32. SSRI's, Bad Days & A Mom Guilt Moment

About this episode

Maya discusses her experiences with SSRIs, mental health stigma, and the challenges of balancing personal growth with mom guilt.

Raw, unfiltered, and a little all over the place, but in the best way. In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of recording through technical difficulties (because… of course), and into a deeper conversation about a recent ER experience, being on SSRIs, and the mental health stigma that still exists in medical settings. We also get into embracing bad days instead of fighting them, what it really means to “be a villager” (and why we weren’t meant to do life alone), and the constant push and pull between personal growth and mom guilt. If you’ve ever felt like you’re trying to heal, grow, and hold everything together at the same time… this one’s for you!

Topics covered

• SSRIs
• mental health
• mom guilt
• personal growth
• bad days

Keywords

• ER experience
• technical difficulties
• embracing bad days
• community support

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