Motherhood Beyond the Joy

Content warningThis conversation discusses suicide and intrusive thoughts involving harm to an infant.

Maternal mental health advocate Karen Wachenheim opens up about postpartum anxiety, struggling to bond with her baby, and losing her sister-in-law during postpartum psychosis.

Together with BradQuan she explores shame, intrusive thoughts, family support, and why caring for a newborn must also mean caring for the mother as a whole person, too.

Weirdinary is a documentary conversation podcast from Albany, NY, hosted by writer and journalist BradQuan Copeland. It explores the psycho-philosophical inner worlds of everyday people in order to better understand ourselves.