Motherhood Meets Medicine
The Motherhood Meets Medicine Podcast is a space that brings all women together. It's for those who hope to be a mom one day, those who are already mothers, and mothers of mothers. This podcast will give you candid, informal interviews on motherhood topics that you can listen to while you're driving to work, folding laundry or whatever else your busy day may bring. Each week, Your host, Lynzy Coughlin, will be focusing on topics ranging from postpartum issues to parenting teens. She's bringing in experts with formal training to cover everything motherhood! So grab your coffee and join us for a weekly chat on your time. All are welcome! Lynzy is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department where she has practiced medicine for the last 15 years. You can connect with Lynzy on her Substack account, Badass Matriarch.
Episodes
April 24, 2024 • 59 mins
Have you ever thought to yourself, man I’m dreading the teen years… I am not ready for the snark, attitude and hormones. Why can’t my babies stay babies?
Come to find out, it’s this type of thinking that can and will lead to the teen years being way more difficult than they have to be. So what can you do to maintain your connection with your teens as they grow into themselves and your relationship evolves?
Here to share is Cameron...
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When a woman becomes a mother, it sometimes feels like she’s entered the wild, wild west without any sort of map, compass or guide. Half the things you read on the internet are purely opinion and not based in fact. The other half may be factual, but how does it apply to your life?
In the U.S. there is a dire need for better and more comprehensive postpartum care. Which is why Megan and Lauren, co-created The Matrescence App.
The M...
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April 10, 2024 • 51 mins
Our children are begging for us to listen to them. In fact, recent polls suggest that many of our children, pre-teens and teens feel like we aren’t listening because we’re engaged with our phones and distracted. Is this true? Are we really not listening? Or have we forgotten the importance of active listening in conversations?
Dr. Maisha Clairborne is an integrative family physician, Master Practitioner and trainer of neuro lingui...
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Is it impossible to build new friendships when you become a mother? How about maintaining the relationships you already have? No. It’s not. In fact, it’s vitally important to our health that we continue to actively build and maintain our relationships.
But how do we do that when we’re juggling all the things as moms, wives, employees, business owners, etc? Here to share her tips and strategies for navigating friendships is Danielle...
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March 27, 2024 • 62 mins
With processed foods being so excessively available to us, how do we nourish our brains and fuel our bodies for longevity? Believe it or not, you can use nutrition for brainpower and to deter the effects of neurological dysfunction and disease.
Here to do a deep dive on what to eat to support your brain and body for life is Barbie Boules.
Barbie is a registered dietician, certified health coach and meditation teacher with over 22...
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March 20, 2024 • 47 mins
If you’ve listened to the podcast for any amount of time, you know that one of our children has been diagnosed with dyslexia. Once she was finally diagnosed, an entire world of knowledge and resources opened up for us. But it took a LONG time to get to this point.
Because of our journey, it’s important to me to share expert information with you about this extremely common neurological condition. Which is why I reached out to April...
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March 13, 2024 • 63 mins
When your child is being hurt emotionally or physically by other kids or hurting others themselves do you know how to talk to them?
Gabriela Blanco shares some tips on talking to our kids in ways they will understand when something like this happens. She also discusses how to deal with the emotions and feelings this brings up and how to listen deeply to what our children are saying. Gabriela says that validating their feelings but ...
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March 6, 2024 • 64 mins
If you’ve seen the news at all lately, you’ve likely heard that the Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that all embryos are children. But what does that mean? What implications does this ruling have for the future of IVF?
Here to share more about what this could mean for hopeful families is Dr. Erica Bove.
Erica is a double board certified OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist (REI) physician at the University of Vermont, as we...
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February 28, 2024 • 52 mins
Your postpartum brain is amazing. Not only is your body going through the physical changes that come with motherhood, but your brain is processing a ton of hormones and inputs that help you take care of your new baby.
Matrescence is essentially the process of becoming a mother. It’s a word that describes what your brain and body are going through as you leave the world of pre-motherhood and prepare to usher life into the world. He...
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February 21, 2024 • 55 mins
What is your first thought when your child lies to you? Are you reactive? Or do you take a moment and think through what their lie is really telling you?
I’m sure you’re not thinking to yourself, this lie is a gift, but what if that’s exactly what it is? Amie Anger joins me to share what to do when your child lies and strategies for figuring out the root cause of their lying.
Amie is a child and family therapist and mom of 6. Aft...
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February 14, 2024 • 56 mins
“You deserve to be held just as much as your baby.” Just one of the many gems Stephanie Defilippis shares in our conversation about navigating motherhood and the quest for support in America. Because in America, we really fall behind in providing support to new moms, both in our communities and from a policy perspective.
Stephanie is a perinatal mental health therapist in Illinois. She owns a group therapy practice called crescent ...
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February 7, 2024 • 58 mins
Have you ever wondered why your child randomly loses their mind over the smallest things? You’re going along, everyone is happy and thriving, and then a pea touches the potatoes and it seems like the world has caught on fire.
Believe it or not, there’s nothing wrong with your peas or potatoes, and there’s also likely nothing wrong with your child.
Dr. Rebecca Hershberg is a Clinical Psychologist, Parenting Coach, Author and Publi...
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January 31, 2024 • 58 mins
What do you do as a family medicine physician when more and more children and young adults are coming to you for anxiety and depression that isn’t made better by medications? You dig deeper. That’s exactly what Dr. Alison Yeung did and what her patients shared with her was astounding.
Kids these days are spending an untold amount of time on their phones and its impacting their lives in severely detrimental ways.
Dr. Yeung is a pra...
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January 24, 2024 • 60 mins
A couple weeks ago I had on Caitlin McLarnon to discuss how to navigate special education in schools. During that episode Caitlin shared how different these programs are from school to school, district to district, state to state. So what do you do if your child isn’t getting the attention and services they need?
That’s where people like Vickie Brett, Esq. come in.
Vickie is a Special Education Attorney in California. Her nonprof...
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January 17, 2024 • 61 mins
In recent years there has been a lot of talk about co-regulating with your child. The benefits are clear and the science is sound, but how do you do it? How do you co-regulate with your child and what do you do when you’re struggling to regulate your own emotions?
Dr. Sarah Bren joins me to share more about what co-regulation is and strategies you can use to help your children develop healthy emotional insights and skills.
Dr. Bre...
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January 10, 2024 • 68 mins
Do you hear the words “special education” and immediately have a negative thought or emotion about it? Me too! Not because there is anything wrong with our wonderful special education teachers or the programs as a whole, but because I wasn’t aware of all the fantastic resources these programs provide to students.
There is so much more to special education than what you remember from school.
Here to share more about how special ed...
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December 27, 2023 • 80 mins
It’s time for another listen to one of your favorite episodes. Due t0 the overturning of Roe v. Wade the abortion debate has only amplified. Which is why I thought it important to reshare the legal facts about abortion and its history. To note, some of what we discussed in this episode is no longer imminent, but the overall content is still absolutely relevant.
This entire episode will be focused on providing information to educat...
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December 20, 2023 • 52 mins
Purposeful play is one of the keys to appropriate motor development and hitting those all-important milestones. But what does it mean to create a home for purposeful play? Listen as Dr. Marissa Aron shares her expertise and what to look out for if you’re concerned about your child’s development.
Dr. Aron is a doctor of physical therapy specializing in infant and toddler development. She founded Mom & Me PT, her physical therapy pr...
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141: Embracing Diverse Paths in Infant Nutrition with Pediatric NP & Lactation Counselor, Erin Moore
December 13, 2023 • 45 mins
One of the most stress inducing parts of becoming a new mom is figuring out how to feed your baby. There’s so much rhetoric around the entire process that no matter what you choose to do it seems like you’re immediately failing at this super important job.
But you’re not! Fed is best, no matter how the feeding occurs. Here to share more about embracing diverse paths in infant nutrition is Erin Moore.
Erin is a pediatric nurse pra...
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December 6, 2023 • 40 mins
One of the most stressful things about being a new mom is worrying about your child meeting developmental milestones. I remember being so worried when it seemed like our first may or may not have been hitting each milestone right on time. But is it really as big a deal as we think?
Here to share more about supporting your child’s motor development from infancy and beyond is Meg Garhan. Meg is a pediatric physical therapist working...
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