Adventures With Postpartum Depression
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This week, I wanted to drop in and say, "Hello!" because the e-book of my memoir, Adventures With Postpartum Depression, is free now, December 8-12, on Amazon. It's my early Christmas gift fo...
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This is episode 81, formerly episode 8, featuring an interview with Alexia Johnstone. This was actually the first interview I ever did for the show! Unfortunately, some earlier episodes dropp...
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- 6 years ago
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This week, I give an update on the past couple months of my life and the changes I have been making as I enter a new phase of my life. I have fully recovered and healed from postpartum depres...
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- 7 years ago
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Hello, Adventurers! Pippa started kindergarten yesterday, so today, I'm thinking about my goals for the 2018-2019 school year. I'm also trying to figure out how involved I want to be at my ki...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Tyra Fainstad shares her story of postpartum depression and anxiety. Tyra suffered from PPD and anxiety after the birth of her daughter who is now 2 years old. When she got pregnan...
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- 8 years ago
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For the next couple of weeks, I am sharing the audio version of my memoir, Adventures with Postpartum Depression. I don't have the time or resources to put together a fancy-schmancy formal au...
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- 8 years ago
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For the next couple of weeks, I am sharing the audio version of my memoir, Adventures with Postpartum Depression. I don't have the time or resources to put together a fancy-schmancy formal au...
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- 8 years ago
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For the next couple of weeks, I am sharing the audio version of my memoir, Adventures with Postpartum Depression. I don't have the time or resources to put together a fancy-schmancy formal au...
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- 8 years ago
45:58
The past few months, I have been working on improving my physical health. As strong as my mental health has been since I recovered from PPD, I know I will feel even better once I lose weight ...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Stephanie Trzyna shares her story of postpartum depression and anxiety on the show. Stephanie is the mother of an eleven and half year old daughter. Although she overcame postpartu...
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- 8 years ago
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This Sunday, it's Mother's Day in the United States, and I felt inspired to share some thoughts and rants on the holiday. I talk about my first Mother's Day as a mom, which totally sucked, se...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Lauren shares her story of antenatal and postpartum depression. Lauren is the mother of two girls, ages 3 years old and 10 months. She did NOT experience a mood disorder during her...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Emily Richter, aka The OCD Mama, shares her story of postpartum depressive, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety. As a child, Emily was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive di...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I talk about the things I have been learning lately from my life. I had a stomach bug last week, and felt really bitter about that, but then realized it was a blessing-in-disguise ...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Rachel Duff, a single mom, shares her postpartum story. She opens up about a lot of difficult issues, including miscarriage, relationship issues with her ex-fiance, money troubles,...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Kelly Thoele shares her story of pregnancy depression and postpartum depression. She describes her difficult pregnancy and scary emergency c-section. For the first twelve weeks pos...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Jeremy Hornberger shares her story of postpartum depression and anxiety, which hit hard and fast after giving birth to her daughter. Now Jeremy is leading Team Baltimore for the 20...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Sam White shares her postpartum story. After a difficult pregnancy, Sam quickly became depressed after giving birth to her son. When her son was a toddler, she was diagnosed with b...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I talked about a lot of good stuff. I gave my latest report on weaning off Zoloft: I'm done! I took my last dose in December 2017. And I feel great! I saw my psychiatrist and we de...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, Sam Kimura shares her postpartum adventures, starting with the traumatic birth experience of her first child and then the anxiety and depression she experienced after the birth of ...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I talk about my progress weaning off Zoloft. I recently jumped from 50 mg to 25 mg, with zero negative side effects. It has however taken me eleven months to go from 150 mg to 25 m...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I share some thoughts and tips for enjoying the holidays as much as possible without sacrificing your mental health. Remember: there's always next year! Don't go crazy trying to ge...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I share my tips for starting a mom-to-mom support group. I started a group over three years ago, and it has helped me process a lot of my postpartum experiences. If you have been f...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I talk about the idea that people in your life just "don't get" what it is like to have a maternal mood disorder - and that's okay! For more information about the show, head over t...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I talk about my adventures with therapy, including my decision to end talk therapy a few months ago. I felt like I needed to be able to articulate my reasons for ending therapy but...
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- 8 years ago
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This week, I'm exhausted but I wanted to talk about "doing your best." I'm not trying to convince you to do more and measure up to some impossible standard. I'm trying to explain that "doin...
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- 8 years ago
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I am back from my summer break, so this week, I'm just catching everyone up on the past few months. I share an update on my slow and steady weaning off of medications and talk about my new in...
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- 8 years ago
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In episode 45, Vivianne shared her adventures with maternal mental illness. Since her interview, her diagnosis and medications have been changed. Her psychiatrist now thinks she might have ...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Vivianne shares her adventures with maternal mood disorders. At the time of her interview, it was still unclear what her diagnosis was. Her psychiatrist thought she might be expe...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, I continue talking to Sandy about her memoir, Dancing On the Edge of Sanity, plus we dig into various issues surrounding the treatment of maternal mental illnesses. Show notes are ...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Kelly DeBie shares her story of postpartum anxiety and depression, including her experiences with intrusive thoughts. I also talk about Postpartum Progress's decision to close its ...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Lindsey bravely shares her story, including how childhood sexual abuse contributed to her maternal mood disorders. Thank you, Lindsey, for making a difference in so many women's li...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Jen shares her story of PPD, PPA, OCD and intrusive thoughts. She experienced a lot of rage during her adventures with maternal mood disorders. Thank you, Jen, for sharing your sto...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Kristina shares her story of postpartum psychosis. We talked during Warrior Mom Con and I wish we had had more time together. Thank you, Kristina, for sharing your story. Show note...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Ashlee Rahmlow shares her story, from having a maternal mood disorder to becoming an activist. Show notes are available at PPDadventures.com. Follow along on IG @Courtney_Novak or ...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Kylie shares her struggles with maternal mental wellness. Show notes available at PPDadventures.com. If you would like to share your story on a future episode, please email me at C...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, Tyler Smith shares his story of what happened when his wife Kaleena had postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Kaleena shared her story on Episode 12. Tyler has lots of g...
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- 9 years ago
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This week, I interview Tabitha Grassmid and we talk about her memoir, The Warrior Within Me: My Postpartum Story. I also give an update on my book and my weekly support group. The support gr...
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Postpartum depression is the most common pregnancy complication but it is still highly stigmatized. All to often, moms with postpartum mood disorders feel alone and ashamed of their symptoms when in reality, thousands of moms across the world are experiencing this illness at the same time. By sharing stories, this show seeks to end the stigma and help women kick postpartum depression in the ass.
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