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Gaining Mom-entum on Mental Health, Part 1: The Struggle is Real Gaining Mom-entum

    • Parenting

Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! Meghan & Abi have been wanting to have an in-depth conversation about parental mental health all season long. The stars aligned and their two-part conversation is dropping during Canadian Mental Health Awareness Month! Abi & Meghan start their convo celebrating the halfway point of their first podcast season (cue balloons & confetti!). They talk about what podcasts they’re listening to and then they get right into it! What does mental health mean to them? They talk about why it is important for them to talk about mental health: from pregnancy to early parenthood to where they’re at now in their parenting journeys. Also, the stress, the anxiety, the panic of pandemic parenting. With all of this going on, their conversation naturally led them to talk about burnout. What is it? How do they recognize when they’re in a state of burnout? As always, they’re engaging in a lot of real talk about tough times but finding silver linings along the way. Thanks for listening!

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Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify, Bandcamp)

Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)

Some Resources for Reading, Listening, and Learning:


Pandemic Parenting (science-based resources)
Crisis Services Canada (resources for marginalized communities & allies)
Parenthood and Well-Being: A Decade in Review
Five ways to manage your wellbeing as a parent during lockdown (BBC Bitesize)
Not Safe For Mom Group (Instagram account)
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative
Postpartum Support International
O Mama mental health supports list
Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful (Medium)
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown podcast (ep. On My Mind: RBG, Surge Capacity, and Play as an Energy Source)
Katie's Crib podcast (eps. Is it mom brain or burnout?, Postpartum Blues, Building Your Village)

Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! Meghan & Abi have been wanting to have an in-depth conversation about parental mental health all season long. The stars aligned and their two-part conversation is dropping during Canadian Mental Health Awareness Month! Abi & Meghan start their convo celebrating the halfway point of their first podcast season (cue balloons & confetti!). They talk about what podcasts they’re listening to and then they get right into it! What does mental health mean to them? They talk about why it is important for them to talk about mental health: from pregnancy to early parenthood to where they’re at now in their parenting journeys. Also, the stress, the anxiety, the panic of pandemic parenting. With all of this going on, their conversation naturally led them to talk about burnout. What is it? How do they recognize when they’re in a state of burnout? As always, they’re engaging in a lot of real talk about tough times but finding silver linings along the way. Thanks for listening!

Please follow/subscribe to Gaining Mom-entum wherever you listen to your pods & leave a comment/review. (Be sure to turn on notifications so you don’t miss an episode!)

Follow us on Instagram: @gainingmom_entum

Follow us on Facebook: Gaining Mom-entum Podcast

Email us: gainingmom.entumpod@gmail.com

Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify, Bandcamp)

Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)

Some Resources for Reading, Listening, and Learning:


Pandemic Parenting (science-based resources)
Crisis Services Canada (resources for marginalized communities & allies)
Parenthood and Well-Being: A Decade in Review
Five ways to manage your wellbeing as a parent during lockdown (BBC Bitesize)
Not Safe For Mom Group (Instagram account)
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative
Postpartum Support International
O Mama mental health supports list
Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful (Medium)
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown podcast (ep. On My Mind: RBG, Surge Capacity, and Play as an Energy Source)
Katie's Crib podcast (eps. Is it mom brain or burnout?, Postpartum Blues, Building Your Village)

1 hr 1 min