Mom & Mind Podcast | Postpartum | Birth | Pregnancy | Maternal Mental Health |

Susana Marquez, LMFT, is the founder of Me Myself N Mommy Therapeutic Services, a private practice in Long Beach, CA. The practice focuses on Latina maternal mental health. Due to her personal struggles with postpartum depression and anxiety, Susana opened up a practice that specializes in providing education, support, and resources to Latina mothers and their families on what maternal mental health is and the importance of a mother’s mental and emotional wellbeing. Her mission is to bridge the gap between Latina mothers and mental health support while bringing awareness to the real issues they face both culturally and socially. Show Highlights: The hard adjustment and loneliness she felt while she experienced postpartum depression and anxiety following the birth of her son in 2014 How her culture expects mothers to deal with motherhood issues and not need extra support  Why she couldn’t share her dark and negative feelings and shut down from everyone How the sudden, tragic loss of her father sent her spi