What if I hurt my baby?

If this question has ever run through your head — even once — you are not the only one.

Dr. Becky sits with writer, executive coach, and mom Leah Smart, who opens up about living with perinatal anxiety and the intrusive thoughts she didn't know had a name. They unpack what intrusive thoughts actually are, why they happen, and the reframe that changed everything for Leah: your fears are almost always about what you love most. Plus, a therapist assignment she almost couldn't bring herself to follow through on, a laundry moment she'll never forget, and why getting help isn't about how bad things have to get first.

Rattled is a new podcast from Good Inside, made for the third trimester, the foggy newborn weeks, and the thoughts new parents don't say out loud. Each episode starts with one of those thoughts — and ends with you feeling a little less alone.

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