HeyJaredDefeat Postpartum Depression | Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Psychosis, Postpartum OCD
You love your baby but this isn’t what you expected. If you’re battling postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, or insomnia, you’re not alone.
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When You Don’t Feel God: Faith, Doubt & Intrusive Thoughts Postpartum (opens the original)
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There was a point in my postpartum experience where I wasn’t just questioning my thoughts. I was questioning everything. I questioned whether I was really a Christian. Whether I had ever actually been saved. Whether Christianity itself was true. Why God was allowing me to suffer. Why He wasn’t healing me. Why I could open my Bible and feel absolutely nothing. Today we’re talking about Step 5 of The Unafraid Method: ANCHOR. In this episode, I’m sharing one of the deepest parts of my own story and
You Need People Who Get It: The Kind of Support That Actually Helps When You’re Spiraling (opens the original)
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One of the hardest parts of postpartum intrusive thoughts is how isolating they can feel. You may have people who love you deeply and still feel like no one fully understands what it’s like to be scared of your own mind. Today we’re talking about Step 4 of The Unafraid Method: CONNECT. In this episode, I’m sharing why community was such an important part of my own story, why being understood can feel so different from simply being loved, and how the people around you can support you without acci
How to Respond When a Scary Intrusive Thought Shows Up (opens the original)
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You know you’re spiraling. You know Googling, checking, analyzing, and asking for reassurance aren’t giving you lasting relief. But then comes the question: What am I actually supposed to do when the intrusive thought shows up? Today we’re moving into Step 3 of The Unafraid Method: RESPOND . In this episode, I’m walking through a simple framework you can use to start creating space between the scary thought and what you do next: Notice → Name → Don’t Solve → Return We talk about: Why trying to g
The Things You’re Doing to Feel Safe That May Be Keeping You Stuck in the Intrusive Thought Spiral (opens the original)
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You have the scary thought. Then comes the Googling. The checking. The analyzing. The reassurance. The avoiding. The replaying. And for a little while, you might actually feel better. So why does the fear keep coming back? Today we’re diving into Step 2 of The Unafraid Method: RECOGNIZE. In this episode, we’re talking about the things you may be doing after an intrusive thought because they make you feel safer in the moment, but can become part of the cycle that keeps pulling you back into fear.
What’s Actually Happening When a Scary Intrusive Thought Sends You Spiraling — and Why You Can’t Stop Analyzing It (opens the original)
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If you’ve ever had a scary intrusive thought postpartum and immediately found yourself analyzing it, checking how you feel, Googling, asking for reassurance, or wondering what it means about you, this episode is for you. Today we’re diving into the first step of The Unafraid Method: UNDERSTAND. I’m breaking down what’s actually happening when a scary intrusive thought shows up, your brain assigns meaning to it, anxiety spikes, and suddenly you feel like you have to figure it out right now. In th
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