Mothers Helpers Founder Kristina Grace talks to USA Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Debra Wallace about how trauma impacts our mental health. Debra has extensive training in trauma and in this episode she talks about what it is, how to identify it, what it looks like/feels like and what’s going on in the brain. No content warning for this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAI-UsXR4D0 To learn more about Debra’s work: https://positivereframe.org To follow Debra on … [Read more...] about How Trauma Affects our Mental Health
Parenting
Tips for Parents Who Have Children with ADHD
Mothers Helpers founder Kristina Grace talks to ADHD coach and art therapist Brett Harrington. Brett offers tips to parents of children who have ADHD. To learn more about Brett’s work: www.adhdsorted.com For ADHD support: https://www.adhd.org.nz/adhd-support-organisations.html For the Incredible Years: www.incredibleyears.com To listen to the FULL Episode: click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfKq7dQgWBU Thanks to Aethel for the theme song to our podcast "Fog and … [Read more...] about Tips for Parents Who Have Children with ADHD
What Helps People with ADHD?
Mothers Helpers Founder Kristina Grace again speaks to Jeremy Paterson who addresses parents' reluctance in offering ADHD medication and the potential benefits to children long-term. He also talks about what motivated him to seek help for his alcohol addiction and to stay sober and the difference his diagnosis and treatment for ADHD made. For ADHD support: click here To listen to the FULL Episode: click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfqvx-sFVM Thanks to Aethel for the theme … [Read more...] about What Helps People with ADHD?
The Painful Reality of Undiagnosed ADHD
Founder of Mothers Helpers, Kristina Grace, talks to Jeremy Paterson about ADHD. In Part 1 of this interview, Jeremy Paterson talks about his experience of 43 years with undiagnosed and untreated ADHD. He discusses the many issues that arose for him as a child. To listen to the FULL episode, click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHuWPTBmRM Thanks to Aethel for the theme song to our podcast "Fog and Fire" - to listen to the full song, you can find Aethel here on Spotify Follow … [Read more...] about The Painful Reality of Undiagnosed ADHD
Walking in the Shoes of a Solo Mum
Challenges The two main challenges I have faced as a solo mother (once the shock and grief and initial adjustment period had subsided) have been inadequate support and financial struggles. I have family but I have very little family support. Even when they moved back to the same city in which I lived, they never offered to take care of my son, never asked me if I needed anything - they waited for me to ask. And on the occasions I asked, sometimes they would say no. Consequently, my family … [Read more...] about Walking in the Shoes of a Solo Mum
Attachment Between Baby and You
I have been reading a bit on attachment theory lately - it's a fascinating topic and something I'm keen to study more in depth. It is certainly an issue for mothers with postnatal depression to be aware of - how their anxiety may be affecting their young baby or toddler. The good news is that it's not too late to work on your parenting so that you can provide a secure attachment for your child. Here is an article on Anxious Attachment - what they describe as Ambivalent/Anxious Attachment … [Read more...] about Attachment Between Baby and You
