The Motherhood Body Chronicles – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode, maternal mental health therapist Nicole McNelis shares about her personal and professional experience with mom rage. She explains why rage is an important signal for all of us, and never anything to be ashamed about.

Nicole McNelis, M.Ed., NCC, LPC, PMH-C, is a licensed mental health therapist and perinatal mental health counseling specialist. She is the founder of an award-winning counseling private practice in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – where she also resides with her family.

Nicole has been featured as a mental health expert in print publications, online media, books, and podcasts. Serving as a Subject Matter Expert and Conference Presenter for Postpartum Support International, Nicole is honored to serve the perinatal mental health community.

Passionate about supporting individuals through life transitions both big and small, Nicole helps her clients move through the overwhelm and exhaustion of juggling it all – all the time.

Find Colleen:

website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

instagram/tiktok: @drcolleenreichmann

Find Nicole:

website: www.nicolemcnelis.com

instagram: @therapist.mom.collective

In this episode, San Diego-based EMDR and maternal mental health therapist Jen Mendoza discusses her journey to motherhood, which included a long road of infertility before having her first baby via IVF. She then talked about having two more children after this, one of which was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. She talks about the nuance of holding both the grief and the joy of mothering a medically complex child, and how she tends to her own nervous system so she can show up for her family during this complicated journey.

Jen Mendoza, LCSW, PMH-C is a certified perinatal mental health therapist and mom of three young children in San Diego, CA. Jen is the founder of MotherThrive Therapy, a private practice specializing in infertility, pregnancy, postpartum and reproductive trauma. As a mom with her own complicated motherhood journey, Jen brings both personal and professional experience to her work. She is passionate about helping mothers break generational cycles, empowering them to feel more grounded, confident, and trust their maternal intuition.

Find Jen: Website: www.motherthrivetherapy.com

instagram: @MotherThriveTherapy

Find Colleen:

website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

instagram/tiktok: @drcolleenreichmann

In this episode, Natalie Loschiavo, RDN, shares about finding out she was pregnant unexpectedly. She talks about coping with weight gain during preganancy, and then coping with postpartum bleeding following pregnancy. Natalie also talks about grieving her pre-pregnancy physical endurance, shifting expectations for the role of exercise in the years following birth, and discovering joyful movement during this season of her life with a young child. 

Natalie is a registered dietitian who specializes in eating disorders. She is the owner of Balanced Nutrition, a nutritional counseling practice in PA. Balanced Nutrition offers counseling for a wide variety of nutrition-related conditions such as gastrointestinal issues, food allergies and intolerances, and sports nutrition. Their primary specialty and focus is in the area of eating disorders, disordered eating, and recovery from chronic dieting.

Find Natalie:

Website: https://www.balancednutritionllc.com/about-us

Instagram: @balancednutritionllc

Find Dr. Colleen Reichmann:

Website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

Instagram/tiktok: @drcolleenreichmann

Want to share your matrescence story on the pod? Email me at colleenreichmann@gmail.com!

Dr. Jennie Wang-Hall talks about her experience with infertility, a premature delivery of her daughter, and the birth trauma that ensued. She also discusses navigating a NICU stay, and feeling disembodied for more than a year following.

Dr. Jennie Wang-Hall is liberatory eating disorders psychologist who creates community spaces for anti-carceral care. She has a private therapy practice in California.

Find Dr. Wang-Hall:

Website: www.jwhrevolution.com

Social Media: @drjenniewh

Find Dr. Colleen Reichmann:

Website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

Social Media: @drcolleenreichmann

Want to share your matrescence story on the pod? Email me at colleenreichmann@gmail.com!

In this episode, Sarah shares about her journey to motherhood, which included several miscarriages. She talks about having her son, only for the pandemic to hit 8 months later. She discusses noticing developmental differences in him, and navigating early intervention in the height of the pandemic. She shares about the grief and joy of mothering a neurodivergent child, and coping with the constant hypervigilance that she holds in her body during this mothering journey.

Sarah Herstich is a licensed clinical social worker, group practice owner, trauma and eating disorder therapist and a mom of 2 human babies and 1 fur baby. Sarah is passionate about supporting people to reclaim their lives from the impact of trauma, disordered eating and body-shame. When she’s not working you can find typically find her in the backyard with her kids, listening to a podcast or DIY’ing something in her house after bedtime.

website: https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/eating-disorder-therapy-horsham-pa?gbraid=0AAAAAocXqxy70w6qB_wuo22R6OH4nzq6t&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4Oe4BhCcARIsADQ0cskqpiDNXbKVI41fO9TLsDWvgMBRiQXE3VJuq6oVUryWFVsOrxdxpLYaAnfYEALw_wcB

instagram: @sarahherstichlcsw

In this episode, Emily shares about her experience being diagnosed with Pregnancy and Lactation Associated Osteoporosis (PLO) and fracturing her sacrum during pregnancy due to this. She also talkes about her positive experience with a planned C-section, coping with dismissive medical professionals, and having to stop her breasfeeding journey before she wanted to.

Emily Craft is the co-founder of Liberated Plate Nutrition, a nutrition therapy practice that supports people healing from eating disorders, disordered eating, and chronic dieting. 

As a mom to a toddler and with a background in pediatric nutrition, Emily enjoys working with perinatal individuals, breastfeeding caregivers, and parents aiming to create a positive food environment at home.  Emily is also passionate about the intersection of motherhood and body image.

As a ‘reformed’ weight-centric dietitian, Emily discovered her true passion lies in transforming relationships—with food, bodies, and our inner dialogue about health. A natural rule breaker, she embraces a flexible approach to nutrition, prioritizing her clients' individual needs and fostering open, meaningful conversations.

Therapist and mother Allyson Inez Ford shares about the triggering and empowering parts of pregnancy after having gone through an eating disorder. She also talks about epidurals as being an extension of her recovery and expression of body kindness, why she rejects the term "natural birth" and more!

Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC is a multiracial, queer, neurodivergent therapist specializing in Eating Disorders and OCD through a social justice lens. Allyson is also a new mother, which has fueled her passion for working with new and expecting parents in ED recovery. Allyson has lived experience recovering from an Eating Disorder, and owns a group private practice in California. Allyson is rooted firmly in a relational, feminist and liberation psychology framework. In addition to therapy, she provides supervision, consultation and speaking engagements. You can connect with her via her website: www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com and IG: @bodyjustice.therapist

Dr. Colleen Reichmann introduces herself and discusses why she started this podcast. She shares some things about her own journey of matrescence, and explains what to expect on upcoming episodes!

website: www.wildflowertherapyll.com

In this episode, intuitive eating dietitian Robin Klein talks about becoming pregnant after a long road which included several losses. She also talks about her postpartum journey during the height of COVID lockdowns, and breastfeeding/pumping struggles that she experienced due to a past breast reduction surgery. Robin also shares some wisdom around how to instill food and body positivity in our kids, even as we ourselves may still struggle.

CW: discussions around miscarriage

Robin Klein, RD, CSP, LDN is a Philly-based Registered Dietitian/Nutrition Therapist and Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition. She empowers her clients to heal their relationship with food and their bodies by helping them to break free from chronic dieting and make food choices from a place of pleasure and nourishment over rigidity and restriction. She embraces a non-diet and weight-inclusive approach with a passion for helping clients discover increased self-compassion, body acceptance, and respect. Robin truly believes there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to eating and living.

Find Robin:

website: https://www.intunenutritiontherapy.com

instagram: @intunenutritiontherapy

Find Dr. Colleen Reichmann

website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

instagram/tiktok: @drcolleenreichmann

substack: https://colleenreichmann.substack.com

In this episode, Katie describes her plus size pregnancy during ED recovery. She speaks about birth trauma she experienced with her son, and described his NICU stay which was due to Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). Katie also shares about how pregnancy helped launched her into strong recovery from her eating disorder.

CW: Birth trauma and NICU stay

Katie Nowak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the Buffalo, NY area (Go Bills!), where she has been practicing for 15 years. She has worked in many different areas within the field but found her passion in working with adolescents and adults in psychotherapy. She specializes in eating disorders, OCD, and mood/anxiety disorders. Katie is a HAES-aligned, fat-positive therapist who takes an eclectic approach to therapy, as she does not believe “one size fits all.” She is regularly awed and inspired by her clients and is grateful for the privilege of walking alongside them during their therapy journey. Like any good elder millennial, she enjoys listening to late 90s/early 00s hip-hop and pop punk. She also enjoys re-watching “Daria” and “Frasier,” much to her family’s chagrin. Katie lives in the Buffalo area with her husband and 4-year-old son.

Find Katie:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/katie-nowak-getzville-ny/1168422

Find Colleen:

Instagram/threads/tiktok:

@drcolleenreichmann

Website:

www.wildflowertherapyllc.com