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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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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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Molly Dickens, PhD
9:49
Is 'mom-centric' perinatal care even possible?
That’s a complicated question…
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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AUDIO -- Is 'mom-centric' perinatal care even possible?
Listen now | That’s a complicated question…
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Molly Dickens, PhD
23:29

May 2025

Multitasking is not biological
Breaking free from the mental tyranny of an assumption-laden “mom superpower”
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Molly Dickens, PhD
AUDIO -- Multitasking is not biological
Listen now | Breaking free from the mental tyranny of an assumption-laden “mom superpower”
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Molly Dickens, PhD
15:12
Alternative Mother's Day gifts (*updated repost)
Because a silk pillowcase is DEFINITELY not going to cut it this year.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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AUDIO -- Alternative Mother's Day gifts
Listen now | A silk pillowcase is DEFINITELY not going to cut it this year.
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Molly Dickens, PhD
19:26

April 2025

Is coercion the new gaslighting?
Another trap set by the “good mother” narrative
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Molly Dickens, PhD
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AUDIO -- Is coercion the new gaslighting?
Listen now | Another trap set by the “good mother” narrative
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Molly Dickens, PhD
14:46
“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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Molly Dickens, PhD
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Rachel Somerstein
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AUDIO -- “I did not feel seen as a whole person.”
Listen now | On pain dismissal, birth trauma, and other avoidable psychological scars with author, Rachel Somerstein
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Molly Dickens, PhD
17:01
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