Pregnancy loss is a grief many mothers carry quietly often without language, support, or space to be witnessed.

In this deeply honest episode, Carrie Parker and Alyssa Trittler explore the emotional reality of pregnancy loss, the mental health impact that follows, and what it truly means to hold space for grief instead of trying to fix it.

Alyssa shares her personal experience navigating loss and pregnancy after loss .. including the fear, uncertainty, and emotional complexity that many families experience but rarely talk about openly.

Together, they discuss how grief lives alongside motherhood, why healing doesn’t follow a timeline, and practical ways to support yourself or someone you love through loss.

This conversation is for anyone who has experienced pregnancy loss, supported someone who has, or wants a more compassionate understanding of maternal mental health.

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This podcast is part of The Mama Healing Hub, a therapist-led space supporting mothers through the emotional realities of modern motherhood including burnout, identity shifts, relationships, mental health, and healing.

We believe mothers deserve conversations that are honest, nuanced, and deeply human.

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In this episode, Vanessa Spinarsky sits down with naturopathic doctor Dr. Annaleeza Caputi to talk about Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) not just as a hormonal condition, but as an experience that deeply impacts identity, relationships, and motherhood.

Together, they explore what PMDD actually is, how it differs from PMS, and why it often goes unrecognized for years.

Both Annaleeza and Vanessa share their personal experience of discovering cyclical mood changes after motherhood and bring insight into the biological and psychological treatment perspectives.

This conversation moves beyond awareness into nuance exploring the nervous system, shame, relational rupture and repair, and what it means to parent while navigating cyclical emotional vulnerability.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t recognize yourself during certain times of the month , or wondered why your capacity seems to disappear , this episode offers language, context, and compassion.

Because your hardest days are not your identity.

There’s a version of partnership we imagine before kids and then there’s the one we’re living inside afterward. The one shaped by sleep deprivation, mental load, shifting identities, and the quiet pressure to keep everything together.

In this conversation, host Vanessa Spinarky and guest Eli Weinstein explore the emotional transition from “I do” to “we do” ... not as a romantic milestone, but as a relational and nervous system shift.

They talk about postpartum anxiety in partners, the way both people can feel unseen at the same time, and how communication changes when survival mode becomes the backdrop of daily life.

This episode holds space for couples who don’t feel broken, but do feel tired. For parents who still love each other, but don’t always know how to reach each other. It’s about staying in connection, even when capacity is low and the relationship feels more like a system than a sanctuary.

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