Akeem Shannon joins Tina and Serena this week to talk about his journey with mental health. Akeem is an entrepreneur, a pitch pastor, dog dad, and motivational speaker and talks very candidly about the windy path that took him to being in the happy successful place he is today. Listen in! Akeem Shannon: https://www.akeemshannon.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: ht...
Jun 11, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Join Tina and Serena this week as they are joined by Somiah Lattimore, entrepreneur, investor, community builder and for our purposes a survivor of childhood trauma. Please listen in to this story of resilience, one in which the Mental Health Mamas help listeners understand that survivors are to be believed, supported and to never feel alone. Listen in! www.somiah.com Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental He...
May 21, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 18
This week the Mental Health Mamas welcome encore guest Heather Hester talking about her brand new book Parenting with Pride: Unlearn Bias and Embrace, Empower and Love Your LGTBQ+ Teen. Excellent guest! Excellent book! Listen in! Visit Heather's website for more content and resources at: https://www.chrysalismama.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhea...
May 07, 2024•21 min•Season 4Ep. 17
With the hustle culture comes anxiety and the ever dreaded "ShouldStorm". This week Alison Escalante joins the podcast to talk about parenting, the ShouldStorm, her antidote and so much more. Listen in! Visit Alison's website at: https://theprimarycarer.com www.sighseestart.com Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Mental Health Resour...
Apr 23, 2024•29 min
This week the Mental Health Mamas dive into an in depth conversation about personality and our personalities are more malleable than we think. Our guest is clinical psychologist Shannon Sauer Zavala founder of Compass, Intentional Personality Change https://www.personality-compass.com/. Listen in. Visit Shannon's website at : https://www.personality-compass.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health b...
Apr 09, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 15
The Mental Health Mamas are back this week with guest Tessia Watson, mum and author of the new book Rejuvenated Mums Make Happy Kids. In the episode, Tessia discusses the importance of finding your true self after motherhood, having a responsibility to our own well being and building a support network. Listen in! Visit Tessia's Website: https://tessiawatson.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health b...
Mar 26, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Join the Mental Health Mamas this week as Erin Rodgers entertains us with her storytelling talent and her self deprecating humor, normalizing autism, ADHD and mental differences. https://www.storystarcoaching.com/about Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Mental Health Resources: Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The Lifeline provides 24/7...
Mar 05, 2024•37 min•Season 4Ep. 13
This week the Mental Health Mamas talk with a mom whose story and honest postings about her dealing with her own sobriety touched so many people that she made it her life's work. Listen in as she talks about her book, It's Not About The Wine: The Truth Behind the Mommy Wine Culture. https://www.celesteyvonne.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthma...
Feb 20, 2024•29 min
This week Tina and Serena are joined by Melissa Crook, host of the F.E.E.L.S, podcast joins us to talk about her journey and how she helps others find wellness through feeling all of the feels. Visit Melissa Crook's website: https://www.embracinglayers.com/ on Instagram @embracinglayers Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Receive 10%...
Feb 06, 2024•29 min
This week the Mental Health Mamas are joined by Alex Gilbert, career coach for adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. Tune in to hear how Alex used her own experience with ADHD and Dyslexia to help other and why she believes disabilities are actually super powers. Visit Alex's Website: https://www.capeableconsulting.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https:...
Jan 23, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 10
New Year, New You? We like you just the way you are! Tune in to hear Tina and Serena talk about their frustrations with New Year's Resolutions and why they're not making any this year. Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Mental Health Resources: Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support fo...
Jan 09, 2024•22 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this just-before-the-holidays holiday episode the Mental Health Mamas are joined by an encore guest Lisa Sugarman. Lisa is a Boston based author and shares her pivot since the death of her father, a death by suicide, not a heart attack as originally reported. She shares her new endeavors as well as her sage advice for those of us who struggle with feeling around the holidays. Listen in! Visit Lisa Sugarman at https://lisasugarman.com/ Visit the Trevor Project at https://www.thetrevorproject.o...
Dec 12, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Join us this week as we interview Shaun Coffey, Certified Recovery Specialist on a mission to normalize men's mental health. From his personal childhood trauma, military experience and years of homelessness, his compelling story of wellness is inspiring. Listen in! https://www.shauncoffey.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Ment...
Nov 28, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Are you a people pleaser? Do you struggle with perfectionism? Do you have trouble setting boundaries at work or at home? You are in the right place! Listen in this week when our guest Kara Regas talks us through some scenarios just in time for the holidays. https://www.kararegas.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Leave us a voice message: 607-288-3382 Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://menta...
Nov 14, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 6
We continue our theme of immigrant culture and assimilation this week. Immigrants have family history and culture deeply rooted in their country of origin. Our guest this week is Oksana Kukurudza whose parents were Ukrainian refugees. She shares stories of the Ukrainian struggles past and present and growing up with immigrant parents and their struggles. Listen in to hear how she has been affected by her history and how she is being intentional about how she is raising her daughter. https://sunf...
Oct 31, 2023•33 min
At a time when immigration to the US is at an all time high, the Mental Health Mamas take a peak into the life of Anita Resch. When her country was not affording her family the opportunities they desired for their family, her husband got a job in the US and they moved. Listen in to hear Anita's experiences, how immigration affected her mental health and how connection helped fuel her road to wellness. Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Leave us a voice message: 60...
Oct 17, 2023•15 min•Season 4Ep. 4
The Mental Health Mamas continue our theme of connection as a key to favorable outcomes as we hear Kattie Lail's compelling story of overcoming addiction. As Kattie shares her story we are feeling all of the feels! Listen in to hear about the wonderfully innovative model for recovery support Kattie leads. https://www.wefaceittogether.org/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Leave us a voice message: 607-288-3382 Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your ...
Oct 03, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Continuing the theme of connection, connection being the antidote for lonliness, Jenna Righi joins the podcast this week. Jenna is the founder and creator of Link Before you Sink, a mission driven, handmade jewelry business that was created to find strength by linking with others. Join the Mental Health Mamas as we further explore the power of connection. Link Before You Sink: https://www.linkbeforeyousink.com/ Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Leave us a voice m...
Sep 19, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In their season opener Serena and Tina talk about the US Surgeon General's report on the Epidemic of Loneliness, feeling lonely vs being alone and the prevalence of loneliness in our nation, even before the COVID 19 pandemic. And, as always, the Mental Health Mamas look to the hope in this report. Tips and tools with a side of HOPE. Listen in! Link to The Epidemic of Loneliness Report https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf Website: https://www.hhs....
Sep 05, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Join Serena and Tina as they wrap up the season with a mishmash of topics from the season as well as comments on current events. As you will find in any episode with these host, they are real, feeling all of the feels! Visit our website for more content: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/ Leave us a voice message: 607-288-3382 Claim your FREE printable, 100 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health by joining our mailing list: https://mentalhealthmamas.com/connect Mental Health Resources: Suicide Preventi...
Jul 04, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Listen in as we talk with Rohan Dixit, founder and CEO at Lief Therapeutics, a company that has developed a wearable device to help with self-regulation. Lief measures your heart and breath to track your stress levels in real-time, using a clinically-proven biomarker of stress called heart rate variability (HRV). Lief helps to retrain your body’s stress response, teaching you adaptive skills to navigate anxiety and promote wellbeing. His tools is one that each of us could add to our mental healt...
Jun 27, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Connection is a very powerful tool in our mental health wellness toolboxes. This week, Tina and Serena welcome guest Beth Romanoski to talk about a project that began very organically in their family to get them through some hard times. The Bench Project has spread throughout the country allowing people to connect over common feelings, gratitude, and even leaving some heavy things. Her mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit by creating a connection through a shared experience one ben...
Jun 20, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Our guest this week, Lyndsay Soprano, takes us on her journey with chronic pain. Lyndsay has lived with debilitating chronic pain for seven years and the conversation delves into her approach to life but also her tips for living your best life. Get ready for a funny (yes funny), sometimes explicit, very real conversation that will inform and entertain! Note: This episode does contain a brief mention of suicide. https://thepaingamepodcast.com/ On Instagram @thepaingamepodcast Visit our website fo...
Jun 13, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Have you ever felt totally overwhelmed by all of the things? Do you feel like you are depleted and exhausted, just surviving and not thriving? Our guest this week is Laura Hernandez, a mama of 10, shares details of her coaching program called Mama Systems. She has created a unique individualized coaching system born from the order she found in her need for a manageable system amidst her own family’s chaos and overwhelm. She helps clients come up with a customized plan that is unique to a family’...
Jun 06, 2023•18 min•Season 3Ep. 39
We all own stuff, but what happens when that stuff starts to own you? Jasmine Sleigh, a professional declutterer and author of the book, Being Owned; A Decade in Professional Decluttering, chats with the Mental Health Mamas about the challenges we face when we get overwhelmed by our belongings. Jasmine shares with us some of the reasons we might find ourselves with too much stuff and what we can do about it. Visit Jasmine’s website: https://www.changeyourspace.co.uk/ Visit our website for more c...
May 30, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 38
This week we continue with the theme around lack of control and caring for ourselves in the midst of challenging circumstances. We are joined by guest Lorri Britt who shares openly and vulnerably about having two of her children incarcerated in her book, My Heart Behind Bars. Tune in to hear Lorri talk about the judgment she faced, the pain of seeing her children in prison, the deep sense of isolation she has felt and her hopes that no one else will experience the same isolation she has felt. Vi...
May 23, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 37
As the parents of kids who struggle, the Mental Health Mamas know that we often don’t have any control over the choices our children make. This week we are joined by guest, Marsha Vanwynsberghe who believes that when you own your own choices, as a parent, that you own your life despite the choices of your children. Marsha chats with us about parenting through teen substance abuse, wanting to fix when it’s not your problem to solve, the isolation felt when our children struggle and so much more. ...
May 16, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 36
This week we are joined by Lisa Candera, AKA The Autism Mom Coach. Lisa is a full-time single mother of a teenage boy with autism, a certified life coach, and a lawyer. Lisa teaches moms raising kids with Autism how to show up in their lives as the parent they want to be even when parenthood looks nothing like they imagined. We chat with Lisa about staying regulated when our kids are dysregulated, enforcing personal boundaries, loving detachment and lots more! Visit Lisa’s website: https://theau...
May 09, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 35
This week we are talking holistic healthcare rooted in community with guest Dr. Michelle Stephens. Michelle chats with us about her personal and professional inspirations to create a new approach to healthcare through her app, Oath Care. Tune in to hear Michelle talk about her journey to motherhood, a model where health happens in communities, how we can take better care of caregivers and so much more! Learn more about Oath Care: https://www.oathcare.com/ Visit our website for more content: http...
May 02, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 34
When someone close to you loses a loved one it can be hard to know what to do or how to help. This week we are joined by guest Aly Bird who experienced the loss of her husband at the age of 30. Through this experience, Aly was driven to do something about the way we treat the bereaved. Aly joins us to share her experience and talk about her book, Grief Ally, which defines Grief Allyship and teaches people how to show up and support their grieving loved ones. Visit Aly’s Website: https://alybird....
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 33
