All The Hard Things

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Allison, a recently divorced...

For this episode, I'm joined by Monika Friedman, a 4 time IVF warrior and now a working mom who owns Monika Friedman Coaching.  She focuses on a Full Circle Fertility Method and helps women find hope and peace on their journey to increase their changes of getting pregnant. In this episode, you'll learn about..  - 3 practical things you can do to decrease stress, anxiety, and sleep issues...

In this episode, you'll learn about...  - the rules and "must haves" of exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD/anxiety  - what to expect out of ERP/what it looks like - how to know if you or a client has done an exposure successfully  - what to avoid during exposure therapy and how to navigate unsuccessful trials   This podcast should not be substituted, nor is mea...

In this episode, you'll learn about... - what is perinatal OCD, some day to day examples, and how it affects pregnancy and the early weeks of motherhood - how to handle these symptoms after experiencing infertility, a high risk pregnancy, and/or miscarriages - how to manage your symptoms so that you can get back to enjoying your pregnancy and prevent your anxiety from getting worse when the baby a...

In this episode, you'll learn about... - 9 ways you can reinterpret your bad or "okay" days - how to feel less judgment and more acceptance about these kinds of days  - how to practice skills like the emotional guidance scale and radical acceptance This podcast should not be substituted, nor is meant to act as a substitute, for legitimate mental health treatment/a legitimate mental health tre...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Megan, a mom who became preg...

In this episode, you'll learn about... - the Yerkes-Dodson curve and what it means for your anxiety/performance - why you have poor performance in both high AND low anxiety states - why moderate levels of anxiety are actually ideal for peak performance - practical ways to either decrease your high anxiety or increase your low pressure state so that you can get to the moderate level of anxiety and...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Kim, a work from home mom wh...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Crystal, who talks about her...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Claire, who talks about post...

In this episode, you'll learn about... - why anxiety related accommodations in the school setting may actually make anxiety worse - considerations for therapists, teachers, parents, and students so the accommodation can be helpful vs hurtful - what you need to be doing IN ADDITION TO the accommodation that many therapists/teachers fail to set up - why you might still benefit from accommodations ev...

In this episode, I share my experience with the type of mom guilt no one really talks about - DOG MOM GUILT.  You'll learn how my relationship with my 2 dogs changed once I had my son, and how I've coped with feelings of guilt and overwhelm related to them.  You'll get the solidarity you need to know you're not alone, and I'll remind you that you're doing great at all of this parenting s...

In this episode, I describe why things seem to get worse before they get better.  Whether you're dealing with anxiety or OCD, quitting smoking/drinking/any other bad habit, or just saying no to a toddler - you'll learn what to expect once you start to change things up.  You'll learn what an extinction burst is, how long it will last, and what it actually means for you in the long term.&n...

In this episode, I describe what happens to your anxiety when you give into it with safety behaviors and compulsions/rituals.  I also go over the habituation curve, i.e. when you, instead, sit with those feelings - without engaging in safety behaviors or compulsions/rituals.  You'll see what happens to your anxiety over time in both scenarios and why you're better off biting the bullet,...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Monica, who struggled with p...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Mary, a mom and trauma survi...

In this episode, I go over why talk or "supportive" therapy isn't helpful for OCD/anxiety and, moreso, how these therapy approaches can actually be harmful for these symptoms.  I talk about how to approach conversations with a therapist about Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and why ERP is necessary in order for long-lasting, legitimate change to occur with OCD and anxiety.  I'll p...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Jennifer, a working mom with...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Natalie, a single parent to...

In this episode, I go over some ways that symptoms of various psychological "disorders", such as anxiety, OCD, and depression, can actually be normal and functional - in reasonable doses.  At what point does it become unreasonable?  I'll give you some questions you can ask yourself to determine whether you simply have an "anxious personality", anxious tendencies, anxiety symptoms, or som...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Elizabeth, a mom of a now 2....

In this episode, I discuss the battle between spirituality (e.g. law of attraction) and mental health (e.g, thought action fusion/magical thinking) concepts, and how it is that some individuals can find the law of attraction so triggering while others find it immensely helpful.  I talk about how I think spirituality and mental health treatment can be complementary to one another, and how law...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Amy, a single parent of two...

Welcome to my Anonymom series.  Real moms talking about their deepest and darkest moments - anonymously.  Anonymom episodes may consist of difficult topics including miscarriage, infertility, separation, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other potentially triggering issues.  Names have been changed to protect the identity of the mom. This episode features Samantha, a stay at home mom with a 17 mont...

In this episode, I'll teach you some basic spiritual concepts and discuss the law of attraction, Abraham Hicks, and The Emotional Guidance Scale.  You'll understand how your thoughts affect your energy and how your energy affects your reality.  By the end of this podcast, you'll know how to move your way into a better feeling thought by reaching for the next good feeling vibration. &nbsp...