This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda Walma who you can find at @MI_Crafy Counselor. Follow her page for encouragement, resources, mental health tips and tricks, as well as clinical availability. She's a Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan. She works with children through adults and specialize in life transitions, childhood trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, postpartum depression, anxiety, women’s issues, parenting, trauma, and abuse and neglect. She serves clients and English and Spanish and she is passionate about advocacy and working with diverse populations. She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Aquinas College.

In today's episode we talked all about her personal experience with postpartum, as well as some advice she has from her counseling experience- you'll love what she has to share!

Here's a link to the nursing bra she recommends in the episode: https://amzn.to/3s4fQAC (*this is an affiliate link as a part of the Amazon Associate program)

Let's connect! You can find me on Instagram: ⁠@hellojenniejune⁠ or more resources at ⁠hellojenniejune.com⁠ . Looking forward to hearing from you! 

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