E122 GUEST Author of The New Baby Bluebrint, Whitney Casares helps you toss the MOM GUILT

Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, author, speaker, and full-time working mom. She’s a boots on the ground advocate for the success of women in the workplace and at home. Dr. Casares is a Stanford University-trained private practice pediatrician whose expertise spans the public health, direct patient care, and media worlds. She holds a Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health from The University of California, Berkeley, and a Journalism degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is a Mama Mindset Thought Leader. Her book, The New Baby Blueprint: Caring for You and Your Little One (American Academy of Pediatrics, March 2020), is quickly earning media attention and consumer applause. The first of its kind to address the unique needs of modern women as they transition to motherhood, The New Baby Blueprint questions our assumptions about what moms and their babies really need in the first few months of life with a no-apologies, straight-talk approach. Her new book with the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Working Mom Blueprint: Winning at Parenting without Losing Yourself (American Academy of Pediatrics, May 2021), gives practical, expert-rooted advice and support for modern working moms who are ready to level-up their motherhood experiences and find success in the workplace and at home. Her work focuses on moving modern moms from feeling conflicted to centered. Dr. Whitney and Modern Mommy Doc have been featured in dozens of publications, including Parents Magazine, New York Times Parenting, Prevention Magazine, Romper, Good Housekeeping, Evoke, Motherly, and Working Mother Magazine. Dr. Casares practices pediatrics in Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Scott raise their two young daughters. Follow her on social @modernmommydoc Visit Michaela https://www.michaelarenee.com/ Subscribe to the Be You Find Happy Podcast itunes | https://apple.co/31qiCQ9 Stitcher | https://bit.ly/37tUVdF Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2IQ50HG iHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3o927BS Google Play Music | https://bit.ly/3kga5qF