Libby Trickett, being. with Lael Stone | You Were Always Enough ♥︎
Humans, being. with Lael Stone by Lael Stone
Episode notes
Libby Trickett surfaced from the pool at the Beijing Olympics, saw the number one next to her name, and waited for the feeling of being enough. It didn't come.
Libby is mum to five children, including baby Archie, who was snuggled on her chest throughout our entire conversation. She opens up about postnatal depression after her first daughter, Poppy, about the Father wound that quietly drove her to the pool every single day, and about the moment she realised that winning gold wasn't going to make her whole. We also explore her passionate advocacy for keeping girls in sport.
We explore:
- The relentlessness of early motherhood, and why admitting it's boring sometimes is actually the most honest thing you can say
- What Libby's postnatal depression cracked open in her - and why she now sees it as one of the most important ...
Keywords
PerfectionismSelf-worthPerformance MindsetParentingMental HealthChildhood imprintsGenerational patterns