Guest Speaker & Location: Play Hollow
About Play Hollow:
Play Hollow, established in 2021, is a nature-inspired children’s retail and play space located in Ballston Spa, NY. We offer eco-friendly and sustainable toys and apparel as well as bilingual/bicultural books, classes, and workshops. We focus on brands and offerings that center on environmentally-friendly practices and sourcing, elevating voices and opportunities for people of various backgrounds, and products that encourage our children to love and respect nature and community. We can't wait to gather and play!
For information about our retail, online shopping, and class offerings, find us at www.playhollow.com and follow us on the socials @playhollow.
About Natalia:
Natalia is a Puerto Rican bilingual (English-Spanish) speech and language pathologist with 15 years experience working with children, their families, and their community. Natalia completed her BS with two majors in Linguistics and Psychology at Boston College and then completed her MS in Speech-Language Pathology with a bilingual/bicultural extension certificate at Teachers College, Columbia University. Natalia has a strong passion for helping children and their families communicate effectively and create an environment where all involved can feel heard and have a sense of purpose and belonging. Natalia’s offerings have not only included traditional therapy for monolingual and bilingual families, but have expanded to other roles such as teaching homeschool courses, developing programs for social skills and work/life skills, and classes for younger children and toddlers encouraging language building, language use, and cooperative play.
As a mom, you might put everyone else’s needs first. We prioritize mental health and want to provide a space where moms can feel connected with others who GETS it.
Wherever you are on your motherhood journey, you are welcomed! We weren’t meant to do this alone–moms need help, support, and community. Find community, feel supported, and know that you are NOT alone!
Hosted by our founder and CEO, Tatiana who is a new mom.We want to focus specifically on mother’s mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
Your children (of any age) are welcome to join, as long as you feel comfortable. Feel free to bring any toys, blankets, or snacks if you feel you and your kiddo(s) will be more comfortable. When you register, include your child(ren) in the # of participants along with yourself so we know how many people are actually attending.
This is a free maternal mental health advocacy program for local mothers that are struggling with postpartum depression, lack of community support and accessible resources called Empowered Mothers. This program offers in person and virtual support to help you connect with other moms while navigating your new role. The objective of the Empowered Mothers program is to help all mothers with mental and emotional resources and support to increase mothers’ sense of belonging, self-esteem, safety, and overall confidence in the way they parent their children.
This meet-up will be meeting 2x a month at different locations to better support moms and women throughout the Capital Region. Please email us noteworthyresourcesalbany@gmail.com for any questions, be a guest speaker, be a location/spot our meet-up is scheduled at, or have any suggestions.
If you attended one of our Casual Moms Meet-ups, please complete the Attendance Survey by clicking HERE. Your attendance information is for internal use only, HIPAA compliant, and helps Noteworthy Resources' Empowered Mothers program get community funding.
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