So Glad You Asked with Dr. Ruta Nonacs

Motherhood comes with a million questions. So why is it so hard to get real answers? Why does society tell moms to just “push through” - like it’s just part of the job? And when moms do ask for help, why is the first place we turn to Google? Why are we left scrolling social media or scouring the internet for answers?

That's why we created "So Glad You Asked with Dr. Ruta Nonacs" - a show where you bring your toughest maternal and mental health questions to top experts and get real, evidence-based answers and actionable resources.

Co-hosted by Dr. Ruta Nonacs, a clinical psychiatrist at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Allie Hales, a mom of four - this show isn't just for real moms, it's by real moms. Because moms don't just deserve support, they deserve solutions - whether before or during pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.

Each episode we take on questions that keep moms up at night. Every conversation is led by YOU. Your questions, your experiences, your mental health—front and center. No question is too small. No topic is off-limits. You ask. We answer.

🎧 Subscribe now and send us your questions at podcast@womensmentalhealth.org or leave us a voicemail at (617) 643-9232.

Brought to you by the MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health and the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.

Contributors

Host

Dr. Ruta Nonacs

Dr. Ruta Nonacs is a mom of two young adults and a psychiatrist with the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the editor-in-chief of womensmentalhealth.org. Dr. Ruta is committed to making evidence-based resources accessible to all moms and birthing people.

Dr. Ruta received her M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and her Ph.D. from Rockefeller University in New York. Her research focuses on the course and treatment of major depression in women during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and she is the author of A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years. She has received several honors and awards, including a NARSAD Young Investigators Award for her work on postpartum psychiatric illness in women with bipolar disorder.

Co-host

Allie Hales

Allie Hales is a mom of four passionate about making reliable, relevant information available for moms like herself. Allie graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. She serves on Brigham & Women's Hospital's Newborn Medicine and Reproductive Health Advisory Board, Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Maternity Services Council, and is actively involved with the Boston Center for Endometriosis. Allie grew up in the suburbs of Boston, MA and is currently living in Baltimore, MD with her husband, Riley, a resident in anesthesia at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and their four children.