126. When Productivity Masks High-Functioning Anxiety with Becky Gleed, PMHP

10/17/23 • 49 min

Motherhood is hard for everyone, so how do you know when what you’re experiencing is not what everyone is experiencing?

Today’s guest, Becky Gleed is a busy working mom of two fun, spirited girls, a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified perinatal mental health professional ! She owns and operates a private mental health practice right outside of Washington, D.C. specializing in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

In today’s episode we talk about how the egregious policies and lack of support she witnessed while working in emergency psychiatric care for moms informed the work she does now. We covered the breadth of mental health and mood disorders postpartum parents experience and why it’s critical to seek support sooner than later.

In a world that equates busyness with success, how do we differentiate when productivity is a mental health concern? Becky shares key indicators, next steps and power thoughts for moms struggling with high functioning anxiety, and insight on when and why to get help.

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How to recognize the root of what's driving your productivity
Why you need to differentiate your identity from your symptoms
What happens years down the road when you DON'T get help

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Key take home messages to remind yourself of often

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Why you need to differentiate your identity from your symptoms
What happens years down the road when you DON'T get help

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Key take home messages to remind yourself of often

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Transcript

Becky Gleed00:00:00.239

I struggled with postpartum anxiety. And I I'll tell you I searched high and low for a pmhp who I could see. everybody's either booked or doesn't take insurance. There are so many barriers that I saw. I said, Hey, this is -this is a gap here in a very high need demographic, it's under resourced, under supported. So I am dedicated solely to supporting perinatal and reproductive mental health for moms. That is all that I do.

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