Raw motherhood

This episode is a heart to heart between myself and my guest Muna Shakour as two Mum's reflecting on how we felt after giving birth. We were told about the joy's of motherhood. We read and prepared what we needed to do physically as new mothers but we weren't warned about the emotional challenges that effect so many women after childbirth. Postpartum depression and baby blues needs to be talked about to expecting mums so we can deal with it and ask for support, instead of suffering with shame and guilt silently. Muna is a stepmom to 2 boys and mom to 1 girl. She is a coach, trainer, speaker and a self-proclaimed Personal development junkie who helps other mums grow their business while staying deeply connected to their kids and families. Today on Breaking Free, she shares her experience with PDD and encourages us to offer help to new mum's who might be going through the same thing unknowingly. Discussed in this episode: Postpartum depression PDD and Baby blues (0:45) Muna's personal story with PDD (2:15) How guilt and shame keeps so many women from sharing how they feel (4:45) Anxious feelings that led to panic attacks (5:05) The clarity that comes with diagnosis (7:00) Why aren't we warned about PDD before giving birth? (9:15) Ask for help and offer help (13:00) More extreme symptoms that come with postpartum psychosis (19:00) Pressure and judgement from society when you need time alone (23:00) Conscious and peaceful parenting (25:00) How do we miss the signs that people close to us might have postpartum depression? (33:00) Guilt is a learned emotion that prevents us from feeling joy (40:00) Connect with Muna: https://www.instagram.com/inside_out_with_muna/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9YyQnof-LA6EsyRqOdULVg/featured https://www.facebook.com/insideoutwithmuna/ https://www.insideoutwithmuna.com Let’s connect! Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Website References: https://www.postpartumdepression.org