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Reborn: PTSD, Healing & Motherhood with Ash Thomsen

Reborn: PTSD, Healing & Motherhood with Ash Thomsen

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Mitch sits down with lifelong friend Ash Thomsen for a raw, generous account of her son Bodhi’s birth - and the identity shift that followed. Ash shares how a gruelling 36-hour labour, medical complications, and postpartum anxiety/depression culminated in PTSD, and how she found her way back through support, medication, CBT, and especially EMDR - the trauma therapy that helped turn a terrifying event into a tolerable memory.

They talk control vs surrender, the “rebirth” of the mother, partnership under pressure, and why community matters in the first year.

This episode is for expectant parents, those recovering from birth trauma, and anyone reshaping themselves after a life-altering moment.

Disclaimer: birth trauma, postpartum mental health, PTSD.

Please listen at your own pace and reach out to supports if needed.

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