Aug 24, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
Sarah and Paige unpack the Lindsay Clancy trial through the lens of perinatal mental health and the gaps in care that can leave maternal mental health crises overlooked. Paige, a licensed clinical…
Absolutely, and, you know, I've been very open with my struggles, and, uh, so many of my moms in the, in, in the group chats, when we have heard Lindsey's journal entries of the brain fog, she's so desperate for sleep.
All her neighbors are saying, "She looks so well together." She was able to take her child to the pediatrician right before.
She's this outside-looking-in, a m- a mom, right? She's not what when people hear postpartum depression, anxiety, postpartum psychoses, which I want you to differentiate for us, it doesn't fit the picture of mental illness that society wants us to have.
A good mom who looks good and takes care of her kids, she shouldn't struggle, Paige.
You know, this is such an important part of the case and so important for your listeners to understand.
In the decades of work that I have done clinically with new and expecting mothers and birthing people, uh, one thing that rings true and that you will hear probably every provider who works with the perinatal population say is, you cannot judge a book by its cover.
We live in a culture that has gone above and beyond, especially now, of romanticizing and glamorizing this transition to motherhood.
It is packaged as this truly blissful, beautiful, most amazing thing that will ever happen to you.
You will give birth, and the heavens will come, the angels will come down, and the heavens will part, and you'll feel unconditional love and bonding with your baby.
And as you move through the postpartum period, you will feel this incredible connection.
And while for some people that might be the case, for a whole heck of other people, it's not, and for even others, it's somewhere in between.
Absolutely, and, you know, I've been very open with my struggles, and, uh, so many of my moms in the, in, in the group chats, when we have heard Lindsey's journal entries of the brain fog, she's so desperate for sleep.
All her neighbors are saying, "She looks so well together." She was able to take her child to the pediatrician right before.
She's this outside-looking-in, a m- a mom, right? She's not what when people hear postpartum depression, anxiety, postpartum psychoses, which I want you to differentiate for us, it doesn't fit the picture of mental illness that society wants us to have.
A good mom who looks good and takes care of her kids, she shouldn't struggle, Paige.
You know, this is such an important part of the case and so important for your listeners to understand.
In the decades of work that I have done clinically with new and expecting mothers and birthing people, uh, one thing that rings true and that you will hear probably every provider who works with the perinatal population say is, you cannot judge a book by its cover.
We live in a culture that has gone above and beyond, especially now, of romanticizing and glamorizing this transition to motherhood.
It is packaged as this truly blissful, beautiful, most amazing thing that will ever happen to you.
You will give birth, and the heavens will come, the angels will come down, and the heavens will part, and you'll feel unconditional love and bonding with your baby.
And as you move through the postpartum period, you will feel this incredible connection.
And while for some people that might be the case, for a whole heck of other people, it's not, and for even others, it's somewhere in between.
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