Releasing the Mother Load with Erica Djossa
Mommy Labor Nurse
Liesel Teen
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Today, we'll be diving into a topic that's near and dear to every mom's heart: the often overwhelming expectations of motherhood and the importance of reclaiming joy and fulfillment amidst the chaos.
Joining us is Erica Djossa, a maternal mental health specialist and the founder of the Momwell community. Throughout our conversation, we'll explore Erica's journey into the maternal mental health space, the inspiration behind her book, and some key takeaways that moms everywhere can implement in their own lives.
To hear more from Erica, I encourage you to listen to my two other interviews with her! She came on the show in Episode 79 to talk about the invisible load of motherhood, and in Episode 187 we unpacked postpartum psychosis.
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| 0:00.0 | My husband and I were having a conversation and I became curious about like, what is it that I'm so resistant or like avoidant of in this task? |
| 0:09.0 | Like it feels way bigger than in reality it should be. And then I realized it was a |
| 0:15.2 | changeover in season. So I was taking and putting away all of the summer clothes and |
| 0:20.9 | pulling up the fall clothes or vice versa. I had to rotate all the boys |
| 0:24.5 | dressers and make sure that they all had the appropriate size clothes now in this new |
| 0:29.2 | season, which meant I had to make a list to go and buy the things that they didn't have for this season. |
| 0:35.4 | So I couldn't fold the laundry and put it away because the dressers had to be rotated. |
| 0:39.6 | And it was really an extra four to six hours of work beyond just folding the laundry and putting it away. You're listening to the Mommy Labor Nurse Podcast where you'll gain the tools, |
| 0:57.1 | knowledge, and confidence you need to erase the unknowns, feel in control, |
| 1:01.9 | and have an even better birth, no matter how you deliver. |
| 1:05.7 | My name is Liesel Teen, Mom of Two, practicing labor and delivery nurse, and your host. |
| 1:11.8 | From over eight years in counting of working at the bedside, I know that |
| 1:16.3 | knowledge is the key to an even better birth. So tune in each week to learn about all |
| 1:21.8 | things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum from me, a labor |
| 1:26.0 | and delivery nurse that's seen it all. |
| 1:28.2 | And now let's get into this week's episode. |
| 1:39.0 | Welcome back to the Mommy Librarian's Podcast, where we are all about supporting moms on their journey through pregnancy, birth, and beyond, right? |
| 1:42.0 | Because it doesn't stop at birth. |
| 1:43.8 | Once you wish that baby out, there's a whole lot more. |
| 1:46.6 | And we're about to talk about that. |
| 1:48.4 | Today, I'm your host, Leesletine, |
| 1:50.7 | and today I have a very special episode to line up for you today. |
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