Featured Episode: Why asking for help as a new mom is the BEST decision you could make! — Christen Reed

Girls Night with Stephanie May Wilson

Stephanie May Wilson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Mental Health

4.9 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night! At the moment we’re in between seasons here on the show. But while we’re waiting for our next official season to begin, we thought this would be a great time to pull some of our favorite episodes out of the Girls Night archive. This is the perfect time to catch up on episodes you might have missed, or listen again to old favorites. I’m so excited about today’s episode. Today you’ll be hearing part two of my conversation with my amazing therapist, Christen Reed, from Ready Nest Counseling in Nashville! If you haven’t listened to the part one episode, make sure you go back and listen to that one first. In this two-part episode, we’re talking about becoming a mom — why it’s such a big transition, what you can do to prepare for it, and some really practical pieces of advice and wisdom to help you through it. (Especially in those first few months). Like I said, if you didn’t listen to part one, go back and listen to that part first. But today in part two, we’re focusing on: How to ask for help as a new mom — and why needing help is NOT a sign of failure or weakness or a sign that we’re somehow a bad mom Why it’s so important for us to take care of ourselves, how to actually do that, and how to drop the guilt so many of us feel when we do How to filter through all of the advice that’s out there for first time moms, so we can figure out what’s best for us, our family, and our new baby And more And then at the end of the episode, since Christen is my therapist, we talk about therapy — why it’s so important, how it can help, and how to find the right therapist for you (even if you’ve struggled to find someone who is a good fit in the past!). I said this last week, but this is a pretty vulnerable topic for me. Becoming a mom is by far the hardest transition I’ve ever been through. But I wanted to share the whole story of how this went for me, because if you’re struggling in the same ways I was, it’s so important to me that you know you’re not alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome to Girls Night. I'm Stephanie May Wilson and I'm so happy that you're here.
0:09.8	Each week I have a girlfriend over and we talk through one of the biggest questions
0:13.1	we have about our lives as women. We're talking about friendships and faith and relationships
0:18.2	and self-confidence. A better calling in life and how to live every bit of our lives to the full.
0:23.8	Life is so much better and easier and absolutely more fun when we navigate together as
0:28.5	girlfriends and I cannot wait to get started. So at the moment we are in between seasons here
0:34.2	on the show. But while we're waiting for our next official season to begin, we thought that
0:38.0	this would be a great time to pull some of our favorite episodes out of the Girls Night Archive.
0:42.9	This is a great time to catch up on episodes you might have missed throughout the years or to
0:46.9	listen to old favorites all over again. Our guests are incredible. I know that I learned something
0:52.1	new each time I listened to an episode, even if it's one I've heard a million times before.
0:57.5	Okay, now without any further ado, let's dive into the episode.
1:05.6	Before we dive into the episode, there's something super fun I wanted to share with you.
1:09.9	Now there is nothing I love more than a Girls Trip. Friendship plus travel, is there anything
1:14.4	better? Nothing leaves me feeling more inspired, more rested, or more like my very best self
1:19.9	than an adventure with my best girls. It's truly my favorite form of self-care.
1:24.6	I was meeting up with my three best friends at a lake in Minnesota this last summer when we
1:28.6	decided that we needed matching Girls Trip shirts. Wanted? No, needed? Absolutely.
1:34.8	The problem was we couldn't find anything we liked. We couldn't find anything that was our style,
1:39.3	first of all. And then many of the shirts we did find had phrases we just really didn't resonate with.
1:44.8	We ended up buying some shirts that none of us were particularly excited about, but they worked
1:48.4	for a photo or two. And it was while I was on that trip, wearing that t-shirt that I had an idea.
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