S01 EP09 - Mara Watts, Licensed Professional Counselor, on Marriage, Postpartum Plan, Working Moms & Perinatal Mental Health Care

 

Faces of Postpartum—The Podcast is a show about the postpartum period and its unique variations, hosted by Ariane Audet.

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S01E09

Mara Watts, Licensed Professional Counselor

In this episode, Mara Watts, LPC, and I discuss partnerships, sleep planning, postpartum plans and how to focus on postpartum care and support instead of baby registries (!).

We talk about women in the workforce and how we fail our parents by not providing them true parental leave.

We also go over the fragile balancing parents perform during the newborn phase, taking time for ourselves, true self-care, and being present in our relationships.

Finally, we talk about the everlasting effects and lessons of COVID on postpartum and parenting.

We also laugh a lot and pray our kids don't interrupt us (spoiler alert: THEY DON'T!!!)

 
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