How to Have an Open Conversation About Depression, Mental Health, and Suicidal Ideation, with Lisa Sugarman

Hello and welcome back to Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Celestyna Brozek Wild. Celestyna is a parent couch who combines multiple neuroscientific and metaphysical modalities into a hybrid therapeutic coaching approach called Deep Change Work. Deep Change Work identifies unconscious unhelpful patterns in how we perceive ourselves, others, and the world, and updates them in a deep way, not just neo-cortically, but in the lower brain, the body, and the nervous system as well, so the change is accepted by and integrated into the whole system.Deep Change Work centers and celebrates human complexity and wholeness. This work also brings attention to where modern life is fricative with indigenous and sociobiological aspects of our humanity. Celestyna works with all individuals, but especially loves supporting parents, relationships, and midlife transitions. In addition to her practice, Celestyna publishes the ARCHETYPOS zine and produces podcasts, including her own podcast, The Surf and Stars Social Club Podcast, where you can listen to live client coaching to get an intimate feel for how she works. Lastly, Celestyna supports families through community events she hosts locally around Denver, CO. To learn more about her work and sign up to receive emails, please visit celestynawild.com

Hello and welcome back to Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Amy Schamberg. Amy is a mental health and holistic wellness expert with more than 13 years of experience. She is the owner of Amy Schamberg Wellness as well as a Licensed School Psychologist, Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Trainer and Speaker. She is passionate about helping high-achieving professional women beat burnout, redefine self-care, and get time back for themselves- without the guilt. 

Hello and welcome to another episode of Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Lindsey Rowe Parker. Lindsey is the author of the award-winning book about sensory differences, Wiggles, Stomps and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down. A mom with a home full of neurodivergent minds, she is embracing the next phase of parenting while learning to navigate and advocate for her autistic daughter.  With a recent adult diagnosis of ADHD, and a new deeper understanding of her own sensory experiences, she has begun to delve into the neurodiversity community learning all she can from neurodivergent voices.Lindsey is also the creator of the #SensoryStories campaign that brings together authors, illustrators, educators, and advocates to raise awareness of sensory differences during Sensory Awareness Month this October. The aim is to increase mainstream understanding of the importance of sensory integration and processing.You can learn all about Lindsey and her work on her website - www.wigglesstompsandsqueezes.com

Danielle Sullivan (she/they) is an autistic neurodiversity advocate, parent coach, certified life coach, and host of the Neurodiverging Podcast. Her mission is to further disability awareness and social justice efforts to improve all of our lives as part of the larger world community. She offers parent and life coaching services, peer support groups, webinars on neurodiversity-related topics, and a self-paced emotional intelligence course for autistic adults. Learn more at http://neurodiverging.com today. Questions, comments, suggestions? Email us at [email protected]. Social links:Instagram: https://instagram.com/neurodivergingFacebook: https://facebook.com/neurodivergingMedium: https://medium.com/@neurodivergingYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrb_gDRHmg5ow9AJasuf0gLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleatneurodiverging/Cloverleaf: https://app.cloverleaf.me/p/990350-danielle-sullivanPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/neurodiverging

Hello and welcome to another episode of Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Jena Ponti Jauchius - Jena is a landscape architect and nature play expert who teaches parents, early childhood educators, and others how to create sensory-rich nature-based play and learning spaces for children so they can grow their bodies, minds, and spirits. She's spent her 22+ year career designing children's nature play and learning spaces for children of all abilities and diversities, and specializes in designing supportive environments for children with autism and other neurodiversities.Jena speaks nationally and internationally about nature play for children's 7 sensory systems and other topics.She's also the mom of incredible twins she affectionately calls the "twin-ado".

Hello and welcome to another episode of Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Lisa Sugarman - Lisa is a parenting author, a nationally syndicated columnist, a podcast host, and a survivor of suicide loss, losing her dad Jim at age ten. She’s also a passionate advocate for mental health awareness & suicide prevention and recently became a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project, supporting LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Lisa writes the syndicated opinion column It Is What It Is and is the author of How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, Untying Parent Anxiety, and LIFE: It Is What It Is, available on Amazon, at Barnes & Noble, and everywhere books are sold. She’s also the co-host of the podcast LIFE Unfiltered on iTunes and on iHeartRadio, and a contributor on Healthline Parenthood, GrownAndFlown, TODAY Parents, Thrive Global, LittleThings, and More Content Now. Lisa lives with her husband and two daughters just north of Boston. Visit her online at www.lisasugarman.com

Hello and welcome to Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Heidi Fiedler. Heidi is a writer, editor, and creative coach who helps mothers find ease and joy through small, creative moments. She's currently working on her own book about making space for creativity in motherhood. PDF/newsletter sign up: https://mailchi.mp/helloheidifiedler.com/7-days-of-inspirationMothers Who Make: https://heidifiedler.substack.com/ 

Hello and welcome to another episode of Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Anastascia, a local wife, mom, and college counselor. Anastascia has two sons, her youngest, Caleb, is a senior in high school and is diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome. In this episode we talked all about Angelman Syndrome, Anastascia's experience as Caleb's parent advocate in the school system, and what an inclusive classroom should be.Thank you so much for listening!

Hello and welcome to Rad Mom Radio – a podcast dedicated to moms and all their favorite topics. My name’s Natalie, and I’m your host.My guest this week is Becca Ferry. Becca is a wife, a mom, a social media influencer, and the owner of Bettering Society where she creates and sells mental health apparel. You can find Becca on Instagram @betteringbecca and @shopbetteringsociety.I discovered Becca on Instagram - she was talking about her experience with borderline personality disorder. And I was just so impressed with her willingness to be vulnerable about something so sensitive online. I think there is a huge stigma against moms that struggle with mental health issues and because of that stigma a lot of moms won’t talk about their struggles openly. It feels risky. So to see someone talking about it so openly really stood out to me. So I sent Becca a message inviting her to come on as a guest and I’m so glad she said yes because this was such an awesome conversation. I can’t say enough good things about Becca, she is sweet, honest, warm, genuine, brave, and I think that the work she’s doing is remarkable. So I feel very honored that I got to hang out and chat with her. In this episode we talked about Becca’s experience with her mental health, borderline personality – what it is and how it has impacted her life. We talked about mental health stigma against mothers, we talked about normalizing open discussions about the darker aspects of mental health, and we talked about what it’s like to talk about maternal mental health online.Thank you for listening!

Hello and welcome back to Rad Mom Radio!This week my guest is Illinois mom, Erin Tarr. Erin Tarr is a Confidence Coach for teen and tween girls and creator of the fierce&flourish empowerment program. Erin’s twenty year career in education and personal development serving tweens, teens, and moms led her to be named among Central Illinois Business Magazine’s 40 Under 40. She has led countless Confidence Building workshops with girl scout troops, athletic teams, and youth groups.Erin is the author of Amazon best-seller "Your Fierce Life: 6 Simple Steps to Daily Confidence for Teens." Thank you for listening!