Rachel Walker Mason

Welcome to episode 128 with Rachel Walker Mason, a multi-award-winning songwriter and mental health campaigner who has written songs with Grammy nominee’s and Billboard 100 artists.

She also runs song writing workshops for anyone who has experienced or been affected by post-natal depression and has been described by Prince Harry as ‘an inspiration’ for her mentoring and charity work.

Rachel experienced post-natal depression after both her pregnancies and in this episode, we chat about her diagnosis and what life was like for her at that time.

As part of her recovery from PND, Rachel joined support groups and found comfort in the experiences of others.  She collected some of these stories and, along with her own, published them in the best-selling book, Not the Only One.

In this episode we chat about recovery, what that looked like for her and how the pressure to be seen as a good parent can get in the way of asking for help.

We get in to the song writing workshops she does with people who have experienced PND, how creative process is affected by depression and how mental health features in songs written by those who have also faced challenges.

I loved chatting to Rachel and it was great to be able speak about parenting and mental health in such an open and honest way.

Connect with Rachel on social media @rachelwalkermason or learn more about her work via her website www.rachelwalkermason.com.

Her PND workshops can be found at www.lyricallight.com.

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