Paging Dr. Mom

About Paging Dr. Mom

I was a medical student with two kids, trying to keep it all together. I constantly felt like I had to defend my decision to chase a meaningful career and raise a family at the same time. But professional women with children shouldn’t have to choose between ambition and motherhood. Paging Dr. Mom is a podcast for the women doing it all and wondering if it’s ever enough. If you’ve ever felt the pressure to be everything to everyone, this space is for you. I’m Dr. Angelle Downey, a family physician, single mom, and host who believes we can thrive, not just survive, through the chaos. With real talk, expert insights, honest stories, and a few good laughs, we’ll navigate the mental load, burnout, identity shifts, guilt, and joy that come with being a high-achieving woman in a messy, beautiful life. Together, we’ll cry, connect, and grow into the strong, wise women our kids are watching us become. Let’s build a life we don’t need to apologize for and actually love living.

Publisher

Angelle Downey

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2025

Latest episode

10 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Feb 2026

   22: ADHD Isn’t a Flaw: How to Work With Your Brain, Not Against It

   If you’ve ever felt like your brain just works differently and wondered why you’re constantly exhausted, forgetful, or overwhelmed despite “doing all the things”, this conversation is for you. In this episode, Jessica Covington, master-certified coach in life, health, and neuroscience (and a fellow mom with a fancy ADHD brain), joins me to talk about the realities of executive dysfunction, late diagnoses in women, and how shame and internalized messages keep us stuck. We unpack her Four Eleme...

2. 

   28 Jan 2026

   21: The Postpartum Brain Is Still Your Brain: Nervous System Healing for Working Moms with Atara Pakinson

   In this episode of Paging Dr. Mom, I sit down with therapist and integrative practitioner Atara Parkinson to explore why so many mothers continue to struggle long after the postpartum period ends. We talk about how pregnancy and motherhood permanently reshape the brain, why high‑functioning women often stay stuck in fight‑or‑flight, and how nervous system dysregulation and mineral depletion can drive burnout, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. Atara explains Brainspotting, therapeutic intensi...

3. 

   21 Jan 2026

   20: The Loonie Doctor on Money Stress, Relationships, and Financial Freedom for Women Physicians

   In this powerful and honest conversation, I sit with Dr. Mark Soth — the Loonie Doctor — to talk about the emotional side of money for women physicians. Together we unpack guilt around ambition, financial stress after long years of training, navigating money in relationships, preparing for divorce, and how financial stability creates freedom instead of pressure. Mark shares practical wisdom on debt, investing, communication between partners, and teaching kids healthy money habits, all through...

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