If you don't want to feel full of hope, sadness and joyful inspiration all at once while listening to a podcast episode, then this week's conversation might not be for you. Because in this interview, poet, doula and former model and actress, Ebony Gilbert, opens up about her background and what led her to seek a fast paced, glamorous career in the public eye, fall into drug and alcohol addiction and then blame herself for her son, George, being born with disabilities. She also talks about being diagnosed as an adult with ADHD and mild autism, her journey into self compassion and her experience of being a special needs mum to her six-year-old son, George. One of the most incredible things about this conversation is the way Ebony so openly shared so many of the difficult and traumatic experiences she's been through and then reflected on how she's been able to deal with them. Ebony Gilbert was talent spotted by a top London model agency at the age of 13, and went on to work as a Page 3 glamour model and then actress, appearing in a number of films. She featured in all of the newspaper gossip columns but while Ebony seemed to have an amazing career, she was also battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol. After going through rehab she met her partner, Steve, and became pregnant with her son, George, who she describes as the love of her life. Weeks after the birth, Ebony and Steve discovered that George was blind and he has since had multiple diagnoses including learning disabilities and autism. Ebony lives and works as a doula in east London and her acclaimed new poetry collection, This Skin I'm In has just been published by Blood Moon POETRY. You can find her on instagram @_ebonygilbert_ and her book This Skin I'm In is available from @bloodmoonpoetrypress

This episode was produced by Yvonne Gavan and sound engineered by Brogan Molloy.

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