You're listening to the Mommy Labriner's podcast episode number 79.

Hey guys, happy Monday.

So, if you guys have not heard, May is officially Mental Health Awareness Month.

It's actually been observed in May in the United States since 1949, if you can believe that.

The purpose of Mental Health Awareness Month is to raise awareness, obviously,

and educate the public about mental illnesses,

including depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,

and the things that we talk about over here at Mommy Labriner's

are maternal mental health disorders.

So, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum psychosis.

Postpartum anxiety is something that I have personal experience with,

and you guys know this.

I've talked about it on the podcast a few episodes ago, my experience with it.

But I did want to do a whole episode interviewing my friend Erica

from Happy as a Mother for Mental Health Awareness Month.

And if you guys don't know who Erica is, she's fabulous.

She is happy as a mother on Instagram, and she puts out some just amazing posts,

just such relatable posts about motherhood and the invisible load of motherhood,

which is what our topic is today for Mental Health Awareness Month.

So, Erica is a registered psychotherapist with a master's in counseling psychology

and postgraduate certificates in couple and family therapy and maternal mental health.

So, honestly, guys, she is the perfect one to talk about all this stuff.

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