Helpful Professionals

Parent Coach Extraordinaire:  Darlynn Childress, Calm Mama Coaching. www.calmmamacoaching.com.  Darlynn helps parents raise emotionally healthy humans. She offers group and private coaching for parents of children and teens. I have been coached by Darlynn several times and it is always invaluable.

Baby & Child Sleep Specialist: Julie Wright, The Happy Sleeper, www.thehappysleeper.com. Julie is an infant and child sleep specialist and a licensed marriage and family therapist.  She co-wrote an excellent book, The Happy Sleeper, on how to help your baby get a good night sleep.  

Support Circles For Moms: www.ourlifeafterbirth.com. Molly Nourmand has created pre-mama, post-mama, and toddler-mama groups to support women during pregnancy and beyond.

Mommy & Me: The Wright Mommy & Me, www.wrightmommy.com. Classes are held in Sherman Oaks and Santa Monica.

Parental Leave Expert: The Park, www.theparkconsulting.com. Linzay can help you navigate the ins and outs of parental leave options.

Postpartum Education, Research Based Articles, & Support Tools: Hello Postpartum, www.hellopostpartum.com.

Infant & Child First Aid / CPR:  Richard Pass, Save a Little Life, www.savealittlelife.com.  Richard and his staff have taught thousands of parents and caregivers Child safety, first aid & CPR.  They offer an in-home 2.5 hour course for parents that covers all the basics.

Acupuncturist: Adam Griffin, Acutonix, www.acutonix.com.  Adam is a compassionate healer with an eye on nutrition. He can help with a variety of ailments and specializes in sports medicine and women's health issues.

Poet, Astrologer, Retreat Leader: Heidi Rose Robbins, www.heidirose.com.  Heidi is an incredible atrologer, the speaker of truth and beauty and is one of the best poets I know.  Her work always touches my heart.  If you are looking for a transformative retreat, Heidi’s are profound.

Books:

Any book by master life coach, Martha Beck. Her latest, The Way of Integrity, is a culmination of her incredible work over the past 20 years.

Any book by Brene Brown.  Daring Greatly looks at "how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead."  Very inspiring!  You can also see Brene talk about the power of vulnerability on her Ted Talk.

Any book by Dan Siegel, MD.  My two favorites are Mindsight and Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzel. Parenting from the Inside Out is a must read for all parents!

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

 Untamed, by Glennon Doyle.

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success, Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, et al.

Podcasts:

Become A Calm Mama, Darlynn Childress

Good Inside, Dr. Becky Kennedy

Unlocking Us, Brene Brown

We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle

Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale

The EDPS is 10 question screening tool developed to identify women who may have depression/ anxiety during pregnancy or postpartum. To take the EPDS, click HERE. If you score 12 or higher, please reach out for support.

Websites

Postpartum Support International: 1-800-944-4773. www.postpartum.net.  This outstanding web site offers women information on mood disorders during pregnancy and postpartum as well as resources across the United States.  They also offer a variety of virtual support groups.

Postpartum Progress: www.postpartumprogress.com.  PostpartumProgress.com offers in-depth information, community and hope for pregnant and new moms with postpartum depression and all other mental illnesses related to pregnancy and childbirth (including postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD, depression during pregnancy, post-adoption depression, postpartum PTSD, depression after miscarriage or perinatal loss and postpartum psychosis).

Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force:  www.maternalmentalhealthla.org.  This is a volunteer network of over 30 individuals representing more than 15 public, private, and community agencies whose mission is to remove barriers to the prevention, screening and treatment of perinatal depression and related mood and anxiety disorders throughout Los Angeles County.  This site has a lot of good information for mothers, partners, and service providers.  

Help for Dads with Postpartum Depression: www.postpartum.net/get-help/help-for-dads/  Postpartum depression in dads is a common occurrence but one that isn’t talked about. Postpartum Support International offers education, information and many resources.

The Pacific Postpartum Support Society.  www.postpartum.org.  Provides support to women and families experiencing depression or anxiety related to the birth or adoption of a baby.

Phone Support

Postpartum Support International: 800-944-4773

CTIS PREGNANCY RISK INFORMATION LINE: 800-532-3749.  Provides information or questions regarding the effects of medications, illness, recreational drugs, and other environmental agents on pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Postpartum Stress Line: 888-678-2669.  Trained volunteers who are survivors of postpartum depression provide support for others going through similar issues

National Hopeline Network: 800-773-6667.  Non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention and healing.

Books

The Fourth Trimester (2017), by Kimberly Ann Johnson. This book offers practical advice on how to support women through their postpartum healing.

Beyond the Blues, A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression (2003) by Shoshana Bennett, PhD and Pec Indman, EdD.

Shouldn’t I Be Happy: Emotional Problems of Pregnant and Postpartum Women (1995) by Shaila Misri, M.D.

This Isn’t What I Expected (1994) by Karen Kleiman, M.S.W. and Valerie Raskin, M.D.

Conquering Postpartum Depression (2003) by Ronald Rosenberg, Deborah Greening and James Windell

The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression (2001) by Karen Kleiman

Postpartum Depression for Dummies (2007) by Shoshana Bennett and Mary Jo Codey

Postpartum Depression Demystified:  An Essential Guide for Understanding and Overcoming the Most Common Complication of Childbirth,  (2007)  by Joyce Venis and Suzanne McCloskey

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