EP 157: Postpartum Mental Health

This week's episode is a heavier one, but an important one.

We're talking about the heartbreaking news of Hayden Panettiere's passing and reflecting on her very public experience with postpartum depression, anxiety, addiction, and the complicated reality of becoming a mother when motherhood doesn't feel the way you were told it would.

We also touch lightly on the Lindsay Clancy trial and the larger conversation it has brought back to the forefront around postpartum mental health, including the important distinction between postpartum depression, anxiety, and postpartum psychosis.

But more than anything, this episode is about the part of postpartum that so many women struggle to say out loud.

We spend our entire lives hearing that motherhood is magical. That meeting your baby will be the happiest moment of your life. That you'll soak up every second.

So what happens when you have your baby and you don't feel that way?

Candace and Whitney both share their own experiences with postpartum mental health, the shame that can come with struggling during a season you're "supposed" to love, and why it can feel so incredibly hard to admit that you're not okay.

In this episode, we talk about:

* Hayden Panettiere's openness about postpartum depression and anxiety

* The Lindsay Clancy trial and the conversation surrounding postpartum mental health

* The difference between postpartum depression/anxiety and postpartum psychosis

* Our own experiences with mental health after becoming mothers