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What is The Maternal Stress Project? And why now?
pulling on threads, connecting some dots, tackling a beast of a thought-experiment
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Is mental load the missing piece to solving…?
Part one in our three part discussion about mental load and motherhood
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Haley Swenson
The mental load of it all
When does it become too much? And how does it factor into parental stress?
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Alternative Mother's Day gifts
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Did Pixar just answer my question about the emotional labor of motherhood?
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Parenting stress is a health hazard, according to the U.S. Surgeon General
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Resilience is *not* the key to stress reduction
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The mental load of it all
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The stress of modern mammalian motherhood
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Parenting stress is a health hazard, according to the U.S. Surgeon General
It’s official!
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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EVENT! “Caregiving” vs. “Parenting”: Do the Words Matter?
In conversation with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, Sehreen Noor Ali, and Dr. Allison Applebaum.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Revisiting the stress of modern mammalian motherhood
Happy National Breastfeeding Month!
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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“It’s about having someone to help you understand that these issues are real”
Discussing the stress of *experience* as it relates to pain and pelvic health with Carine Carmy, CEO and co-founder of Origin
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Carine Carmy
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Body-Mind-Body
It's all connected.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Did Pixar just answer my question about the emotional labor of motherhood?
Yep, 'Inside Out 2' crushed me.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Resilience is *not* the key to stress reduction
Let’s shift away from the over-dependence on individual responsibility for stress management. Please and thank you.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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“This can be solved with relative ease”
Discussing eviction, child care, and maternal health with Julia Craven
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Julia Craven
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Child care: problem or solution?
When it comes to stress, it's both.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Alternative Mother's Day gifts
a silk pillowcase is not going to cut it this year.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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“The economics of child care are broken.”
Understanding what it takes to "math the math" of child care with Mirza CEO and co-founder, Siran Cao
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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The stress of child care precarity may affect our health for years
Our brains do not like instability, insecurity, unreliability, or uncertainty -- all characteristics of the current American child care system.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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