What We’re Cooking
What We Watched
Article We’re Reading
“Advice for New Parents: Facing Struggles and Breaking the Stigma” by Cheryl Stash, LCSW, founder of The Monkey Mashup, is one of our cornerstone articles. Outlining the many forms of support available for new or overwhelmed parents, we normalize common struggles faced by parents across the board. Here is an excerpt:
In this article, you can find the top 10 struggles that new parents face (you’ll be familiar with quite a few) plus our best advice for new parents. (Read the full article here.)
Helper of the Week
The Conative Group, PLLC, is a collective of mental health providers serving a variety of needs in the greater Houston area and virtually via telehealth. We are highly trained professionals offering a variety of psychological services for adults, teens, children, and families. Several members of our clinical staff are especially skilled in working with individuals on the autism spectrum.And, as always, please give us feedback on Twitter. Which topic above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let us know. Just send a tweet to @themonkeymashup and put #themondaymashup at the end so we can find it.
Have a wonderful week, all.
Much love to you and your family,
The Monkey Mashup Staff

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