027 SelfWork: Anxiety, My Mom and Prescription Drug Abuse

Dr. Margaret also answers an email from a listener about how to make decisions concerning being a stay-at-home mom or a working for a salary mom. She focuses on the process of decision-making and offers a strategy you can use for any future situation.
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Important links mentioned in the podcast:
Research on the estimated non-medical use of prescription drugs.
Physiological effects of opioids.
Details on how to do an intervention:
Articles on benzodiazepines and how we don’t know how many people are actually using them.
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Oh, Dr. Margaret- what a powerful story to share. Thank you!
You’re so welcome. I’m delighted it meant something to you Terry and I hope you’ll keep listening!