The Maternal Stress Project

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Stressor map refresh!
Now with the added excitement of perimenopause, late stage parenting, and sandwich generation squash!
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Turns out, abortion does NOT harm women's mental health (reshare)
But abortion bans most certainly will.
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Cortisol is not your enemy
Not sure Ashwagandha will fix the effects of ripping away the social safety net.
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Is 'mom-centric' perinatal care even possible?
That’s a complicated question…
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Multitasking is not biological
Breaking free from the mental tyranny of an assumption-laden “mom superpower”
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Alternative Mother's Day gifts (*updated repost)
Because a silk pillowcase is DEFINITELY not going to cut it this year.
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Is coercion the new gaslighting?
Another trap set by the “good mother” narrative
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“I did not feel seen as a whole person.”
On pain dismissal, birth trauma, and other avoidable psychological scars with author Dr. Rachel Somerstein
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Rachel Somerstein
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“Even when the risk is quantifiable, it's just not part of the equation”
Chatting about sleep protection, breastfeeding, and mom v baby risk:risk analysis with Dr. Devika Bhushan
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Dr Devika Bhushan
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The ignored health risk of motherhood
Can we change the narrative of self sacrifice and maternal martyrdom?
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What happens with women’s health research now?
The shittiest game of Chutes & Ladders
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The misogyny overlay
Anticipatory stress in the era of the emboldened manosphere
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The sleep prescription
an enticingly unattainable remedy for better health?
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Making room for joy
And the healthy overlap between stress and meaning making
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Elissa Strauss
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The stress of time
Does time pressure disproportionately affect women's health?
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Turns out, abortion does NOT harm women's mental health (reshare)
Listen now | But abortion bans most certainly will.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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AUDIO -- Cortisol is not your enemy
Listen now | Not sure Ashwagandha will fix the effects of ripping away the social safety net.
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