Bonded From The Start Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:10:07 -0700 https://bondedfromthestart.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Bonded From The Start yes c16d4b20-8d2e-50f7-a4f6-21fa79062a5a Laura Todd and Carina Lane episodic false Bonded from the Start is a podcast about perinatal mental health and infant and early childhood development — two fields that shape the same families and rarely get talked about in the same room.


Hosted by Carina Lane, founder of Mindfulstarts, a parenting coach & perinatal therapist, and Laura Todd, founder of Early Bonds Therapy, a perinatal and infant/early childhood therapist. Each episode bridges what a parent is carrying and what a baby is communicating. Topics cover what we, as clinicians, run into every day through our work with individuals in this period, alongside other professionals who specialize in these topics. 


We talk about matrescence, perinatal mental health conditions (PMHCs), attachment, co-regulation, responsive caregiving, and the postpartum months nobody prepares you for. It's a reflective lens holding space for both parent and infant to be seen as individuals and as a unit. All in language you can actually use.


If you're a parent, these are honest conversations that normalize the hard parts, make sense of your baby's behavior, and take the shame out of the days that feel like too much. If you're a clinician, birth worker, educator, home visitor, or early intervention provider, this podcast will provide relationship-based, reflective, culturally grounded practice you can carry into your next visit. 

Every family starts somewhere. These are the earliest relationships, the ones that teach a baby whether the world feels safe and teach a parent who they're becoming.


No perfection scripts. No quick-fix tips. Just curiosity, developmental science, and the belief that support shapes outcomes.


New episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. Wherever you are in this transition, you don't have to figure it out alone.


]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Laura Todd and Carina Lane https://storage.buzzsprout.com/cecb87vl1z9q59wsihejt9z6ap1p?.jpg Bonded From The Start https://bondedfromthestart.buzzsprout.com EP: 2 The Conversations Our Field isn't Having (Yet) EP: 2 The Conversations Our Field isn't Having (Yet) In episode two, co-hosts Laura Todd and Carina Lane discuss pressures affecting parents, from limited support and postpartum mental health struggles to social media comparison and parenting guilt. Drawing on their professional work in perinatal and infant mental health, and their own parenting experiences, they explore why families need more accessible, individualized support.

  • In this episode, we unpack:
    • The Solo Parenting Trap: Connecting the unrealistic expectation that parents should manage alone with the reality of deep burnout and limited support networks.
    • Competing Demands: Navigating the constant juggle of career decisions, family relationships, financial strain, and social media scrutiny.
    • Our Personal Stories: Carina shares her raw experience with postpartum anxiety and early attachment struggles, while Laura reflects on postpartum anxiety, grief, and isolation.
    • Mending Systemic Gaps: A call for better access to perinatal mental health support, including screening, clear referral pathways, language-accessible care, and cross-disciplinary training.
    • Understanding Your Baby: How gaps in child development guidance and online misinformation leave parents anxious, and how to shift toward values-based choices rather than social media guilt.

Resources & Recommendations Mentioned in This Episode:


Timestamps

  • [00:06] - The episode’s focus: unmet needs in perinatal and infant mental health
  • [01:22] - Why families need more caregiving support
  • [03:08] - Parenting under conflicting demands and public scrutiny
  • [05:04] - Finding a village when family relationships are strained
  • [08:48] - How postpartum mental health struggles can affect bonding
  • [10:34] - Carina’s postpartum anxiety and Laura’s pandemic-era experience
  • [13:56] - Where families encounter gaps in maternal mental health care
  • [15:52] - Language access and a provider response that missed the need
  • [18:02] - Why early childhood programs need screening and referral pathways
  • [20:27] - Building perinatal mental health into professional education
  • [22:24] - How cross-disciplinary knowledge can support families while they wait for care
  • [24:00] - Developmental guidance, misinformation, and learning to observe a baby
  • [27:50] - Fitting parenting methods to your child: Social media guilt, daycare, and values
  • [29:40] - Weekly recommendations begin
  • [29:55] - Laura’s recommendation: The Invisible String
  • [31:01] - Carina’s recommendation: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
  • [32:21] - Wrap up and Thank you

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

]]> In episode two, co-hosts Laura Todd and Carina Lane discuss pressures affecting parents, from limited support and postpartum mental health struggles to social media comparison and parenting guilt. Drawing on their professional work in perinatal and infant mental health, and their own parenting experiences, they explore why families need more accessible, individualized support.

  • In this episode, we unpack:
    • The Solo Parenting Trap: Connecting the unrealistic expectation that parents should manage alone with the reality of deep burnout and limited support networks.
    • Competing Demands: Navigating the constant juggle of career decisions, family relationships, financial strain, and social media scrutiny.
    • Our Personal Stories: Carina shares her raw experience with postpartum anxiety and early attachment struggles, while Laura reflects on postpartum anxiety, grief, and isolation.
    • Mending Systemic Gaps: A call for better access to perinatal mental health support, including screening, clear referral pathways, language-accessible care, and cross-disciplinary training.
    • Understanding Your Baby: How gaps in child development guidance and online misinformation leave parents anxious, and how to shift toward values-based choices rather than social media guilt.

Resources & Recommendations Mentioned in This Episode:


Timestamps

  • [00:06] - The episode’s focus: unmet needs in perinatal and infant mental health
  • [01:22] - Why families need more caregiving support
  • [03:08] - Parenting under conflicting demands and public scrutiny
  • [05:04] - Finding a village when family relationships are strained
  • [08:48] - How postpartum mental health struggles can affect bonding
  • [10:34] - Carina’s postpartum anxiety and Laura’s pandemic-era experience
  • [13:56] - Where families encounter gaps in maternal mental health care
  • [15:52] - Language access and a provider response that missed the need
  • [18:02] - Why early childhood programs need screening and referral pathways
  • [20:27] - Building perinatal mental health into professional education
  • [22:24] - How cross-disciplinary knowledge can support families while they wait for care
  • [24:00] - Developmental guidance, misinformation, and learning to observe a baby
  • [27:50] - Fitting parenting methods to your child: Social media guilt, daycare, and values
  • [29:40] - Weekly recommendations begin
  • [29:55] - Laura’s recommendation: The Invisible String
  • [31:01] - Carina’s recommendation: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
  • [32:21] - Wrap up and Thank you

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

]]> Laura Todd and Carina Lane Buzzsprout-19922963 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0700 1987 1 2 full false EP: 1 Our Meet Cute Story EP: 1 Our Meet Cute Story Welcome to Episode 1 of the Bonded from the Start Podcast!

Every great partnership has a beginning, and ours starts right here. In this inaugural episode, we give you the inside scope on our "meet cute" story . We talk about how our paths crossed online, into how we bonded (literally bonded from the start!) from the world of early childhood development and perinatal mental health, and the exact moment we realized we needed to build this podcast together.

We discuss why bridging the gap between parental mental health and infant development is so vital and why we are so passionate about destroying the separate silos of parenting support.

Resources & Recommendations Mentioned in This Episode:

Laura: Any Emily Henry Books

Carina: Dad Brain by Darby Saxebe

Timestamps:

  • [00:01] - Welcome to the first episode and the “meet cute” setup
  • [00:34] - How Laura and Carina connected on Instagram
  • [01:07] - Their first Zoom call and shared professional path
  • [02:51] - Meeting in person at the PSI conference
  • [05:30] - Why perinatal and infant mental health need to be connected
  • [09:02] - The LA networking-event adventure
  • [11:10] - How the idea for the podcast came together
  • [15:42] - Weekly recommendations begin
  • [16:17] - Laura’s recommendation: Emily Henry books
  • [17:49] - Carina’s recommendation: Dad Brain
  • [20:11] - Wrap-up and thank you

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

]]> Welcome to Episode 1 of the Bonded from the Start Podcast!

Every great partnership has a beginning, and ours starts right here. In this inaugural episode, we give you the inside scope on our "meet cute" story . We talk about how our paths crossed online, into how we bonded (literally bonded from the start!) from the world of early childhood development and perinatal mental health, and the exact moment we realized we needed to build this podcast together.

We discuss why bridging the gap between parental mental health and infant development is so vital and why we are so passionate about destroying the separate silos of parenting support.

Resources & Recommendations Mentioned in This Episode:

Laura: Any Emily Henry Books

Carina: Dad Brain by Darby Saxebe

Timestamps:

  • [00:01] - Welcome to the first episode and the “meet cute” setup
  • [00:34] - How Laura and Carina connected on Instagram
  • [01:07] - Their first Zoom call and shared professional path
  • [02:51] - Meeting in person at the PSI conference
  • [05:30] - Why perinatal and infant mental health need to be connected
  • [09:02] - The LA networking-event adventure
  • [11:10] - How the idea for the podcast came together
  • [15:42] - Weekly recommendations begin
  • [16:17] - Laura’s recommendation: Emily Henry books
  • [17:49] - Carina’s recommendation: Dad Brain
  • [20:11] - Wrap-up and thank you

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

]]> Laura Todd and Carina Lane Buzzsprout-19910184 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0700 1262 1 1 full false Trailer Trailer Welcome to the Bonded from the Start Podcast!

Feeling lost in your postpartum or parenting journey? Tired of feeling like you are missing information as a provider when you are supporting new families? Wish more people were having honest conversations about motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, and postpartum? Well, you are in the exact right place!

Join co-hosts Carina Lane and Laura Todd as they explore the connection between pregnancy, postpartum mental health, and infant/early childhood development. Raising our children, managing our own mental health, and protecting their emotional development are not separate silos, they are an interconnected ecosystem.

In this quick trailer, we give you a sneak peek into what this podcast is all about, including:

  • Deep-Dive Conversations: Expert insights on pregnancy, postpartum, and infant/early childhood mental health.
  • Solo & Co-Host Episodes: Raw, honest reflections exploring our favorite topics and clinical concepts in this field.
  • Curated Recommendations: Our top picks for books, TV shows, movies, professional resources, and parenting products.
  • Real Talk: Learning something new while making sure we have plenty of laughs along the way.

Don't miss Episode 1!

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

]]> Welcome to the Bonded from the Start Podcast!

Feeling lost in your postpartum or parenting journey? Tired of feeling like you are missing information as a provider when you are supporting new families? Wish more people were having honest conversations about motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, and postpartum? Well, you are in the exact right place!

Join co-hosts Carina Lane and Laura Todd as they explore the connection between pregnancy, postpartum mental health, and infant/early childhood development. Raising our children, managing our own mental health, and protecting their emotional development are not separate silos, they are an interconnected ecosystem.

In this quick trailer, we give you a sneak peek into what this podcast is all about, including:

  • Deep-Dive Conversations: Expert insights on pregnancy, postpartum, and infant/early childhood mental health.
  • Solo & Co-Host Episodes: Raw, honest reflections exploring our favorite topics and clinical concepts in this field.
  • Curated Recommendations: Our top picks for books, TV shows, movies, professional resources, and parenting products.
  • Real Talk: Learning something new while making sure we have plenty of laughs along the way.

Don't miss Episode 1!

Hit that FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button right now so you never miss an episode!

Connect with us online:

  • Instagram: @bondedfromthestartpod
  • Email: bondedfromthestartpod@gmail.com

Meet Laura Todd:

  • Website: lauratoddlpcc.com
  • Instagram: @the_infant_therapist
  • TikTok / YouTube: @the_infant_therapist

Meet Carina Lane:

Theme music composed by: Kevin Bryson

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