Jess Wright Discusses the Reality of Postnatal Depression & Maternal Wellbeing
4/27/202645 min
This week we're joined by the iconic Jess Wright. TOWIE original, mum, businesswoman, and refreshing and honest guest! And yes… this episode goes there. From PND, antidepressants, and the black cloud that hit her the moment she walked through the front door with her newborn, to stabbing a football with a carving knife because the kids just wouldn't stop. Jess holds nothing back. She opens up about her son Presley's heart condition diagnosis, the moment a doctor told her he would need open heart surgery, and how she held herself together long enough to host a charity ball before quietly falling apart afterwards. It's raw, it's real, and it will stay with you. There's talk of parenting fails, sleep regressions, the Bottle Fairy who absolutely did not work, and why kids save their absolute worst behaviour for the person who loves them most. Jess gets candid about life after TOWIE, why she still can't watch the clips back, the misconceptions about the Wright family, and why no one really knows the truth about who they are behind closed doors. There's also Britney Spears chat, mum jeans, Morpheus 8, and the very specific chaos of trying to film a reel in your garden when your neighbour is definitely listening. Funny, emotional, and completely unfiltered. If you've ever felt the weight of a diagnosis you didn't see coming, questioned every parenting decision you've ever made, or just needed someone to say it out loud, this one's for you. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@NoParentalGuidance?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/no_parental_guidance/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@noparentalguidancepod No Parental Guidance is the unfiltered, laugh-out-loud parenting show that cuts through impossible standards with honesty, chaos, and empathy. #JessWright #NoParentalGuidance #MotherhoodUnfiltered #TOWIE #ParentingFails #PostnatalDepression #OpenHeartSurgery #KeepingItReal #Motherhood #RealTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsLouise Boyce· Host0:00
Coming up. Please welcome Jess Wright.
Hannah East· Host0:02
Woo.
Louise Boyce· Host0:02
All right.
Hannah East· Host0:03
[laughs] I went back to the gym after about seven weeks.
Louise Boyce· Host0:06
Seven weeks, that's early.
Hannah East· Host0:07
Yeah.
Louise Boyce· Host0:08
Yeah.
Hannah East· Host0:08
It was quite early, to be fair. But I think I've kind of accepted now that my body will never be what it was before. It didn't even- Yeah, okay ... dawn on me that I'd get postnatal depression.
Louise Boyce· Host0:16
Yeah.
Hannah East· Host0:16
I didn't even think about it. But for some reason, I had the biggest black cloud over me. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
Louise Boyce· Host0:22
Mm.
Hannah East· Host0:23
I just felt huge depression suddenly. We lost everything at one point. We had nothing. There's been certain things that have been said and whatever else. No one knows the truth.
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