Alison's Story - From Needing Help to Helping Others (Part 1)
02/24/20 • 22 min
Alison Stead is a counselor, spiritual development mentor, and writer. She experienced postpartum depression, or as they say in her native UK, postnatal depression or postnatal illness, with all three of her births. Due to those experiences, Alison went on to become an advocate and supporter of moms who find motherhood a challenge.
Alison’s story will be told in two parts. The first section will focus on her personal experiences with postpartum depression. The second section will come out soon as a bonus episode, and it will focus on her experience organizing a volunteer program to help new parents in her community.
ALISON'S CONTACT INFORMATION
Website - alisonstead-medium.co.uk
Facebook - facebook.com/caring.compassionate.evidential
RESOURCES
- Postpartum Support International 24/7 Warmline - 1-800-944-4773
- 24/7 Crisis Text Line
- US - Text 741741
- Canada - Text 686868
- UK - Text 85258
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
POSTPARTUM PERSPECTIVES
Instagram & Twitter - @postpartum_pod
Facebook - @postpartumperspectivespodcast
Email - [email protected]
Alison Stead is a counselor, spiritual development mentor, and writer. She experienced postpartum depression, or as they say in her native UK, postnatal depression or postnatal illness, with all three of her births. Due to those experiences, Alison went on to become an advocate and supporter of moms who find motherhood a challenge.
Alison’s story will be told in two parts. The first section will focus on her personal experiences with postpartum depression. The second section will come out soon as a bonus episode, and it will focus on her experience organizing a volunteer program to help new parents in her community.
ALISON'S CONTACT INFORMATION
Website - alisonstead-medium.co.uk
Facebook - facebook.com/caring.compassionate.evidential
RESOURCES
- Postpartum Support International 24/7 Warmline - 1-800-944-4773
- 24/7 Crisis Text Line
- US - Text 741741
- Canada - Text 686868
- UK - Text 85258
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
POSTPARTUM PERSPECTIVES
Instagram & Twitter - @postpartum_pod
Facebook - @postpartumperspectivespodcast
Email - [email protected]
Previous Episode
Tanya's Story - When the Bough Breaks: Postpartum Depression Inspires a Documentary
Tanya Newbould is a maternal mental health advocate, actress, and producer. She experienced postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and realized there was minimal information available to her about this condition. She is one of the producers of When the Bough Breaks, a documentary about postpartum depression. Tanya is passionate about making sure women know they are not alone and that they can recover from perinatal mood disorders. In this episode, she shares her personal experience with postpartum depression as well as her story about the making of When the Bough Breaks.
TANYA'S CONTACT INFORMATION
Website - whentheboughbreaksfilm.com
Instagram - @tanyanewbould
RESOURCES
- Postpartum Support International 24/7 Warmline - 1-800-944-4773
- 24/7 Crisis Text Line
- US - Text 741741
- Canada - Text 686868
- UK - Text 85258
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
POSTPARTUM PERSPECTIVES
Instagram & Twitter - @postpartum_pod
Facebook - @postpartumperspectivespodcast
Email - [email protected]
Next Episode
BONUS: Alison's Story - From Needing Help to Helping Others (Part 2)
Alison Stead is a counselor, spiritual development mentor, and writer. She experienced postpartum depression, or as they say in her native UK, postnatal depression or postnatal illness, with all three of her births. Due to those experiences, Alison went on to become an advocate and supporter of moms who find motherhood a challenge.
If you haven't heard the first part of Alison's story, go back and listen to the episode on her personal experiences with postpartum depression (Part 1). This second section picks up where the last one left off, as we focused our conversation on her experience organizing a volunteer program to help new parents in her community.
ALISON'S CONTACT INFORMATION
Website - alisonstead-medium.co.uk
Facebook - facebook.com/caring.compassionate.evidential
RESOURCES
- Postpartum Support International 24/7 Warmline - 1-800-944-4773
- 24/7 Crisis Text Line
- US - Text 741741
- Canada - Text 686868
- UK - Text 85258
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
POSTPARTUM PERSPECTIVES
Instagram & Twitter - @postpartum_pod
Facebook - @postpartumperspectivespodcast
Email - [email protected]
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