Trent & Allie Open Up About Grief, Postpartum Depression and The YouTube Grind

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Eamon & Bec

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Business, Careers

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

We first met Trent and Allie in 2018 when we bonded over van life. Now, they’re building a home from the ground up in the mountains while raising a young family, all while documenting the journey on their YouTube channel. In this episode, Trent and Allie share the personal decisions that have shaped their path, how they’ve navigated major life changes together, and what it’s been like to take risks, build a YouTube channel, and raise a family. They also open up about filming and sharing life’s toughest moments, postpartum depression and how loss has reshaped their perspective. Join the Reroot Community: Instagram - www.instagram.com/rerootpod TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@rerootpod Reroot Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/1784427378276987 Watch the podcast on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKH0jHiYEQI 0:00 - intro 4:10 - making massive life decisions and taking risks 5:28 - entrepreneurship inspiration 8:18 - going all in on YouTube 11:10 - van life 13:20 - protecting your dreams 17:23 - the magic of a home birth 20:12 - Trent unpacks his childhood 22:38 - feeling like roommates not partners 25:05 - postpartum rage 28:02 - the trauma of Leo’s birth 33:55 - how we choose what we share online 43:00 - “Life Flight’s on it’s way” 57:35 - comparing trauma 1:03:15 - Billy’s pregnancy 1:05:06 - partpartum depression 1:10:05 - what keeps them motivated to post on YouTube 1:18:44 - how to support someone through postpartum depression 1:25:10 - Billie’s home birth 1:46:07 - death is hard 2:06:00 - feedback from Trent & Allie 2:13:46 - Real talk Want to be featured in a future episode? Submit a 30-second video with your question to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Trent and Allie.
0:01.7	I was like, Trent, we got to build a house.
0:03.4	You built a van, so you can definitely build a house.
0:05.9	If you build a van, you cannot build a house.
0:08.0	It is hard.
0:09.2	It is so hard.
0:10.5	On your relationship, on yourself.
0:12.8	You're still mourning the death of your autonomy.
0:15.1	Why is everything you're saying giving me goosebumps?
0:17.3	The blood tests did not come back good.
0:19.6	What we're worried about is something called
0:21.4	necrotizing enterocolitis. Don't Google it. It's got a 50% mortality rate. Oh my God. Don't panic,
0:28.1	but life flight's on their way. There was so much trauma that we didn't even realize had happened
0:33.6	that we were just living in. We need help. Like, this is too much. It really started
0:39.2	affecting my performance in the videos. And I remember thinking, this is why people get divorced.
0:44.6	This sucks. It's only going to get worse. But is it like a financial thing? The YouTube
0:49.2	algorithm can decide whether your content is relevant or not. I can still close my eyes and feel it.
0:55.5	Whoa.
0:56.0	It hurts so bad.
0:58.0	How do you guys balance sharing and filming things like this?
1:03.0	Death is hard.
1:04.2	Something that's been like really shocking to me.
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