Dr. Anita Phillips on Motherhood & Mental Health | Motherhood Today Podcast, Episode 2

Dr. Anita Phillips (trauma therapist, life coach, author and minister) sits down with Barna CEO David Kinnaman to discuss motherhood and mental health.
Speaking from both personal and professional experience, Dr. Phillips shares on a variety of topics, including: moving from rules to relationship with children, breaking the cycle of generational trauma, how a parents’ mental health impacts how they interact with their child and the unique challenges moms of color face.
She wraps up the conversation with an encouragement to church leaders on how to better support mothers and address the needs they have right now.
Resources mentioned:
Barna.com/motherhood
www.growthechurch.co/
The Garden Within: www.anitaphillips.com/book
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I want to say how valuable the work you’re doing is. I’m 76 and my oldest is now 50. I remember feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, overwhelm…and all the while thinking I shouldn’t be feeling all these things as a new believer. It was worse in the ministry years because there was no one to talk to. Journaling with Jesus was my salvation, yet I certainly could have used an ear, a sounding board, a sincere listener who didn’t minimize, spiritualized, or give me empty platitudes. People did not know where to put emotions then, and so I struggled alone in the darkness. Kudos to you for bringing this out into the light.