034: But what happens when you don’t have a village?

"I have been a mom for two years and it has been rough. I lost myself as a person and an athlete. I didn’t have my communities and felt so alone and unsupported while pregnant. The first year after I gave birth was mentally hard. I tried to find my place again but still felt distant. Any day I felt alone or that I could not do it I wore last year’s mental health shirt. But what is sad is that when I wore it no one cared to check in on me. A lot of people say it takes a village to raise kids but what happens when you don’t have a village?" 

-Anonymous