97. A Mother's Postpartum Reality: An Accident, a Loss, and a Diagnosis

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Lee Culp Henry is a mother, psychotherapist, a coach's wife, and host Kimi Culp's sister-in-law. She speaks in conversation with Kimi about her harrowing past five years and the many tides of her postpartum journey. Faced with a traumatic accident following her newborn's birth and subsequent medical scares, Lee openly recounts her battles with postpartum OCD, the shame of secrecy, and her immense strength in overcoming guilt and learning to seek help. But for Lee, the hits kept coming – the death of her father, the uncertain diagnosis of her third child. We're reminded of the universal challenge of motherhood under extreme circumstances. Kimi's warm conversation with her sister-in-law, emphasizes the importance of reimagining postpartum support and the collective embrace of life's unpredictable journey.

In this episode:

The Importance of Mental Health Support for New Mothers
The Agony of a Child’s Medical Emergency
Parental Health Anxiety & OCD
The Rapid Progression of Cancer
The Power of Family and Community
Embracing Vulnerability and Self-Compassion

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0:58.5	I mean, certainly where my head was, I was thinking either he wasn't going to make it because
1:05.3	of this thing I had done to him, or it was going to be this incredibly life-limiting thing for him and for our whole family, right,
1:14.8	to have a child who isn't able to do, to function in a mainstream way because of something I had done to him.
1:30.2	That was Le Culp Henry.
1:33.4	And yes, Culp, as in Kimmy Culp, because Lee is my sister-in-law.
1:39.4	Today I want to share with you something that has been going on within my own family
1:43.5	in the five years
1:45.0	since I've been doing this podcast. And it's Lee's story to tell. I think many of you will be
1:51.9	able to relate to being knocked down by something big, getting back up, only to be knocked down
1:58.7	again and again.
2:09.6	It started with a terrible accident, then a terrible loss, and finally a terrible diagnosis.
2:14.6	Lee is whip smart, funny, and thoughtful.
2:21.2	And despite all of this, I have also seen Lee embracing life's joys,
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