What No One Tells You About Becoming A Mother
4/30/202628 min
Motherhood can feel beautiful, overwhelming and deeply isolating all at once. In this episode of We’re Talking, Cher Lloyd, Georgia Kousoulou and Mel Robbins open up about the side of motherhood no one talks about enough, from postnatal depression and loneliness to shame, identity loss and the pressure to keep going when you don’t feel like yourself. From not bonding with a baby straight away to feeling alone in a house full of people, this is an honest conversation about the hidden struggle so many new mothers face. It is a reminder that motherhood does not always feel the way you expected, and that asking for help can change everything. If anything in this episode brings up difficult feelings, there is support available. We’ve included links below: CALM: https://linkly.link/2dx8H MIND: https://linkly.link/2dx8b (00:00) Intro (00:33) How Cher Balanced Motherhood With Life as a Popstar (02:25) Cher Opens Up About Postnatal Depression (07:10) How Motherhood Changed Georgia’s Life (09:33) The Reality of Postnatal Depression by the Numbers (10:20) Georgia Reveals the Symptoms She Faced (15:27) Why Postnatal Depression Needs to Be Normalised (17:59) Filming a TV Show While Struggling With Postnatal Depression (19:27) An Emotional Message From Mel’s Daughter (21:35) Mel Gets Honest About Motherhood and Marriage (24:02) Mel’s Advice to Parents Supporting Big Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
From athletic stuff like a full court pickup game, swish, to athletish stuff like a half mile stroll. Get those steps in. Head to Sierra or sierra.com for the brands you want at the prices that let you do it all. From athletic to athletish, Sierra's got it Welcome to We're Talking.
Paul C. Brunson· Host0:17
In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of motherhood with pop star Cher Lloyd, reality star Georgia Kousoulou, and podcaster Mel Robins. Together, they share their personal journeys of balancing career dreams, self-doubt, and the mental load that comes with being a mother. This week, we're talking motherhood. [gentle music] How, how do you think that having children now, and you have this wonderful partner- Mm ... how does that now impact the next phase of your career?
Cher Lloyd· Guest1:01
I'm stressed out. All I keep thinking is, "How am I gonna do this?" Like, honestly, if it's just me and you talking- Yeah ... how am I gonna do this? Because the mental load already for a mother is just, it's through the roof.
Paul C. Brunson· Host1:22
Yeah.
Cher Lloyd· Guest1:23
The lists, the constant lists, the being needed all of the time by two small children,