May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 15 segments
On this episode, we’re diving headfirst into the darkness that is this season of The Valley. Since we both had babies around the same time as Nia and Kristen, this became one of our most personal and…
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It's interesting that you say it's very different because I actually wrote how similar it was, I thought.
I- 'cause I also think it's really interesting how Nia's breastfeeding and Kristen's not.
N- I mean, obviously zero judgment there.
More of, like, it's interesting how the baby's sort of attached to Nia, and Kristen has a little bit more freedom, but at the same time, like, they still are struggling with the same, the same things.
Like, I, I almost feel like when you l- leave the baby and, like, you don't have that attachment of, like, "I have to breastfeed," sometimes that can be harder, I feel like.
And I'm seeing that a little bit in Kristen.
But anyways-
Hmm
... um, I feel like they're...
I mean, yes, Nia's, like, a pro.
You, like, you look at Nia showing up to scenes with, like, full makeup and, like, throwing the baby on the tit, and, like, she's just going.
And, like, Kristen's obviously struggling a lot more in the sense of this is her first time.
But I don't know.
Right.
I think the difference is, or at least what I'm seeing the difference be, is not so much, like, about what's happening with the baby.
It's, like, what's happening in their identities.
Like, I can see for Kristen there is such, like, a deep, deep identity shift happening for her that it's creating so much anxiety, so much confusion about herself, about her relationship.
And, like, uh, like, to me, none of this has to do with the, the babies or their interactions with the babies.
It's all about...
Where for Nia, I don't think it's creating.
Like, I feel like she is such a pro.
She kind of, like, knows what she's doing.
She knows who she is as a mom.
She knows what it means for her relationship.
And we're, like, I think because they're postpartum, I think that's part of why a lot of their, like, mask, which I think it's really interesting that their mask is falling.
It's interesting that you say it's very different because I actually wrote how similar it was, I thought.
I- 'cause I also think it's really interesting how Nia's breastfeeding and Kristen's not.
N- I mean, obviously zero judgment there.
More of, like, it's interesting how the baby's sort of attached to Nia, and Kristen has a little bit more freedom, but at the same time, like, they still are struggling with the same, the same things.
Like, I, I almost feel like when you l- leave the baby and, like, you don't have that attachment of, like, "I have to breastfeed," sometimes that can be harder, I feel like.
And I'm seeing that a little bit in Kristen.
But anyways-
Hmm
... um, I feel like they're...
I mean, yes, Nia's, like, a pro.
You, like, you look at Nia showing up to scenes with, like, full makeup and, like, throwing the baby on the tit, and, like, she's just going.
And, like, Kristen's obviously struggling a lot more in the sense of this is her first time.
But I don't know.
Right.
I think the difference is, or at least what I'm seeing the difference be, is not so much, like, about what's happening with the baby.
It's, like, what's happening in their identities.
Like, I can see for Kristen there is such, like, a deep, deep identity shift happening for her that it's creating so much anxiety, so much confusion about herself, about her relationship.
And, like, uh, like, to me, none of this has to do with the, the babies or their interactions with the babies.
It's all about...
Where for Nia, I don't think it's creating.
Like, I feel like she is such a pro.
She kind of, like, knows what she's doing.
She knows who she is as a mom.
She knows what it means for her relationship.
And we're, like, I think because they're postpartum, I think that's part of why a lot of their, like, mask, which I think it's really interesting that their mask is falling.
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