Walker Ladd, Ph.D. has been a thought leader in the field of maternal mental health for nearly two decades.\n\nHer writing and research challenge paradigms of motherhood and mental illness, using women\u2019s stories to reveal the hidden truths and extraordinary dimensions of the lived experience of motherhood.\n\nIn this episode, we discuss the prevalence of postpartum depression, the stigma, trauma, postpartum growth, and how the language around this time in a mother\u2019s life needs to change.\n\nHer groundbreaking book is called Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women\u2019s Stories of Trauma and Growth.\n\nLearn more about her work at walkerladd.com\n\nGet $100 off your first month of talk therapy Talkspace.com with the code sparkingwholeness