This beautiful story will leave you reflecting on your experiences in motherhood in so many ways. Brittany's story will encourage you to think about how to create a support system where there is none, becoming aware of the difficult conversations that are avoided within certain cultures and families, and the ways you find peace within motherhood despite the challenges along the way. From being on a healing journey after loss, to being pregnant and delivering with a deployed spouse, and navigating parenthood - it was incredibly moving!

This podcast does not replace being connected with a licensed professional. Please contact 911 or go to your local emergency room if you're experiencing a crisis or emergency. 

Want to connect with a therapist that specializes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorder? Visit postpartum.net

Contact:
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
www.southeastperinatalcounseling.com
IG:birthstory.therapist

Brittany's Story: Finding Peace as a Military Spouse after Loss & a Rainbow Baby

Listen to this bonus week episode as we dive into the difference between coping skills and self care. We'll learn the two, helpful ways to view them, and tips to practice. 

This episode does not replace a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. If you're experiencing a life threathening emergency or crisis, please call 911 or go to your local emergency room. 

contact:
www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com

purchase the journal mentioned "Practically Unpacking"

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

Coping Skills and Self Care

Join me today and every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion.

Shana shares with us her story of focusing on re-centering her thoughts through coaching her inner voice/ critic and taking an alternative route as she listening to her body to meet her physical self care needs. Her story is encouraging and reaffirms all moms to take the necessary steps that work for you in that given situation. 

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Re-centering and Holistically Focusing on Physical Self-Care: Shana's Story

Listen as we continue our discussion of self care, breaking down examples of how to practice physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social self care.

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Self Care Part ll

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week's episode features our very first guest provider. Shanna Williams, LCSW, MEd is from the greater Philadelphia area leading the charge as a Mama, Doula, Educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, and advocate. She works within the maternal space specifically with BIPOC families experiencing pregnancy after loss. Listen as we engage in an honest conversation about the gap in black maternal care, literature, and resources and what exactly she's doing to make sure this improves.

Her contact:
Website: www.myswdoula.com
Facebook: @ShannawilliamsLCSW
Instagram: @s.w.doula
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/shannamwilliamslcswmed

Let's connect:
www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1
This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Amplifying Black Maternal Care with Shanna Williams, LCSW, MEd

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week's episode features Dani, a mama, whose experience of birth trauma and recovery brings so much hope. Listen as she shares her beautiful story and highlights the importance of birthing people's ability to change the narrative and bring the meaning that all mamas deserve to feel as they bring their little ones into the world. I dare you to try and hold back your smiles as she shares her three magical moments - you won't be able to!  

Dani wanted mamas and dads to walk away with her beautiful story and the following:

The #renamingrevolution hashtag and glossary I talked about was created by Peanut. Their IG (@peanut) has great infographics about the revolution, and they link to their glossary which presents new, more compassionate suggestions to the outdated and harsh obstetric terms. 

Want to connect or Share your birthstory or how motherhood is going for you:

www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Changing The Narrative: Dani's Story

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week's episode is all about validating your emotions. Everyone throws around the term, validation, or those that sound similar like sit with your feelings, feel your feels, and be present with your emotions - but does that mean? More importantly, how the heck do you do it? Listen as I share several tips on how to validate your emotions and my real experiences that have both been helpful for myself and clients within my private practice. Learning to get through those difficult moments in motherhood just got a whole lot easier with these tips!

Want to connect or Share your birthstory or how motherhood is going for you:

www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Tips for Validating Emotions in Motherhood

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week's episode is all about connecting with who you are as a person and sustaining that while being a mom. I make a couple charges throughout the episode to connect with who you are and to make an actionable intention to see it through? I know these tips will help you get back to you, honoring your values and the things that once knew before having children. Listen as I share several tips on how to do just that. I'll give examples and I hope you'll engage with me on social media with how you're doing with connecting to who you are as a mama. 

Want to connect or Share your birthstory or how motherhood is going for you:

www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Connecting, Reclaiming, and Sustaining Your Identity in Motherhood

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week's episode we hear from a mama who shares the challenges she experienced during her pregnancy, the importance of creating a solid birth team, and how she's moving through motherhood. You'll hear this story and connect with it because of the reminders throughout that reinforce the belief that all of us moms need to have: the ability to birth new meaning to experiences when things don't go as planned. Be encouraged and reaffirm the things that have always gotten you through tough times, you got this mama!

Want to connect or Share your birthstory or how motherhood is going for you:

www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Crystal's Story: Shifting Expectations and Birthing Something New

Trigger Warning: suicidal ideations, intimate partner violence, grief 

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of harm to self or others call 911. The number to the national suicide prevention hotline is 800-273-8255. If you're experiencing intimate partner violence of any form call 800-799-7233 or call 911. There may be local shelters in your area also. For grief and loss visit postpartum.net and psycology today to find a therapist.

Join me every week as we listen to the stories of mamas sharing their motherhood and birth experiences. Hold space with me as we normalize these experiences and extend compassion. Hear from providers such as myself and others across the country bringing helpful tips, literature, and providing support.

This week we talk with Breana Wilson who shares her two birth experiences, struggles within a past relation, mental health journey, grief and healing. Hold space for this powerful story that's both transparent and encouraging to us all. 

Bre wanted you to know: 
Breana M. Wilson, M.Ed is a mother of two girls, ages 7 and 4, who prides herself on having full transparency during her motherhood journey. She works as the Early Learning and Literacy Coordinator at SC Educational Television, she is a published urban fiction author under the pseudonym Breana Morgen, and she is an active member in her community, serving on the Scholarship Committee of Ridgewood Missionary Baptist Church and an active member of the Palmetto State Literacy Association. When she is not momming or working, she enjoys spending quality time with her friends, her amazing boyfriend, and traveling to any city or state with amazing beaches! She can be reached via email at breanamwilson@yahoo.com if you need an encouraging word, an ear to vent to, or assistance with anything professionally, including the writing of your resume or interview tips.

Want to connect with me or share your birthstory and how motherhood is going for you? Reach out, I'd love to chat:

www.southeastperiantalcounseling.com
crystal@southeastperinatalcounseling.com
instagram: @birthstory.therapist

purchase my guided journal "Practically Unpacking":

https://www.amazon.com/Practically-Unpacking-Guided-Journal-Mamas/dp/B08WZF3ZKL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=practically+unpacking&qid=1616385926&sr=8-1

This podcast doesn't replace a relationship with a licensed mental health provider. Please go to postpartum.net to locate in the directory a provider in your area. 

If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency or crisis please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

Breana: Learning to Congratulate Myself With Each Small Step

This podcast highlights collective experiences of mamas learning to reclaim their sense of self while navigating motherhood, finding ways to manage perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, work through grief, and find healing through storytelling. 

We'll share our empowering birthstories with the hopes of encouraging another mama to honor hers. 

Join me every Monday for helpful techniques from myself, Crystal, a Licensed Therapist; experts in the field; and of course mamas like you!

Brittany's Story: Finding Peace as a Military Spouse after Loss & a Rainbow Baby

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