The Overlooked Realities of Motherhood

The Overlooked Realities of Motherhood

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I can’t overstate the importance of today’s episode. This conversation will literally change lives. Today, we shine the spotlight brightly on maternal mental health. Far too many moms have said, “I wasn’t familiar with postpartum mood or anxiety disorders, until I experienced them.” Family members and friends have said, “I had no idea what they were going through.” It doesn’t need to stay that way! If you’ve lived through perinatal mental health challenges, or you know someone who has, you know just how important this conversation is. In this empowering discussion, I’m joined by author and national advocate Teresa M. Twomey, social worker and parent educator Jennifer Vendetti, and social worker and perinatal mental health clinician Dr. Natasha Welz.
Come and learn critical information that each of us should be familiar with. If there are women in your life who are expecting, who’ve recently had children, or who hope to have children, this episode is for you. And this is certainly relevant if you’re an expectant mom yourself. You’ll hear moving stories and reflections of lives impacted by transformative programs, and by the power of authentic and intentional relationships. My guests share practical tips to help each of us recognize the signs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. We address myths and misconceptions, and the importance of normalizing the fact that postpartum mental health challenges can and do occur. We also talk through the ways moms can navigate and thrive with effective support, care, and intervention. This is a truly life-giving conversation. Listen in and share it with others! You’ll be glad you did.

Additional Resources

Postpartum Support International www.postpartum.net

CT Chapter of Postpartum Support International www.psictchapter.com

New Mom Health https://newmomhealth.com/

UConn Health Parenting https://health.uconn.edu/parenting-program/

ACCESS Mental Health for Moms https://www.accessmhct.com/moms/

Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance www.mmhla.org

What is Postpartum Psychosis? Bushnell Park TedX Talk by Teresa M. Twomey
https://youtu.be/W7gyRpTkSP0?si=KjSZ4JDvF2_7SpY5

Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health https://policycentermmh.org/

CT Office of Early Childhood Home Visiting System https://www.ctoec.org/home-visiting/

CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
https://portal.ct.gov/dmhas/programs-and-services/women/womens-and-childrens-programs

Hope after Loss https://www.hopeafterloss.org/

The Addy Hour is recorded at the Yale Teaching Studios, with engineering support from Ryan McEvoy, edited by Orlando Suazo, and hosted by Dr. Nii Addy. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and follow our podcast page, to help us grow this podcast and our community.

“People are going to fly whether we like it or not.” Now what?

“People are going to fly whether we like it or not.” Now what?

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The aviation sector has an emissions problem. Convincing people to fly less won’t cut it: The answer is fundamentally reinventing the fuel itself. In this episode of Future in Bloom, host Steph Speirs sits down with Dr. Staff Sheehan, a computer scientist-turned-chemist and five-time entrepreneur, to unpack sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).

Staff breaks down what’s blocking cheap, abundant, clean electricity. He shares how this problem led him to co-found his fifth company, a nuclear energy startup called Project Omega. He makes the case that nuclear is the safest, most space-efficient, and most reliable baseload energy source available, and that its bad reputation is largely driven by misinformation and resistance from the fossil fuel industry.

Along the way, Staff and Steph tackle greenwashing in aviation, the ethanol industry as a blueprint for SAF adoption, U.S. vs. EU policy approaches, the geopolitics of energy independence, the air quality crisis near airports, and why fossil fuel incumbents “play dirty” to maintain the status quo.

Religion, Power, and Indigenous Lands with Tisa Wenger

Religion, Power, and Indigenous Lands with Tisa Wenger

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Professor of American Religious History Tisa Wenger discusses how the early US government used Christianity to justify indigenous land theft, the limits of religious freedom in America, and the importance of Yale’s new certificate in Native American and Indigenous studies.

A transcript of this episode can be found here: https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-04-06-religion-power-and-indigenous-lands-a-quadcast-interview-with-tisa-wenger

Payam Yousefi and the Multifaceted Dimensions of the Music of Iran

Payam Yousefi and the Multifaceted Dimensions of the Music of Iran

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In this episode, Dr. Payam Yousefi discusses with Sindy Yang (MAR ’26) his background as a musical performer and scholar. In particular, he shares how his personal experiences as a musician were deeply embedded in social and political movements in Iran, which served as the impetus for his graduate research. Diving into classical Persian and Sufi poetry, Yousefi shows how music in Iran bears moral, political, and even theological dimensions critical to its understanding. Yousefi also discusses the duality of being a performer-scholar, showing how musical practice and scholarly study are symbiotic with each other.
What Makes a Successful Leader w/ Jeannette Ickovics

What Makes a Successful Leader w/ Jeannette Ickovics

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This week, we hear from Dr. Jeannette Ickovics, a transformative leader with a track record of local, national and global impact, as we consider what makes a successful leader. She generously describes how she’s built multiple pioneering programs from the ground up, and shares her effective practices focusing on infrastructure, sustainability, leadership development, and growth. We also hear about her strategic partnerships across private, public, philanthropic, community and academic sectors and the ways those efforts are tackling our present-day global health challenges. The conversation becomes personal as Dr. Ickovics recounts her journey, not as one who set out to be a leader, but as one who saw the needs in front of her and started addressing them one step at a time. We return to community as she talks candidly about the mentorship that guided her sometimes zig-zagging career journey. We also reflect on the transformative impact of working alongside others in authentic relationships. Join in for this inspiring conversation with a remarkable trailblazer who leads with authenticity, rigor and purpose.

The Addy Hour is recorded at the Yale Teaching Studios, with engineering support from Ryan McEvoy, edited by Orlando Suazo, and hosted by Dr. Nii Addy. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and follow our podcast page, to help us grow this podcast and our community.

How One Person’s Impact Can Unlock Gigawatts of Energy

How One Person’s Impact Can Unlock Gigawatts of Energy

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Matt Traldi, co-founder of Greenlight America, joins Steph Speirs to unpack the “hidden” political friction points stalling the U.S. energy transition. From the permitting bottleneck to why wind and solar are losing by forfeit in local council rooms, Matt breaks down how the next generation of energy is being held back by zoning laws rather than technology. Learn why showing up to a single Tuesday night hearing can have the same carbon impact as planting 4 million trees, and how Matt’s journey from labor unions and the Obama-era EPA led him to tackle the organizing gap in the clean energy revolution.

Tools on the Go | The Johari Window — Expanding Self-Awareness and Trust

Tools on the Go | The Johari Window — Expanding Self-Awareness and Trust

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In this episode of Tools on the Go—a Connected Leadership series of short episodes designed to equip you with powerful leadership tools in just a few minutes—Peter Boyd dives into the Johari Window.

Developed in the 1950s by two psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, the Johari Window is a four-quadrant model that helps us increase self-awareness (of you and your team), strengthen trust with others, and build more connected relationships

To learn more about this tool and further your leadership skills, find the Connected Leadership course on Coursera or find us on YouTube.

Tools on the Go | The Ladder of Inference — Giving Better Feedback by Slowing Down Your Thinking

Tools on the Go | The Ladder of Inference — Giving Better Feedback by Slowing Down Your Thinking

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In this episode of Tools on the Go—a Connected Leadership series of short episodes designed to equip you with powerful leadership tools in just a few minutes—Peter Boyd walks through the Ladder of Inference.

The Ladder of Inference is a model created by organizational psychologist Chris Argyris – and subsequently built upon by Senge, Ross and others – that describes how quickly we can move from observing reality to taking action.

For a more in-depth introduction on how to grow your leadership using this tool, head to the Connected Leadership course on Coursera or find us on YouTube.