The Perinatal Podcast

The Perinatal Podcast

A podcast where we discuss some things perinatal and all things mental health! *Follow Meg on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/AmplifyWellnessWithMeg/ * MegDukeLCSW.com *Find Meg on Facebook - https://facebook.com/megdukelcsw *See the podcast in video form - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1Id9G_-C-b3CtOrQkH8Qw *Sponsor future episodes of The Perinatal Podcast on Spotify! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theperinatalpodcast/support

Episodes

July 22, 2025 8 mins

Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. This week, y'all shared:"The Smallest Apology"&quo...

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This week on The Perinatal Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Brett Hill of Xperience Life Chiropractic. If you've been a Listener Darling for a while, you KNOW how much I struggle with my own posture, so I couldn't resist having this discussion with Dr. Brett for my own benefit as much as y'all's! We dig into chiropractic neurology, his experience in supporting people through vertigo, how small changes and choices can ...

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Welcome to the Mini Episodes!


I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring.


This week, y'all shared:

"The Day I Forgot The W...

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"Sometimes, I wonder if body autonomy is real." On episode 110 of The Perinatal Podcast, Deb Benfield and I discuss curiosity, compassion, and levity in the aging experience. Deb digs deep into the science behind why our bodies are not meant to lose weight, explores the balance of accountability and self-compassion, and she gives me some of the most fantastic visualizations I have never heard and most definitely will carr...

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Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. This week, y'all shared:"The Headphones Moment"&qu...

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I found Maddie's page when she made a hilarious and fantastically-observant equation about how likely it is a default caregiver's libido is gonna be ready to go based on a number of our daily situations.


Former #ThePerinatalPodcast guest, Zach Watson, took Maddie's equation into former math teacher/engineer world and launched it into the stratosphere.


In this week's episode, we start here and then go many-wh...

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Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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Welcome to Season 8 of The Perinatal Podcast!

Today’s episode is a powerful conversation that bridges two often-overlooked chapters in a woman’s life: the postpartum period and the transition into perimenopause. I’m joined by Kara Shelman of Centimano Counseling, a fellow therapist and fierce advocate for mental health across the reproductive lifespan. Together, we explore what it means to move from the tender chaos of early mother...

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May 27, 2025 12 mins

You're getting back-to-back Mini Episodes because Momma's on vacation! And you do not want to miss next week's guest and our topic in the full episode. I'll see you there!Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not al...

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May 20, 2025 10 mins

Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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The alt title of this episode was, Chaos in its Most Beautiful Form. Today on The Perinatal Podcast, we go here, we go there, we go every very many which ways in spectacular fashion. I'm joined this week by McKenzie Jones and Meredith Garrison—my very first sibling guests on the show! Together, we dive into a rich conversation about identity in motherhood, neurodivergence in both parenting and childhood, and the challenges of guidi...

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May 6, 2025 9 mins

Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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🎙️ Welcome back to The Perinatal Podcast, Listener Darlings!

Today, we're diving into the real-life tug-of-war between being productive and finding peace — and why giving yourself permission to slow down might just be the most powerful move you make this week.

We'll talk about the ways social interactions and self-talk are secretly running the show when it comes to executive functioning (spoiler: your inner voice matters a l...

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WE HAVE OUR FIRST VOICE NOTE!!!One of you Listener Darlings was kind and brave enough to not only send in your story but to record yourself in your own voice! I'm delighted and elated to share these stories in any form, and also, YAY! Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from...

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S7:E13 Rupture and Repair: Closing the Loop in Relationships with Neurodivergence | Ashley Marie Eckstein, LMFT


This week, I'm joined by Ashley Marie Eckstein, licensed marriage and family therapist who went all the way to Switzerland, and beyond, to train in Emotionally-Focused Therapy and neurodivergence.


We discuss the importance of naming and claiming neurodivergence, whether...

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April 8, 2025 9 mins

Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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✨The Perinatal Podcast – 104: Embrace. Adapt, & Thrive: Navigating Neurodivergence as a Busy Professional with Christina Gray✨Christina Gray is a high-performing real estate professional, designer, and creative problem solver who also happens to live with ADHD—a trait she was diagnosed with in first grade and has spent her life understanding, embracing, and using to her advantage. Raised in a household where ADHD was never trea...

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March 21, 2025 13 mins

Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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The Perinatal Podcast | Reparenting & Nurturing Your Inner Child with Liz Higgins | Episode 103

Liz is back! This week on The Perinatal Podcast, Liz Higgins, LMFT-S, returns to educate us all on Reparenting and nurturing your inner child. It's so much new information for me, and I'm elated to have learned myself and now to get to share with y'all!Liz is a licensed couples and individual therapist, writer, and the hos...

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Welcome to the Mini Episodes! I've received so many wonderful comments and stories from you all over the years, and I think it's time to share them on the show! It's incredibly validating to hear from others and realize we're not alone on our mental health journeys. Plus, your insights and tips for making improvements in your lives are truly inspiring. If you'd like to share your story, send your email to me at ...

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