Mental The Podcast
By Sarah Norton
Mental The PodcastSep 24, 2020
Episode 8 - Runaway
In the eighth and final episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah interviews four final women: three mothers, Jacqui, Amanda, and Nora, and British psychosexual therapist, Belinda Driver. Together, they cover themes of trauma, post-adoption depression, loss of identity, and sleep deprivation. Finally, Sarah shares where she finds herself here at the end of all things.
Episode 7 - Talking about my generation
In the seventh episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah describes Raffaelo Monti's "Veiled Woman" and interviews two guests of an older generation, Crystal and Vicky, as well as Vicky's adult daughter.
Episode 6 - A gift of self
In the sixth episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah speaks with a full four guests, all experts in their own way: Kenna Millea, LMFT; Fr. Andrew Brinkman, pastor at a Hispanic parish; Jake Voelker, LMFT; and Sr. Catherine Marie, Sister of Life at the Holy Respite in NYC.
Episode 5 - Push the envelope
In the fifth episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah reminisces about her son's birth, and talks with Jenny Uebbing of Mama Needs Coffee and her first expert, Angie Neumann.
Episode 4 - Rock wall
In the fourth episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah discovers an icon of the past and talks to three women: Becca, who had post-adoption depression; Faith, who had depression after her C-section; and Inis, whose mom had postpartum depression.
Episode 3 - When spinning plates fall
In the third episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah describes an encounter with a mother in New Orleans and interviews both Lauren, whose health history is complicated by alcoholism and addiction, and Kara, another mother close to Sarah struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety.
Episode 2 - An elephant stepped on me
In the second episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah reflects on the street where she received her diagnosis of postpartum depression, interviews Marcy, a close friend with the same diagnosis, and chats with May, a key support in Sarah's toughest hour.
Episode 1 - I'm a bad mommy
In this first episode of Mental The Podcast, Sarah recounts the beginning of her own experience with postpartum depression and shares the story of the genesis of the podcast.