My guest this week is Danielle Lerner, a wife, mom, and Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist currently working as a news anchor and reporter in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. After telling other people’s stories for more than a decade, Danielle felt compelled to share her own family’s story navigating postpartum depression and anxiety after the birth of their younger daughter, Harper. She is a passionate advocate for maternal mental health and credits her recovery to professional treatment, an incredible support system and her Catholic faith.
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“Connection is more important than perfection.”
Shownotes
The Blessed Virgin Mother’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth reminds us that the joyful and sorrowful parts of motherhood should never be experienced in isolation.
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Happy Easter (it lasts 50 days, you know)! My new book, Whisper: Finding God in the Everyday, is available for pre-order! We will be hosting a mini book club, right here in the podcast, beginning in two weeks. I hope you will join us!
Danielle comes on Girlfriends today to share her story in the hopes of helping others. Some links related to this episode:
Danielle Lerner’s website
Resources for Postpartum Depression (in AZ and other states)
The news story Danielle did on PPD
National resources for PPD support
Help for men with wives suffering PPD
Center for Women’s Mental Health
At the end of today’s show, I share an email from a mom I call “Deborah,” who worries about her young adult daughter whois living with a man and they have a child together. I share some thoughts about the ways we can handle it when our young adult children do not practice their faith. How can we find peace in the midst of worry and heartbreak? How can we evangelize and speak the truth without being pushy or rude?
I have received so much feedback from all of you about my book and the first chapter that I shared with you at the end of episode 210. Giving Thanks and Letting Go: Reflections on the Gift of Motherhood is a book in which I share from my heart about the very real changes, challenges, triumphs, and joys of being a mom in an “emptying nest.” You can read that sample chapter at Ave Maria Press. (Use the coupon code BEAN20 to get 20% off your order!)
My book, You Are Enough: What Women of the Bible Teach You About Your Mission and Worth, is available for order! Use the code, GIRLFRIENDS to receive ten percent off your order. Don’t miss out on this special available exclusively to listeners of the Girlfriends podcast.
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Megan Madden
Megan Madden is a homeschooling mother with a passion for writing and speaking on authentic femininity and virtuous womanhood. In 2017, she began graduate studies in marriage and family at the International Theological Institute in Austria. After moving to Kraków, Poland to work with university students, Megan more personally continued her research on the complementarity of man and woman, particularly on the question of what it means to be a woman. She delved into the study of renowned Catholic writers on women such as St. Edith Stein, Gertrude von le Fort, Alice von Hildebrand, St. John Paul II, and St. Teresa of Avila.
The results were the development of Megan’s online ministry A Mother’s Lace, as well as speaking opportunities and her book with Ascension: Mary, Teach Me to Be Your Daughter.
Megan lives outside of Oxford, England with her husband, who is a lecturer in theology, and their five children.
