Holding Space
By Dr. Cassidy Freitas
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Episodes: 157
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Hey parents, tune in as Dr. Cassidy Freitas holds space for conversations with experts from around the world and parents who have been through it. With a background in Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Cassidy offers education in topics ranging from pregnancy, fertility, postpartum, parenting, partner relationships, emotional wellness, creative living and more! This podcast is not a substitute for therapy and if you're struggling you should seek help from a licensed provider in your area. Follow for more @drcassidy and you can learn more about her California-based private practice at www.drcassidymft.com.
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157: Micro Moments of Play (For the Parent Who's Tired) with Dr. Kim Van Dusen
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May 04, 2026 |
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156: What Couples Actually Need After Kids with Eli Weinstein
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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155: The Long Game of Parenting with Hunter Clarke-Fields
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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154: The World Isn’t Okay, and We’re Still Making PB&Js
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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153: Why Your House Is Stressing You Out (and What To Do About It)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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152: Parenting Together When You Feel Miles Apart
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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151: You, Your Partner, Your Kids and...the In-Laws
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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150: When Your Teen's Anxiety Triggers Your Own
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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149: Breastfeeding and Mental Health
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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148: Preparing for Perimenopause: Lessons from Postpartum
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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147: How To Protect Your Postpartum Sleep (Even When Baby Isn't Sleeping Through the Night)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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146: Soften the Sunday Scaries
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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145: Why Am I So Reactive?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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144: When Play Feels Hard in the Age of Intensive Parenting with @mothercould
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May 12, 2025 |
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143: Perfectionism and Feeding Your Children with @feedinglittles
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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142: Caring for the Postpartum Body with Ruth Macy and Courtney Naliboff
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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141: The Spicy Book Chat: Two Therapists Dissect Romantasy with Vanessa Marin
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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140: Supporting Your Family's Gut Health From Birth to Beyond with Chery Sew Hoy
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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139: The Decision to be One and Done with Dr. Jasmine
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May 20, 2024 |
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138: The Bluey Breakdown: Bad Mood and Perfect
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May 06, 2024 |
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137: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications with Emily Oster
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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136: How to Carry Less While Enjoying Motherhood More with Erica Djossa
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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135: How to Support Our Kids in a World of AI with Audrey Wisch
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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134: How to Help Your Kid Discover THEIR Passions with Audrey Wisch
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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133: How to Break Cycles that Started Before You Were Born (aka Intergenerational Trauma) with Dr. Mariel Buqué
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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132: How to Help Your Toddler Play Independently with Susie Allison from Busy Toddler
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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131: When Both Parents Struggle Postpartum with Tessa Ritchie
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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130: Disability Parenting and Finding the Right Support with Casey Mouton
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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129: How to Embrace Softness in a Hard World with Dr. Akilah Cadet
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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128: How to Support Speech While Connecting with Your Child: An Episode for Parents AND Kids with Wee Talkers
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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127: How to Rest (Realistically) as a Modern Parent with Ashley Neese
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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126: How to Rely on Your Partner (and Others) with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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125: Self-Care for Skeptics with Taylor Elyse Morrison
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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124: Motherhood and Sibling Bonds: A Candid Conversation with Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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123: Parenting a Child with Chronic Illness: A Personal Story of Type One Diabetes with Amanda Berg
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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122: Unexpected Challenges and Diagnoses in Parenthood with Dr. Kelly Fradin
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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121: The Roots of Perfectionism with Monique Melton
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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120: How to Handle FOMO on Social Media When it Comes to Motherhood and Milestones with Dr. Anisha Patel-Dunn
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May 22, 2023 |
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119: Interior Design for Parents and Tackling the Never-Ending Laundry with Anita Yokota
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May 08, 2023 |
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118: How to Share the Load of Home and Parenting with Eve Rodsky
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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117: The Thread Between Toddlers and Tweens/Teens with Dr. Becky Kennedy
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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116: Parenting When You're a Highly Sensitive Person with Amy Lajiness, LCSW
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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115: Where Do We Even Start? Intimacy in the Trenches of Parenting with Vanessa and Xander Marin
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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114: How to Support Kids Through Change with Sarah Rosney, LCSW
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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113: How to Support Sibling Relationships with Jessica Rolph Founder of Lovevery
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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112: What is Internal Family Systems and "Parts" Work? with Vanessa Trine, LPCC
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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111: How to Heal Family Wounds with Vienna Pharaon, LMFT
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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110: How to Work Through Perfectionism and Tap Into Your Mom Intuition with Renata Cameron, LMFT
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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109: Postpartum OCD with Jenna Overbaugh, LPC, CPT
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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108: Am I Screwing up my Kids? with Dr. Sumi Raghavan
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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107: The Toddler Years with Gayane Aramyan, LMFT
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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106: How to Survive Sick Season with Dr. Krupa Playforth
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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105: What is EMDR? with Sarah Rosney, LCSW
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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104: Birth Trauma with Dr. Alexandra Shrake
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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103: The Default Parent with Libby Ward
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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102: The Tongue Tie Journey with Brita DeStefano PT, DPT, PCS
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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101: Pregnancy Loss with Kristin Gallant of Big Little Feelings
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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100: Potty Training with Allison Jandu
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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99: "Balance" and the Working Parent with Justine Carino
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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98: Surviving Severe PPD with Dr. Jasmine
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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97: “I look fine, but I’m not fine” with Dr. Sahar Martinez
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May 25, 2022 |
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96: The Mind-Body Connection in Pregnancy & Postpartum with Krystle Howald DPT
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May 18, 2022 |
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95: How to Build Friendships after Baby with Miriam Kirmayer
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May 11, 2022 |
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94: The Depleted, Distracted, Grumpy, Guilty Parenting Cycle with Dr. Morgan Cutlip
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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93: How Your Past Impacts Your Present in Motherhood With Yara Heary
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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92: Self-Compassion for Sensitive Parents Raising Sensitive Kiddos with Runda Ebied
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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91: Daycare, Immunity, and Healthy Habits with Dr. Krupa Playforth
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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90: Money Anxiety with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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89: We're on the Same Team- Partner Relationships After Baby with Matthias Barker
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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88: Driving Anxiety & Car Seat Safety with Michelle from Safe in the Seat
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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87: Pandemic Parenting Burnout with Dr. Veronica Eyo
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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86: Staying Connected Through Conflict After Baby and Beyond with Dr. Steve and Lisa Call
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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85: How to Get Ahead of Picky Eating with Jenny Friedman, MS, RD
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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84: A Little Less of a Hot Mess with Kaitlin Soule, LMFT
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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83: Addressing Prenatal Anxiety with Liesel Teen BSN-RN
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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82: Preparing Your Emotions for Postpartum with Nicole Makowka, LMFT
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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81: Mindfulness Resource Alert: Expectful with Nathalie Walton
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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80: Dog Meets Baby with Dominika Knossalla-Pado
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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79: Intimacy After Baby with the Shrink Chicks
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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78: Scary Thoughts in Postpartum with Dr. Alice Pickering
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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77: Raising a Sensory Sensitive Child with Pediatric OT Laura Petix
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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76: Breastfeeding and Sleep with Robin Kaplan, MA, IBCLC
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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75: Postpartum Mental Health for Couples with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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74: Preparing a REAL Couple for their First Baby with Mallory and Stranz Wolfgramm
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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73: Dads, Bonding, and Babies with Eli Weinstein, LCSW
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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72: Healing your Pelvic Floor with the Vagina Whisperer, Sara Reardon, PT
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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71: Divorce, Co-Parenting, and our Blended Family with Abbey Williams, LSW
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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70: The Atlas of Motherhood with Isobel Benesch
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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69: Teaching Children Consent with Psychotherapist Jessica Vanderwier
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May 31, 2021 |
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68: Postpartum Mental Health and Treatment Options with Dr. Sarah Oreck
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May 24, 2021 |
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67: Body Positivity and Parenting with Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC
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May 17, 2021 |
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66: Unpacking Tantrums with Mr. Chazz
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May 10, 2021 |
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65: The Pain and Resilience of the AAPI Community with Dr. Therese Mascardo
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May 03, 2021 |
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64: Milestones and Mom Guilt with Kailee Noland The Movement Mama
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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63: The Millennial Parent Problem with Dr. Christine Sterling, OB/GYN
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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62: Supporting Speech from the Start with the Speech Sisters
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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61: Mom Shaming and Comparison with Certified Nurse Midwife Ailsa
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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60: Bravely Breaking Old Parenting Patterns with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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59: Fertility Burnout with Temeka Zore, MD
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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58: De-Mystifying the Fertility Journey with Danielle Lane, MD
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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57: Bonding with Baby with Rachel Rainbolt, MA
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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56: Wellness Overload with Whitney Goodman, LMFT
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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55: Love After Baby with Sheina Schochet, LMHC
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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54: Sensory Overload in Motherhood with Dr. Ashurina Reams
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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53: For the Parents Worried About COVID with Pediatrician Dr. Kelly Fradin
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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52: Identity After Baby with Chasity Holcomb, LPC
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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51: The Dance of Grief and Joy When the Unexpected Happens in Postpartum with Lindsey Shipley, RN, IBCLC
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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50: Why are Postpartum Parenting Decisions So Polarizing and How to Feel Empowered with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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49: Postpartum Rage with Karrie Locher, RN
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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48: The Invisible Load of Postpartum Motherhood with Erica Djossa
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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47: Calling all Mamas: Let's Talk about Race, Mental Health, and Motherhood with Dr. Angel Montfort
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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46: Preparing Siblings for Baby
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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45: My Birth Stories
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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44: Body Love in Pregnancy and Postpartum with Chrissy Powers, LMFT
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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43: Breastfeeding for the Working Family with Robin Kaplan, IBCLC
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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42: Teletherapy with Dr. Therese Mascardo
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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41: Cultivating a New Relationship With Emotion Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Dr. Sophie Mort
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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40: Boundaries with Vienna Pharaon, LMFT
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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39: Human First, Therapist Second: The Power of Stories with Lisa Olivera, LMFT
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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38: Living Life Fully While Facing Life's Fragility with Krystal Festerly
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May 13, 2019 |
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37: How To Breathe with Ashley Neese
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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36: Beyond the Brand: Motherhood, Health, and Spirituality with Kelli Murray
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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35: The Female Cycle: Educating and Empowering Women with Dr. Christine Sterling OB/GYN
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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34: Grief and Anxiety with Claire Bidwell Smith
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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33: Turner Syndrome with Brittani Ehrhorn
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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32: Fertility, Adoption, and Fatherhood with Jeff Mindell
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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31: Choosing Self-Love with Keah Brown
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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30: Health Narratives with Dr. Crystal Jones
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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29: Carving Your Own Path and Redefining Growth with Taylor Sterling
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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28: Self Compassion and Social Activism with Tim Desmond
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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27: Partners in Life and Business with Elle and Jared Rowley of Solly Baby
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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26: Growing Up a Third Culture Kid, Global Citizenship, and Talking to Children About Racial Identity: A Personal Story with Anjelica Malone
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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25: You've Got This Mama with Andrea Faulkner Williams of Tubby Todd
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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24: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion with Dr. Steve Hickman
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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23: Parenting with Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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22: Call to Action- Privilege, Compassion, and Talking to our Children
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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21: Dad's Mental Health with Dr. Dan Singley
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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20: Friendship with Miriam Kirmayer
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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19: The Climb- Bringing Awareness to Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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18: Play and Parenting with Dr. Kim Van Dusen, LMFT
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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17: Brutiful Partner Relationships with Janelle Nelson, LMFT
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May 29, 2018 |
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16: The Myth of Balance with Rachel Pally
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May 21, 2018 |
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15: Scarcity Culture with Rebecca Ching, LMFT
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May 16, 2018 |
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14: Finding Community and Sorting Through the Noise Within Motherhood with Renata Cameron, LMFT
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May 14, 2018 |
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13: Grief and Death
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May 12, 2018 |
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12: The Power of Hope with Tamara Taggart
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May 07, 2018 |
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11: Breastfeeding Support Through Every Stage with Robin Kaplan, M.Ed., IBCLC
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May 07, 2018 |
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10: Preparing for Motherhood During Pregnancy with Dr. Christine Sterling, OB/GYN
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May 01, 2018 |
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9: How to Work Through Creative Blocks
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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8: Pregnancy Loss- How to Offer Support with Rachel Rabinor, LCSW
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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7: Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, and Adoption- A Personal Story with Kelly Mindell of Studio DIY
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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6: Anxiety in Motherhood- A Personal Story with Chrissy Powers, LMFT
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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5: Parenting with Connection and Intention- Gender Expression and Trans Identity with Rachel Rainbolt
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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4: Creativity, Joy, and Pain with Joy Cho
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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3: Let's Unpack Mom Guilt
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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2: Defining Your Values
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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1: Welcome to Holding Space Podcast!
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Mar 21, 2018 |