On today’s episode, Amanda Weinstein, Jasmine Clark and Rachel Vindman get real about mental health. Covid may have made everything worse, but we’ve had a mental health crisis in this country for a long time and we’re only just now starting to talk about it. After they discuss their own mental health and what policy changes could help us address this crisis, child therapist Deborah Paris joins the pod to answer their parenting questions and give some tips on how to talk to our kids about mental health.Then Rachel sits down with Dr. Andrea Bonior, a clinical psychologist and the voice behind “Baggage Check,” the mental health advice column in The Washington Post. Dr. Andrea is such a wise and calming presence, her chat with Rachel almost feels like 20 minutes of free therapy! She and Rachel discuss how we can keep engaging with politics while still prioritizing our mental health, how the epidemic of loneliness is dangerous for our country, and why “just calm down!” is never a useful thing to say.Then Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to big birthdays, different perspectives, and making it through a rough parenting week in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”If you’re outraged over the latest attack on women’s rights in Texas, let’s make sure our elected officials know that suburban women will not accept this attack on our rights. Take our No Bans No Bounties pledge here and commit to never voting for a candidate who supports criminalizing abortion.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

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