AN INSIDE LOOK AT JUST A MOM

Listener’s Guide.

When we began the Just a Mom podcast, we had no idea we’d already be into our 4th season with no end in sight! We invite you to listen in and join us in the journey we are on together to help parents and kids everywhere tune into their mental health.

Episodes by Topic

About the podcast

  • DescripI have three children, the youngest of whom struggles with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. I am sharing my story because there is not a week that goes by that I am not contacted by someone who has heard my son’s story and has a child struggling as well. There are so many things I wish I had known--before his battle started and while we were in the deepest, darkest days of it. I am talking to other parents and experts so that you will know that you are not alone and there is hope. I am not a therapist, counselor or doctor. I’m just a mom.tion text goes here

  • Stories are powerful, and I think the podcast medium is great for Just a Mom’s storytelling on the mental health challenges families are facing. I also love that podcasts are free and accessible to all. I’m also a big multi-tasker, and I love listening to podcasts when I exercise, cook, clean and drive.

  • That is a tough question. I would probably say Episode 19 with Tracy Foster of Screen Sanity. So much of what is happening to our mental health is related to screens and social media. Listening to this episode is a must for everyone.

  • Nope. I have no training or education in mental health. I have a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations, and a master’s degree in gerontology. I learn new information about mental health every day, just like I hope we all are.

  • Call 988, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You do not have to be in crisis to call, and the trained responders can assist you in getting whatever help you may need.

Join us on the journey to hope & mental health

Stories from the podcast

  • "...And there were nights when she would come home and she wouldn’t want to do her evening snack laying in the fetal position in my lap over a spoonful of peanut butter..."

    • Stacy M., mom

  • "Being the parent of a child who struggles you have to reset the whole idea of what your story is going to be…because you just didn’t talk about it"

    • Melanie K.

  • “I think we did do a pretty good job. Our kid was sick. Nobody looks at a family of a kid who has cancer and thinks 'Boy, I wonder what his mom did wrong'”

    • Dan G.

  • “Many times parents feel alone, feel judged—there’s actually a history in my field of psychiatry of pointing a finger at parents as the cause of problems and that is so not how I or my colleagues look at it today”

    • Dr. Shayla Sullivant

  • “I was actually ashamed to get professional help. I was like I can do this. Trust your instincts. If you think there’s something wrong there probably is”

    • Alice