Girls Night #167: A New Mom’s Guide to Asking For Help (You Don’t Have to do This Alone!) with Christen Reed

Girls Night with Stephanie May Wilson

Stephanie May Wilson

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

4.9 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hey friends! Welcome to Girls Night! 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.
0:10.0	Each week I have a girlfriend over and we talk through one of the biggest questions we have about
0:13.6	our lives as women. We're talking about friendships and faith and relationships and self-confidence,
0:19.2	about our calling in life and how to live every bit of our lives to the full. Life is so much better
0:24.8	and easier and absolutely more fun when we navigate together as girlfriends and I cannot wait to get
0:29.6	started. I am so excited about today's episode. Today you're going to be hearing part two of my
0:35.4	conversation with my amazing counselor, Kristen Reed from Redding S. Counseling here in Nashville.
0:41.1	Now if you haven't listened to part one of the episode, make sure you go back and listen to that one
0:44.9	first. In this two part episode we're talking about becoming a mom. Why it's such a big transition,
0:50.2	why you can do prepare for it and some really practical pieces of advice and wisdom to help you
0:54.8	through, especially in those first few months. Like I said, if you didn't listen to part one,
0:59.5	go back and listen to that part first. But today in part two, we're focusing on how to ask for help
1:04.3	as a new mom and why needing help is not a sign of failure, weakness, or somehow a sign that
1:10.0	we're a bad mom. We're talking about why it's so important for us to take care of ourselves and
1:14.4	how to actually do that and how to drop the guilt so many of us feel when we do. We're talking about
1:20.4	how to filter through all of the advice that's out there for first time moms so that we can figure
1:24.4	out what's best for us, for our family, and for our new baby, and so much more.
1:29.3	And then at the end of the episode, since Kristen is my therapist, we talk about therapy,
1:33.6	why it's so important, how it can help, and how to find the right therapist for you, even if you
1:38.0	struggle to find someone who's a good fit in the past. I said this last week, but this is a pretty
1:42.4	vulnerable topic for me. Becoming a mom is something really recent for me, and it's honestly the hardest
1:49.4	transition I've ever been through. But I want to share the whole story of how this went for me
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