From Fear to Freedom: Understanding Reproductive Anxiety- Alexia Leachman [576] - Mindful Mama Mentor | Hunter Clarke-Fields Alexia Leachman helps women overcome reproductive anxiety, tokophobia, and maternal mental health struggles through emotional healing and empowerment using the Head Trash Clearance method.       576: ...

From Fear to Freedom: Understanding Reproductive Anxiety, with Alexia Leachman
#tokophobia #tocophobia
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Perinatal Anxiety | Therapy & Treatment for Perinatal Anxiety — Greenwood Psychology Struggling with perinatal anxiety and fear of giving birth? Find evidence-based therapy at Greenwood Psychology in Edmonton to navigate parenting worries.

Parenting and pregnancy can be one of the most meaningful and demanding experiences in life.
In-person appointments in Edmonton, or virtual appointments anywhere in Alberta.
#PerinatalAnxiety #Tokophobia
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Reproductive Anxiety Disorder (RAD) — a proposed framework to understand the hidden, trauma-linked fear of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood that underpins much of women’s mental and emotional distress during their reproductive years. —Alexia Leachman
#tokophobia
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Really productive research morning thinking about how we can work better across perinatal mental health and women’s health care services to support those suffering with #tokophobia (fear of childbirth) and #vaginismus

Reproductive Anxiety Disorder: The Hidden Mental Health Crisis Affecting Women at Every Stage of Life - Fearless Birthing For decades, we’ve accepted a simple (and lazy) explanation for why women experience higher rates of anxiety than men: “It’s hormonal.”“It’s just part of being a woman.”“You’re emotional. You overthin...

Reproductive Anxiety Disorder: The Hidden Mental Health Crisis Affecting Women at Every Stage of Life
Fearless Birthing Blog by Alexia Leachman
#tokophobia #tocophobia #WomensMentalHealth
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Frontiers | Havening: a psycho-sensory therapy for enhancing emotional resilience and psycho-emotional wellbeing across the perinatal period Havening, a psycho-sensory therapy, is increasingly recognized for its potential in supporting perinatal psycho-spiritual and emotional health. By employing ...

Havening: a psycho-sensory therapy for enhancing emotional resilience and psycho-emotional wellbeing across the perinatal period - Front. Glob. Women’s Health, 07 July 2025
#PerinatalMentalHealth #tokophobia #BirthTrauma
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Birth Dearth: The Price of Society’s Apathy Toward Women Why should we have babies if no one gives a shit about us outside of our reproductive capacity?

Hi all, I'm excited to announce that I've begun writing for Life Without Children! If you're #childfree, check out this pub. There are tons of amazing writers discussing our thoughts on childfreedom. My first article is about how medical sexism and #tokophobia factor into the childfree experience.

Let’s Change The Conversation | This White Paper explores how media-driven narratives about pregnancy and childbirth are fuelling a silent epidemic of reproductive fear and trauma. —Alexia Leachman
#PerinatalAnxiety #tokophobia
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Reproductive Anxiety Disorder (RAD) — a proposed framework to understand the hidden, trauma-linked fear of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood that underpins much of women’s mental and emotional distress during their reproductive years. —Alexia Leachman
#tokophobia
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I'm fully #ChildfreeByChoice, never wanted kids in any capacity, I've known this since I was a young child. Being parentified reinforced my stance.

The thought of pregnancy freaks me the heck out #Tokophobia, human babies and children are NOT cute, everything about them makes me nauseous. 🤢🤮

I've Been Deeply Terrified Of Getting Pregnant My Entire Life. I Finally Know Why. "Womanhood is not — and should not be — based on our childbearing capabilities, regardless of the physical, mental, financial or personal reasons we have for not wanting biological children."

I've Been Deeply Terrified Of Getting Pregnant My Entire Life. I Finally Know Why.
By Danielle Steiner
#tokophobia #tocophobia
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Psychologists’ experiences of working with fear of childbirth: implications and advice for care providers Fear of childbirth is a common problem that affects women’s health and wellbeing. A variety of interventions have been used in research and clinical settings, but it remains unclear how interventio...

#Sweden Psychologists’ experiences of working with fear of childbirth: implications and advice for care providers
#tokophobia #tocophobia
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Break Free from Maternal Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year: Challacombe, Fiona, Green, Catherine, Bream, Victoria: 9781108823135: Books - Amazon.ca Break Free from Maternal Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year: Challacombe, Fiona, Green, Catherine, Bream, Victoria: 9781108823135: Books - Amazon.ca

Must-read: Break Free from Maternal Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year. Cambridge University Press, 2022 - by Fiona Challacombe, Catherine Green & Victoria Bream
#CBT #PerinatalMentalHealth #tokophobia
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#art #digitalart #childfree #tokophobia #antinatalist