🎧 Episode# 3: Thriving following diagnoses of PPD & GAD 🎧
Introducing Rocki Howard, a bold, beautiful, badass pioneer!
“My husband often says if more women were represented in healthcare, we would get more answers to women specific issues.”
She’s a DEIB influencer, on Staffing Industry Analysts - Global Power 150 list, and hosts Grown Woman Wednesday. Rocki also has a wonderful tool kit to help her mental health. She will share that with you in this episode.
This is a tool kit Rocki learned battling postpartum depression (PPD) and living with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Rocki is a true testimonial of those who are active participants in their mental health, continuing to thrive despite having a mental health illness.
This episode will cover:
🫶🏽 Rocki’s journey with PPD, and subsequent diagnosis of having GAD
🤱🏾 How PPD and GAD impacted Rocki as a mother
🫂 What support looks like from family and friends
🦸🏾 Leveraging your diagnoses as a super power!
🛠️ Several tools to utilize for mental health and wellness
Rocki’s Achievements:
Founder of diversiology.io
Host of Grown Women Wednesday.
Staffing Industry Analysts - DEI Influencer in 2022 and 2023.
Staffing Industry Analysts - Global Power 150 in 2023.
Facts about PPD & GAD:
In the US, PPD affects every 1 in 7-10 women, though the numbers are likely underestimated Scientists are unable to identify a single cause for PPD.
6.8 million people, 3% of the US, are diagnosed with GAD, women are 2x more likely than men.
Sources:
https://www.postpartumdepression.org/postpartum-depression/
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/perinatal-depression
