Misconceptions

Misconceptions is a groundbreaking podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering women across the globe. We focus on motherhood, maternal mental health and women’s reproductive health often through the cultural lens of the Jewish woman. We dispel myths and challenge misconceptions with solid science, data and education.

Perfect for mothers, aspiring mothers, health professionals, or anyone interested in understanding the often complex and highly misunderstood world of women’s maternal and reproductive health.

Your host, Dvora Entin, is a licensed therapist, trained sex therapist and specialist in perinatal mental health. With an unwavering dedication to sharing evidence-based information, Dvora explores intriguing topics, guiding women through the intricate landscapes of mental health and reproductive struggles with resilience and empathy.

Let’s dispel these Misconceptions together!

Latest Episodes:

21. The Decision to Stop Trying: Closing the Door on the Pursuit of Family Jul 19, 2024

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Rachel Honeyman is a martial artist, writer, and the founder of honeybebold, a hub for empowering female entrepreneurs in their businesses and bodies through bold branding, impactful websites, and transformative self-defense skills. She lives in Long Island, NY with her husband Tzvi and their two bunnies, Tonks and Lupin. And if you couldn't tell, she's a huge Harry Potter nerd.

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20. ADHD in Women: Filling up the Diaper Bag Jul 02, 2024

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Dr. Esther Rollhaus is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in Riverdale, NY and via telepsychiatry to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida. She has a particular interest in women's mental health, infertility and pregnancy loss, and pregnancy and postpartum mental health. Esther received her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed general adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. She has pursued post-graduate training in reproductive and women's mental health via Postpartum Support International, Project Teach, and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

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Web: childandfamilypsychiatry.com

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19. The Couples' Experience of Infertility with Michael Bleicher Jun 21, 2024

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Rabbi Michael Bleicher, LCSW, is passionate about supporting the mental health of his clients throughout their fertility journey. Whether the struggle is learning of a fetal anomaly, infertility, reproductive loss, termination or coping with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders such as postpartum anxiety and depression, he offers a sensitive and supportive space for individuals and couples to process their experiences and to gain the insight and skills necessary to navigate the road ahead. He is the director of clinical training at Achieve Behavioral Health, an outpatient behavioral health center located in Rockland County, New York and the clinical supervisor of its Women's Health track. He feels privileged to be affiliated with many Jewish organizations that are dedicated to supporting couples struggling with infertility and reproductive loss including Bonei Olam, Knafayim and Yesh Tikvah. Michael maintains a private practice in New York and New Jersey and has been privileged to lecture in communities throughout North America and Israel. You are welcome to contact him at BleicherLCSW@gmail.com.

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18. Parenthood with Donor Conceptions: When Your Genes Hold the "Motherload" with Abby Grayson Jun 07, 2024

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Abby Grayson, MA, LPC

Abby Grayson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Skillman, NJ. Abby specializes in treating clients who are experiencing infertility and/or using assisted reproduction technology to build a family. Abby's area of expertise is long-term counseling relationships with infertility patients, focusing on the complex emotional impact of building a family through non-traditional means and issues related to donor-gamete conception throughout the lifespan. Abby is also a specialized trauma therapist, with a particular interest in the clinical intersection between complex trauma and infertility.

Abby has been a faculty member at the annual Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference at Jefferson Medical School, teaching other clinicians about working with donor gamete recipients. Abby also volunteers with various organizations to raise awareness about hereditary cancer risk in the Jewish community.

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17. Faith and Therapy: A Conversation Between Two Faith Filled Therapists May 24, 2024

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Tiffany Conyers is an expert therapist working with perinatal women.

Eavesdrop on this fascinating conversation between two faith-filled therapists - the conflicts, the challenges, and how faith holds them together.

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16. Matrescence and Motherhood with Hillary Waller, LPC May 10, 2024

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Hillary Waller, a skilled therapist with years of experience at Karen Kleiman's Postpartum Stress Center takes us through a conversation about the transition to motherhood, how matrescence changes us and how we have to talk more about it.

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15. Totally Not What I Expected: A Conversation with Malka Edinger PART TWO Apr 26, 2024

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In continuation to episode 14 PART ONE, Malka takes on her personal experience of infertility and the choices and chances that occur along the way. A fierce advocate and supporter of others, Malka chose to share so others feel less alone. Join us for this powerful conversation.

About Malka Edinger:

Malka Edinger is a speech-language pathologist, wife, and mother. Professionally, Malka works with middle school students who require support for language-based learning disabilities and social communication disorders. Malka became involved in the larger infertility/loss community while struggling for several years with infertility, pregnancy loss, a TFMR pregnancy, starting a surrogacy journey, and then enduring a high risk pregnancy and pre-term birth. During her journey to becoming a mother, Malka both sought-out the support of community resources and closely connected with other infertility warriors along the way. Currently, Malka serves as an empathetic friend and knowledgeable resource for others who are struggling on their journey to parenthood. In her free time, (what free time?), Malka enjoys thrift shopping, cooking with fresh herbs, watching reality TV, and dreaming up creative projects she might get to "one day."

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14. Totally Not What I Expected: A Conversation with Malka Edinger PART ONE Apr 12, 2024

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In this episode, Malka takes on her personal experience of infertility and the choices and chances that occur along the way. A fierce advocate and supporter of others, Malka chose to share so others feel less alone. Join us for this powerful conversation.

About Malka Edinger

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13. Finding Equilibrium in the World of Traumatic Grief Mar 29, 2024

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Joanne Cacciatore, PhD is one of the world's premier experts in traumatic grief, with specific focus on the death of a child. As a master educator and researcher, Joanne shares her lived and learned experiences about the language of grief and loss. Listen and learn from this compassionate and unique individual.

About Dr. Joanne Cacciatore:

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is a Professor at Arizona State University, a Senior Sustainability Scholar, and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement Program. She is in the top 2% of scholars in the world in her field of study, and has devoted her life to research, practice, and community based care of those suffering traumatic grief. She served on Oprah and Prince Harry's Mental Health Committee for the Apple TV Series, The Me You Can't See, which also featured her work at the Selah Carefarm, a sustainable, therapeutic community that brings rescued animals together with humans who are grieving the tragic death of a child, parent, partner, or other primary family member. Her numerous research studies have been published in top tier journals such as the Lancet, and other medical journals, and she just released one the Great Courses called Understanding and Coping with Grief with Audible. Her best selling book, Bearing the Unbearable: Love, loss, and the heartbreaking path of grief, has been published in seven languages and is a seminal text in grief courses all over the world. Her newborn daughter, Cheyenne, died in 1994 changing the entire course of her life.

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www.JoanneCacciatore.com or www.SelahCarefarm.com

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12. TFMR- Termination for Medical Reasons: A Mother's Story Mar 15, 2024

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When lightning strikes twice. The unusual story of a mother and therapist choosing to terminate a pregnancy due to fetal anomaly. Julie is a renowned expert in the field of Reproductive mental health and explores the complex experience of being on both sides of the couch.

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