Doctora Amanda Corona, mom of 2 and Director of Corporate Partners at UCSD, talks with Reesa, our resident couples therapist for parents about their real parenting struggles. She is sharing navigating parenting challenges, the parent support and resources they found along the way, and any parenting tips they have discovered through their journey. While they chat parenting insights and stories, they are recipe sharing balancing parenting and family meals. She talks about struggling with balancing full-time parenting and a full-time job out of the home and shares her Mom's Fluffiest Pancake recipe. Amanda discusses her journey navigating parent guilt when she was faced with pressures to be stay-at-home parent to be a "good parent" and sacrificing her career. Amanda opens up about her struggles with postpartum depression and battling thoughts of feeling like a failure.  Make sure to subscribe, like, and follow for more recipes and parenting tips.

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Mom's Fluffiest Pancakes

INGREDIENTS:

Pancake mix (we use Bisquick)

1tsp Vanilla Extract

1tsp Pumpkin Spice

1-2 Eggs, slightly beaten

1-2c Milk

Syrup, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Follow boxed instructions based on serving size desired.

2. Add egg and milk. Stir. Should be pourable but thick.

3. Stir in vanilla extract and pumpkin spice.

4. Cook on a buttered or oiled pan until browned on both sides.

5. Top with syrup or other choice toppings.

• Host: Reesa Morala, MA, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 104709. Reesa is a couples counselor for parents providing therapy in person in Murrieta, CA and virtual couples therapy in California. Reesa, also, hosts couples workshops and parenting workshops worldwide.

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If you or your loved one is struggling with any of the topics discussed, here are some resources:

• Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net/

• Suicide and Crisis Line: Text or Call 988

• Go to your local hospital or call 911

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