The Just A Mom Podcast

Susie
thejustamompodcast@gmail.com

Booking Overview

A candid parenting-focused show where Susie and invited experts/advocates discuss children’s mental health challenges—how to recognize signs, access support, and advocate effectively. Each guest brings both lived experience and/or clinical expertise, with practical, hope-forward guidance for parents and caregivers.

Metrics

Episodes: 138

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 421 followers

30s Ad: 60 - 74, 60s Ad: 72 - 86

Contact Information

thejustamompodcast@gmail.com

Host

Susie - Host of The Just A Mom Podcast. A parent of three who shares her family’s experience navigating depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in a child. She focuses on helping parents recognize chall...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Parents/caregivers with lived experience and/or recognized subject-matter experts in child/adolescent mental health (e.g., clinicians/medical professionals), plus advocacy leaders involved in navigating systems (schools, treatment, recovery, peer recovery). Guests often have authorship or formal credentials related to mental health support and recovery frameworks.
Required Achievements:  
Authored a book or guide relevant to parenting/mental health, Clinical specialization or professional practice in mental health, Leadership role in parent/peer advocacy or support organizations, Recognized peer recovery training/certification, Experience supporting families through treatment systems

Recent Guest Discussions

Lisa Katona-Smith - Parenting Through A Child’s Mental Health Challenges And Substance Use Disorder; Early Warning Signs; Advocacy; Boundaries; Family Recovery Frameworks.

Dr. Jenn Rapkin - Lived Experience With Ocd; Evidence-based Approaches (cbt/erp, Medication); Intrusive Thoughts; Family Accommodation; School Advocacy; Emotional Awareness/resilience.

Meri Viano - Navigating The Mental Health System And Stigma; Trauma And Behavior; Community Support And Parent Advocacy; Impact Of Psychosis On Family Dynamics.

Recent Topics

Mental Health, Parenting, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Ocd, Trauma, Substance Use, Advocacy, Recovery

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Just A Mom Podcast
:

Episode 134: Lisa Katona Smith, Mom, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and Author

March 31, 2026

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Lisa Katona-Smith shares her journey as a mother navigating her son’s mental health challenges and substance use disorder. Through moments of fear, resilience, and hard-earned clarity, Lisa transformed her personal experience into a meaningful framework to support other families facing similar struggles—captured in her book, Parallel Recovery: A Guide for Those Who Love Someone with Substance Use Disorder (https://a.co/d/07C8FLzz).This episode ...

Episode 133: Dr. Jenn Rapkin, Mom, Author, and Naturopathic Physician  

March 24, 2026

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Dr. Jenn Rapkin shares her remarkable journey living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) while also parenting a child navigating the same condition. As a naturopathic physician specializing in mental health and mind-body medicine, Dr. Jenn brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to a conversation that is honest, hopeful, and incredibly insightful.She opens up about the early signs of OCD in her own life, the loneliness and stigma ...

Episode 132: Meri Viano, Mom and Associate Director, Parent/Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts

March 17, 2026

This episode of the Just A Mom Podcast features Meri Viano, an adoptive mother and mental health advocate. Meri shares her journey of adopting a sibling set of boys and a girl with Down Syndrome, highlighting the challenges she faced in navigating the mental health system and the stigma surrounding mental illness. She discusses the importance of community support, advocacy for parents, and understanding the complexities of trauma in children's behavior. Meri also shares her experiences with h...

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