In this episode of The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, Nadia Mahjouri chats with Ariane Beeston, psychologist, mother, former child protection worker and author of Because I’m Not Myself You See - a memoir of her experience and recovery from postpartum psychosis.

In this chat we discuss how sleep deprivation and vicarious trauma from her time as a child protection worker led her to find herself on the other side of the therapeutic relationship- and an inpatient at a mental health clinic, suffering from postpartum psychosis. We chat about how hard it was to tell the truth about what was really going on - and how long it took for her friends and family to realise how bad things really were.

We discuss Ariane’s experience of writing the memoir and how she looks after her mental health now she's on the other side.

Buy Because I'm Not Myself You See here


Follow Ariane Beeston on Instagram@arianejbeeston⁠ or check out her website here.

The Centre for Perinatal Excellence has resources available for anyone who needs them.

Nadia Mahjouri is a therapist at The Holding Space Counselling. If you would like to reach out for support, you can book an appointment online at www.theholdingspacecounselling.com

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Nadia Mahjouri is also the author of Half Truth - her debut novel that will be released in Feb 2025. Pre-orders available soon


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