Diet, lifestyle, relationships, and wellbeing: A holistic approach to working with mums

Episode 95 November 12, 2021 00:32:13
Diet, lifestyle, relationships, and wellbeing: A holistic approach to working with mums
Emerging Minds Podcast
Diet, lifestyle, relationships, and wellbeing: A holistic approach to working with mums

Nov 12 2021 | 00:32:13

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Show Notes

Dr Angie Willcocks is a psychologist with a rich history of supporting mothers throughout the fertility, pregnancy and postnatal periods. Angie has developed a practice approach that focuses on a holistic understanding of all of the domains of a woman’s life – not only those that are connected to her baby. In this episode, Angie describes her assessment and formulation strategies, which support mothers to consider every aspect of their lives, and the supports they need to maintain social and emotional wellbeing. She is interested in how mothers can look past society’s expectations, and make the lifestyle, relationship, and parenting choices that support their long-term mental health and wellbeing. As part of her commitment to holistic understandings of women, Angie completed a PhD that examined the effects of diet on mothers’ mental health. Through this study, Angie found that diet significantly impacted the risk of depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postnatally. She discusses the possible implications for practice that have stemmed from her research, and how professionals can introduce discussions about lifestyle into their everyday engagements. In this episode you will learn:

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