Breakthrough Book 2 - Meet Shirlene Nalepa

About this episode

Amanda is joined by Shirlene Nalepa to discuss mental health, ADHD, and PMDD in the context of motherhood.

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Shirlene Nalepa, another author inside Breakthrough Book 2 to talk about mental health, ADHD and PMDD. Included in this episode: Mental health chat - Normalizing therapy, medication and more.Talking to our kids about mental health.The transition from motherhood to who am I now?Why Shirlene decided now was the time to share her story.PMDD - What is it? What's "normal"?Follow Shirlene on IG: @the.stories.of.our.lives Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman Sup...

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Gurman

Guest: Shirlene Nalepa

Topics covered

• mental health
• ADHD
• PMDD
• motherhood
• therapy
• parenting

Keywords

• mental health
• ADHD
• PMDD
• therapy
• motherhood
• parenting
• Breakthrough Book 2

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Breakthrough Book 2

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