:  Negative self-talk and what it is. How negative self-talk presents in children. Ways to determine where negative self-talk is stemming from and how to respond. Why it’s important to get curious rather than to simply react when your child says something negative. Different ways to help your child find their “thing”.   Resources:  Connect with Dr. King Learn with Dr. Emily -https://www.learnwithdremily.com/ Learn with Dr. Emily Substack -https://learnwithdremily.substack.com/ Questions:  How do we know if children really mean what they say when they engage in negative self-talk? How can we respond in a way that supports and doesn't invalidate when a child is feeling negative about themselves? Why are neurodivergent children more likely to engage in negative self-talk?   Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traveling with children is not for the faint of heart. Leaving everything you’ve ever known along with family and friends to pursue a different lifestyle in a whole new country? Not a decision to be made lightly.  But when you know that you’re being called to something different, you take the leap and see where you land. Christina Dismuke and her husband did just that and she’s here to tell us all about it.  Christina was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and has her undergraduate and master's degree in education from Texas A&M. She has lived in Perth, Australia for the last four years with her husband and four kids all under the age of seven. When their twins were born, she took a career pause from the classroom, and has enjoyed the impact this has had on her family as they moved abroad.  Their move to Australia and having four kids in general has really moved them toward simplicity, access to next day delivery materials for social media worthy sensory play invitations, etc. Just isn't a thing in Perth, one of the most remote cities in the world. It has steered her ship in a different direction and has invited Christina to be a better noticer picking up on what her kids are watching and giving them access to it.  Listen in as she shares all about their life now and why they couldn’t have made a better decision for their family. In this episode, we discuss:  Their decision to live and raise their children internationally. Her pregnancy and postpartum care in Perth and how it differs from the United States. The differences in childcare and the schooling system in Perth. Practical tips for traveling or living abroad with kids in general. Resources:  Instant Pot Texas - Style Brisket Tacos https://thedefineddish.com/instant-pot-texas-style-brisket-tacos/ Connect with Christina: Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/christinadismuke/?hl=en Questions:  Why did you and your husband decide to raise your kids abroad? Is pregnancy and postpartum handled better in Australia? How does the school system in Australia compare to the United States? What are some tips for people traveling and or moving abroad with children? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protecting our children online is so important. We all know that we need to teach our kids not to share their personal information with strangers online, but what else is there? How can we approach this monumental task with grace and understanding?  Here to share her thoughts is Fareedah Shaheed. Fareedah is an award winning Internet safety expert and a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. She uses her background in cybersecurity and online gaming to help parents protect their kids online. Her work has been featured in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NASA, Fox, Yahoo, and many more for Rita offers a course on how to protect your children on their phone, and it will be linked in the show notes below. She's also currently working on a Roblox safety webinar launch and additional free webinars throughout this year. This was a brilliant conversation that provided really important insights on ways to have conversations with your children at all ages and stages and why you might need to look internally before discussing with your kids.  In this episode, we discuss:  How Freedah came to be an internet safety expert. How the landscape of internet safety has changed over the years. Sextortion and how to talk to your children about it. Thoughts on parental control and monitoring software. Resources:  Dr. Nicole Le Pera: The Holistic Psychologist - https://theholisticpsychologist.com/ Train Live with Marisa Peer - https://marisapeer.com/ Connect with Fareedah: The Hidden Threat: Protecting Your Child On Their Phonehttps://sekuva.mykajabi.com/protecting-your-child-on-their-phone PKO Ambassador:https://sekuva.mykajabi.com/partner-with-cyberfareedah-pko-ambassador-info-page My free Protect Kids Online (PKO) Resource Library:https://sekuva.mykajabi.com/get-your-internet-safety-resource-library Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/cyberfareedah/ Questions: What's the number one mistake parents make when it comes to protecting their kids online? What's your thoughts on parental control and monitoring software? What are some effective ways to educate kids on internet safety? Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time! Here is today’s featured episode with Kate Mangino, PhD all about unlearning traditional gender norms in the household.  Gender norms are slowly changing in the everyday household. Men used to be the income providers and bring home the money while women would take care of the children and house chores. Since times have been changing, women are expecting more from their partners even as little as switching caregiving roles so the women can have some time to themselves for a minute or two. The women in my community have loved Kate's book Equal Partners and requested to have her on as a guest. Kate's role and expertise in social changes provides incredible insight into hard hitting questions from the community and change. Kate Mangino, PhD is a gender expert and professional facilitator who works with international non-profit organizations to promote positive social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as: gender equality, women’s empowerment, healthy masculinity, HIV prevention, and early and forced childhood marriage. She brings her lens of gender and social change to her debut book, Equal Partners, which addresses household gender inequality in the United States and offers practical advice as to what each of us can do to rewrite gender norms. While we are still working on changing social norms in this generation. In today's episode, we talk about gender norms and creating household balance. Kate will share what she learned during her research for her book, and she gives some excellent suggestions on how to raise conversations with your partner about gender. She will also share some data on raising boys and give some tips on how we can raise our boys to be caregivers as they grow older. In this episode we discuss: Women who had to leave the workforce to take care of the family and how that impacted the dynamic of the home. How to bring up a life changing conversation about gender roles. Encouraging boys at a young age to feel their emotions and put a name to it. Anyone can work on gender equality- not just those in a nuclear family. Why hours in a work day can be a big issue in dividing up family tasks throughout the day. Resources: Grab a copy of Kate's book, Equal Partners When Moms Outearn Their Husbands, They Gain More Housework, Study Says https://katemangino.com/ https://twitter.com/manginokate My sponsors: Navy Hair Care: Navy Hair Care Shampoo + Conditioner Navy Hair Care Charcoal Mask   Connect with Lynzy: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram: @motherhoodmeetsmedicine Sign up for the weekly newsletter here lynzyandco.com Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices