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Dr. Jodi Pawluski

Dr. Jodi Pawluski is a Neuroscientist, Therapist and Author specializing in maternal Mommy Brain, the Neuroscience of Parenting, and Perinatal Mental Health.

For more see www.jodipawluski.com

29/04/2026

Mommy Brain is out in Greek! ❤️❤️❤️

Pick up your copy today.

11/04/2026

🧠✨ Parents in Saudi Arabia, Argentina & Greece — We Need You To Take a Survey Online!

Have you ever noticed changes in your memory since becoming a parent? Many people talk about “mom brain,” but research suggests these changes may be linked to the mental load that comes with caring for a child — all the planning, remembering, and organizing parents do every day.

We’re conducting a research study to better understand how mental load affects memory in mothers, fathers, and all parents.

The goal is to improve our understanding of memory in parenthood and help develop better support strategies for parents.

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Parents of at least one child under 3, living in Saudi Arabia, Argentina, or Greece

⏱️ Quick & easy online participation

🔗 Learn more and take part here:
https://www.jodipawluski.com/moments

Please share with other parents who might be interested — your participation helps advance research on motherhood and memory!

This study is done in collaboration with the brilliant .dalla .aguswainsztein Dr Sameera Abuaish and more.

07/04/2026

What a fantastic couple of days talking about the importance of child and parent development with policy makers from around India! Thank you!

And a special thank you to for the opportunity to speak about the importance of the parental brain.

03/04/2026

.tv in the house! What a great day talking about mom brain, mental load and brain changes of motherhood.

I was joined by the fabulous as she shared about what motherhood has been like for her, the realities of it, its affect on her brain, and her non negotiables. ❤️

A huge Thank You .thiry and her team for creating this amazing documentary.

The documentary will be out in a few months - including interviews with .maternal , .delange Dr Helena Rutherford , Dr Catherine Dulac and more.

Can’t wait! ❤️🤰🏽🧠

babybrain

01/04/2026

And all of this happens fairly rapidly and continuously.

As you can imagine, this takes a lot of brain power.

The parental brain is a brain for 2 people - the parent and the infant.

For more on this - join me at upcoming workshops and trainings or check out my substack, podcast and more.

29/03/2026

A new episode has dropped .

I often get questions about the maternal brain from midwifery students so I thought I’d share some questions and answers here.

I also had one last question about how do we support would look like and here is my answer to that:

Support can look different and needs to be individualized, but to start I would like to see a reduction in the mental load of motherhood that so many women carry, more options for attainable childcare, more flexibility with regards to parental leave, parental leave that is shared between parents, mandatory leave for fathers, fewer stereotypical gender roles in parenting, access to mental health care, parenting groups, psychoeducation around what is happening during pregnancy,birth and postpartum when talking about the brain, understanding that the brain needs basic things to function and often these things are difficult to get it you’re a new mom - but they shouldn’t be is the caring is shared. Starting with brain basics - it needs sleep, movement, social support, food, reduced stress. Then of course, therapies and medication can help for those in distress. It’s also important to reduce the shame and guilt around things like birth and bottle feeding. Some of these things could be political as we need to change policies and approaches to maternity care on a systemic level. Others are more cultural (social expectations of motherhood), others psychological (ideas about what motherhood will be like) and so on.

Merci , Charlotte, Céline & Marie for being curious about motherhood, the brain and mental health !

If you are looking for more info on this topic check out my website for my course information.

27/03/2026

New post up in my Parental Brain 101 Series at Mom Brain Musings on .

Link in profile.

Enjoy,

Jodi

25/03/2026

I just wanted to clarify a couple points as I’ve seen some information saying that Baby Brain or Mom Brain is a myth.

I would like it to be.

But women experience brain fog and memory changes during late pregnancy and the postpartum period.

These changes are not linked to the structural brain changes that occur during pregnancy, according the research to date.

In fact the maternal brain isn’t supposed to become a dysfunctional pile of mush. It’s actually doing quite a bit - learning to parent is a big deal.

That being said, memory and brain fog during pregnancy and postpartum are likely related to things like mental load, lack of sleep, maybe some hormone changes (although that’s not clear) and more.

You can read more about the maternal brain in these great resources:

-Mommy Brain which is my book - link in profile.
-Baby Brain by
-Mother Brain by .wonder

22/03/2026

Brain changes with motherhood are a big deal.

They exist as part of the process of learning how to parent (in mothers and any parent) .

The parental brain changes in both structure and function.

In short, it is remodeled and activated in a different way.

This is a good thing and shouldn’t feel like it becomes a dysfunctional part of you.

However, sometimes your mom brain can feel like mush.

For me, and based on the research out there, when the brain is too overloaded it can start to feel like it isn’t functioning how it should.

It seems to me that the mental overload of motherhood is a key player in .

That’s what my research is focusing on these days - the interaction between , memory function, and maternal wellbeing.

I’m curious to see what we’ll find.

What do you think contributes to mom brain?

20/03/2026

Look at this beautiful cover! 💕

I’m absolutely thrilled to see my book, Mommy Brain, in Greek - out soon!

Thank you to .dalla for being a force behind this opportunity and to Crete University Press for believing in the importance of sharing the neuroscience of parenting. ❤️

19/03/2026

Just a few thoughts here on Matrescence and Baby Brain.

The two are related but different.

Happy to discuss further.

Let me know your thoughts ⬇️.

Lovely baby art in the background by . (The boats are by my son ❤️)

18/03/2026

Maybe if I’d know....

This is one of the motivations behind why I do what I do.

It also breaks my heart a bit each time I think about how science and medicine have failed Emma and pretty much most mothers (and women) who struggle with health conditions - from low iron to endometriosis to postpartum mental illness and beyond.

They say that knowledge is power, it is but often in a more subtle way.

I met Emma the summer of 2020, when she was writing her memoir After the Storm (a must-read).

We crossed paths a bit over subsequent years - see episode 34 and a related blog post titled After the Storm on my website or .

Her memoir is one that I often recommend for those who are struggling or want to know more about motherhood.

Being a mom and parent is hard, and your brain, although doing its best, can only do so much on no sleep, isolation....and not having the options and support that it needs to function.

If you want to know more about brain changes with motherhood and parenting, in health and with mental illness, I offer the following:
- my book - Mommy Brain
- my podcast
- therapy and a workshop for moms
- a workshop and course for healthcare professionals .

I also speak and consult for organizations working to improve child development and parental health.

And, of course, I do research and am involved at an EU level, improving research related to women’s health .

This feels like a giant blurb about what I do but the point is that I want parents and everyone to know.

Stories like Emma’s make me get up every morning and do more so motherhood doesn’t have to be so hard.

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