Perfectly imperfect: Navigating new parenthood and perinatal mental health

In recognition of Perinatal Mental Health Week, Amy Mathews joins us to share wisdom gained from her lived experience of perinatal mental health struggles and her subsequent work as a peer support worker. Amy discusses how social pressure and expectations impact the transition to parenting. She also talks about what practitioners can do to support parents and perinatal mental health during this time of rapid change.

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Perfectly imperfect: Navigating new parenthood and perinatal mental health is an episode from Emerging Minds Podcast by Emerging Minds.

This episode is 00:28:29 long.

This episode was published on Nov 24, 2025.

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