154. Motherhood Mondays with Hitha Palepu, on Postpartum Depression, Breaking Points, & Parenting Unapologetically
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
"You are never going to be the woman you were before, and that's great. Because this woman you are now is so much stronger, more powerful, capable of doing so much more. But you've gotta give her some time and space to heal and figure things out a bit."
Hitha Palepu has many titles. She's an entrepreneur and the CEO of Rhosan Pharmaceuticals, the author of the book How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip, an angel investor and advisor to women-led and women-focused start-ups, the creator of the blog Hitha on the Go, and the brains behind #5SmartReads on Instagram and in her popular weekly newsletter. She's also a mom to four-year-old Rho and seven-week-old Rhaki. On this episode, Hitha, who lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side, opens up about the realities of motherhood, her decision to have children (it wasn't a given!), and her experience with postpartum depression and antidepressants.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- Getting to know Hitha — on the decision to have kids, having help, breastfeeding, and parenting unapologetically and gratefully (1:50)
- On the transition from one kid to two, and how Hitha is doing right now (23:00)
- On resentment (27:50)
- Hitha's experience with postpartum depression, and the breaking point that got her to therapy (33:00)
- How Hitha "recalibrated her mental state" (42:30)
- Talking "balance" and identity loss in motherhood (45:40)
- Hitha's take on mom guilt (52:40)
- Hitha's message for new moms (56:00)
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| 0:00.0 | Motherhood Mondays on the Alley on the Run Show are brought to you by Sweaty Betty. |
| 0:08.6 | Welcome to another episode of Motherhood Mondays on the Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:13.2 | Today I'm thrilled to welcome Hidda Palapu to the show. Hidda's someone I followed and admired |
| 0:18.9 | for a long time now. She's a mom of two, her son Roe is four, and she's six weeks postpartum |
| 0:25.1 | with her second son Rocky. Hidda is a bad-ass businesswoman and entrepreneur. She's also really |
| 0:31.8 | honest about the realities of Motherhood, particularly as they pertain to women who work for themselves. |
| 0:37.6 | So it's very relatable for me. Well, I should say it's part relatable, big part aspirational. |
| 0:44.4 | I had told Hidda I was dying to have her be a part of the Motherhood Monday series because I love |
| 0:48.8 | her smart takes on pretty much everything. But I was like, you know, I guess I'll just have to do |
| 0:53.9 | second season since, you know, you just had a baby. But she was game. So it is an honor, |
| 1:00.6 | pleasure, and privilege to get to share this conversation with you today. Please join me in welcoming |
| 1:06.3 | to the Alley on the Run Show. Hidda Palapu. Hidda, welcome to Motherhood Mondays on the Alley on the |
| 1:19.7 | Run Show. I'm fulfilling a long time dream of having you here and I'm so excited that we were |
| 1:25.4 | able to make this happen. So thanks for being here. Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. |
| 1:30.0 | Thank you for having me. That it's what an honor and a treat to be here. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, what an honor and a treat that, like I said, that we were able to make this work. You're, |
| 1:38.9 | you've got some little ones one running around and one like teeny, teeny tiny. So we have a lot to |
| 1:45.3 | get into. But before we do that, let's get to know you a little bit better. First, tell everyone |
| 1:51.2 | where you live and what it is that you do professionally. I live in New York City and professionally, |
| 1:58.2 | I do several things. My day job is CEO of Russian Pharmaceuticals. A company I started with my father |
| 2:06.0 | about two years ago. I'm also a writer. I wrote the book How to Pack, Travel Smart for any trip. And |
| 2:14.4 | until recently was writing a regular blog called Hit on the Go. That is now on hold for a little bit. |
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