Vanessa: Surviving the fear that 'everyone leaves'

Other People's Problems

CBC

Society & Culture

4.7 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Hillary needs to tell her longtime client Vanessa that she’s pregnant and that they'll soon need to take a break, when Hillary goes on maternity leave. This is hard to hear for Vanessa, who has been left, physically and emotionally, by important people in her life when she needed them most. Hillary helps Vanessa navigate the pain of feeling abandoned while also assuring her: although their situation will change, their bond is secure.

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0:00.0	A random influencer, a friend who read something somewhere, your doctor.
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0:39.0	Well, I'm eager to see you and hear how you're doing, but I was wondering if it's okay
0:43.5	if I actually started by sharing some news myself.
0:45.8	Oh, sure.
0:46.5	Thank you.
0:47.2	Oh, congratulations.
0:49.5	Thank you so much.
0:51.0	I've been like dreading this day.
0:53.0	Oh, how do you. Sorry. I've been like dreading this day. Oh, holy. Oh, yeah.
0:55.0	Sorry.
0:56.0	How about that?
0:57.0	I want to hear about that.
0:59.0	That's so welcome.
1:00.0	I guess just like my experience of parenthood, like, it really broke me.
1:05.0	And so I guess there's that.
1:08.0	Whenever someone that I like is in my, like, perfor, like my friend just had her Whenever someone that I, like, is in my, like, periphery,
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