No Need to Explain with the Mental Health Mamas

This week the Mental Health Mamas are joined by guest Dr. Lori Fishman, child and adolescent psychologist and parenting coach. Lori’s focus is on behavioral weight management with an emphasis away from dieting and shaming and more toward overall wellness. Listen in as Tina, Serena and Lori talk about what we’ve all gained during COVID, why diets don’t work, how to make a change and more! Visit Lor...

Do you ever find yourself with way too many open tabs on your computer or phone? Have you noticed how it slows everything down? Do you ever feel the same way about your brain? If so, the Mental Health Mamas are right there with you! Listen in as we talk about brains full of open tabs and some of the ways we’re learning to manage all those open tabs. Episode Mentions: Multicosts of Multitasking htt...

School has begun just about everywhere in the US and with this new beginning comes new challenges. In particular, students with diverse learning needs may be struggling to adapt to an ever-changing school environment. The Mental Health Mamas are joined by guest Laura Reber, an experienced School Psychologist and creator of Progress Parade, an online tutoring service which offers specialized instru...

Welcome to Season 2 of No Need to Explain with the Mental Health Mamas! We are back after a summer of self-care...with a little drama mixed in. Listen in as we share about some unexpected trauma along with a summer full of mental health stories in the news. Visit our website: NoNeedToExplainPodcast.com Like us on Facebook! Find us on Instagram @noneedtoexplainpodcast We love to hear from you! Emai...

We are 18 months into a global pandemic and there’s a message out there that we are all supposed to have accomplished something amazing and life altering. Tune in to this week’s episode to hear how the Mental Health Mamas feel about doing ALL the things during COVID. Also, find out how you can get a FREE self-care workbook! Visit our website for more content: NoNeedtoExplainPodcast.com Mental Heal...

Oyauma Garrison, President and CEO at A Kid Again, Inc. is on a mission to bring hope, happiness and healing to the thousands of families raising a child with a life-threatening condition. Oyauma joins the Mental Health Mamas to talk about A Kid Again, the good they are putting out there into the world in a variety of different ways, how the families served find support in one another, and how a m...

What do perfectionism and addiction have to do with each other? Tune in to this week’s episode with guest Elisa Batista to find out. Elisa is a campaign director for the women’s rights organization, Ultraviolet, and is passionate both professionally and personally about elevating the voices of women of color who struggle with mental illness and addiction. Listen in to hear Elisa talk about all of...

Change can be hard even when a change or life transition takes us to a more positive place. Joining us on the podcast this week is Megan Sweet who is an expert in Education Change Management. Listen in as Megan talks about managing change (both professionally and personally), finding your “Believing Eyes”, why you need to put yourself first even as a single parent, and more! Visit our website for...

Have you heard about Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs? Do you know your score? Why does it matter? We’ve invited last week’s guest, Renee Hettich, back to share this important information with our listeners. Listen in as Renee, Tina and Serena talk about what ACEs are, their potential life-long effects and what we can do to counteract those effects. Visit our website for more content: NoNeedt...

Parenting is often full of the unexpected. This week’s guest, Renee Hettich, has 25 years of experience parenting children with histories of adversity as a foster, adoptive and kinship parent through which she has learned to expect the unexpected. Listen in as Renee shares with the Mental Health Mamas about some of the things she’s learned along the way as well as both the unexpected challenges an...

This week we are bringing you part two of a special two-part interview. The Mental Health Mamas are joined by guest Randi Silverman. Randi is an award-winning screenwriter and producer of the feature film, No Letting Go, the Co-Founder of the Youth Mental Health Project and a fellow Mental Health Mama. Listen in as Tina, Serena and Randi talk about turning pain into purpose, self-care and a more p...

This week we are bringing you part one of a special two-part interview. The Mental Health Mamas are joined by guest Randi Silverman. Randi is an award-winning screenwriter and producer of the feature film, No Letting Go, the Co-Founder of the Youth Mental Health Project and a fellow Mental Health Mama. Listen in as Tina, Serena and Randi talk about parenting children with mental health struggles,...

What do connection and support have to do with recovery? In a word, everything. In this week’s episode the Mental Health Mamas bring you a Dad and Expert by Experience, Clay Hapstak. Listen in as we talk openly about recovery, peer support, single parenting and more! Visit our website for more content: NoNeedtoExplainPodcast.com Mental Health Resources: Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The Lifeline pr...

Have you ever told yourself an entire story about someone from just a glance? Do you tell yourself stories about yourself that may or may not be true? We all do this! The Mental Health Mamas like to refer to this as “The Walking Story”. The good news is that we don’t have to believe the first story we come up with. Listen in as we talk about some of the ways we’ve learned to stay out of judgment a...

In this week’s episode we talk with a guest who has taken on the title of “Sometimes Mom”. Simone Enright shares with the Mental Health Mamas all about her journey as a foster parent and how she manages this challenging role. Listen in as we talk about foster care misconceptions, what it means to be a “Sometimes Mom”, the challenges and rewards of foster care and more! Visit our website for more c...

This week, the Mental Health Mamas are joined by the founder of Mama’s Comfort Camp, Yael Daphna Saar. Yael is a mama on a mission to remove guilt, shame and blame from parenting making room for love, joy and rest. The motto of Mama’s Comfort Camp is, “Moms don’t need more advice, we need more support”. Listen in as we discuss Postpartum Depression, how Mama’s Comfort Camp came to be, spinning pan...

Guest Tobi B. Feldman joins the Mental Health Mamas on this week’s episode to share about her journey from crisis to Becoming Resilient AF.  Tobi shares with us her expertise as a Speech/Language Pathologist, Life Balance Coach, Aroma Freedom Practitioner, Clinical Aromatherapist and a Mama with Lived Experience (MLE) as a mom of three young adults. Listen in as Tina, Serena and Tobi talk about cr...

Struggling is an unfortunate part of the human condition, but how do we show up for our people when we see that they’re struggling? When someone we love is suffering, we often want to fix it even if that’s impossible. How can we show up for others and what should we say? Listen in as Tina and Serena talk about how they support others and what things are helpful (and not helpful) to say to our peop...

In this week’s episode, we welcome guest Juliana Garcia to the podcast to talk about Mutual Aid and what it means to work in solidarity with people as opposed to providing charity. Juliana joins us as an Expert by Experience (EBE) as a mama and community member as well as a Social Worker (MSW). Listen in as we talk about the principles of Mutual Aid, pandemic parenting, and of course, self-care. T...

Did you know that for a child who has faced adversity, the difference between growing into a resilient adult or perhaps facing lifelong struggle can be one relationship? Just one! We ALL need safe, stable, nurturing relationships. Join the Mental Health Mamas for our thoughts on this and how we can each Be the One! Episode Mentions: Essentials for Childhood - Creating Safe, Stable Nurturing Relati...

We all make mistakes because it’s simply a part of being human. When you think back to the last mistake you made, do you beat yourself up over it or do you treat yourself with compassion? When you are struggling do you offer yourself kindness like you would for others? Practicing self-compassion is a challenge for many of us including the Mental Health Mamas. Listen in as we talk about our struggl...

Sharing the story of our struggles can be a powerful way to create connection with one another and perhaps feel a bit less alone, but it gets tricky when it comes to our kids. Who do we disclose to and how do we do it? How do we walk the line between “we all have mental health” and “not my story to tell”? Join us to hear what the Mental Health Mamas have to say about sharing our stories.  Episode...

To loosely quote Hamilton, we ALL want to be in the room where it happens. What does it look like when all the stakeholders ARE in the room where it happens, but not everyone knows? For anyone who saw the video of the school board executive session that was unintentionally streamed to the public, you witnessed one unfortunate outcome. What would it be like if we always spoke as if everyone was in...

Othering is an “us vs. them” way of thinking and labels individuals or groups as not fitting in or “not like me.” Do we all do this? If so, how can we minimize it? And what does all of this have to do with mental health? Join us, the Mental Health Mamas, as we share our thoughts on all of this and more. Episode Mentions: What is Othering? By Kendra Cherry Mental Illness and Violence - Harvard Heal...

The Mental Health Mamas are joined in conversation by guest Emilie Rawlings who has recently published the book, Foundation: Love, Mindfulness, Meditation. Listen in as Emilie shares her thoughts on present moment awareness, self-care and how she gained wisdom through a total physical and emotional breakdown. Visit Emilie’s website to purchase a copy of her book: https://www.emilierawlings.com/ ....