Week By Week

92. Navigating Identity after Motherhood with Alison Whitney


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Navigating depression during pregnancy and postpartum, feeling your identity evolve, staying connected to oneself, delivering with COVID, and much, much more!!

Actress, comedian, writer and producer, Alison Whitney, chats with Celeste in a lively conversation around:

  • 2:52 - 1st pregnancy and recognizing depression
  • 7:30 - identity crisis within pregnancy
  • 11:37 - sharing postpartum through support network
  • 13:28 - healing through writing personal stories
  • 16:47 - safety within your body & not blaming yourself
  • 19:09 - meeting people where they are
  • 21:22 - showing up for yourself
  • 25:21 - giving yourself grace and "both and"
  • 28:00 - presence & acceptance
  • 33:40 - depression within pregnancy / loss of control and identify self
  • 37:16 - being kind you yourself
  • 39:35 - having mom friends
  • 43:20 - combating the "shame nucleus"
  • 44:51 - COVID birth story
  • 54:39 - 80s power ballad

We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

SHOW NOTES ✨

The conversation definitely flows between these two! Check out more about Alison and her story and meaningful projects using the below links:

Alison Whitney Website

Shoutout LA - Meet Alison Whitney

Alison IG

Check out Alison's work at: IMDb

Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting!

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