It’s been a while since I’ve done a Sunday blog post, but I’m just so excited to share this news with you all! This coming Tuesday, January 7th I will be interviewed live on the radio (at a local Reno station – details to follow, so keep on reading…). This is something I have imagined myself doing, relating to my battle with and defeat of Postpartum Depression. I just cannot believe the time has come. It’s here. Tuesday! Two days away!
This whole thing came to happen through one of the amazing women in my local eWomen Network chapter. Myree Townsend, with America Matters Media, came up to me at our November event and told me that I had been on her mind and in her affirmations for the past three weeks. Wow! I mean that alone was enough to fill my heart – that someone had been thinking of me and was intentionally putting me in her vision – so cool. But it didn’t stop there.
She asked me, “Do you want to be on the radio?” I was shocked. Was this question for me? Little old Pamela, the Stay-at-Home Mom who just keeps talking about wanting to help women with PPD? Really, she was asking me?
I answered, “Yes, I would love to be!” My answer was honest. I truly did want to be on the radio talking about Postpartum Depression and sharing my story. I was just still in shock that out of everyone in that room, of all the powerful, experienced, successful entrepreneurs that surrounded me, she chose me. And like I said before, she knew she was choosing me. I had been on her mind. I was the person she was determined to find and talk to that night, and by no accident, I just happened to be the first person she ran into as soon as she came into the room. (Everything happens for a reason…).
So, I said yes, that I would love to be on the radio. We didn’t talk much details, but she did tell me she would connect me with Katie Coombs, the host of the radio show, ‘Uncommon Sense.’ I had never heard of the show, or Katie, before, but it didn’t matter. Here was an opportunity that I just could not and will not pass up.
Long story short (and the details… so you all can listen in!), in two days, on Tuesday morning from 9-10:00am PST (during some portion of that hour) I will be interviewed live on 101.3FM (in the Reno/Carson/Tahoe area) for the radio show ‘Uncommon Sense’ with Katie Coombs. There will also be a livestream available to listen to online at www.renegaderadio.org or the replay at http://www.katiecoombsuncommonsense.com/listen/
As for exactly what I will be saying, well that I am not quite sure, although somewhere in there I know the reason I was asked to be on the show is because of Postpartum Depression. I’ve done what I need to do to prepare (a list of interview questions, my bio, some facts and fictions about PPD – which you are free to download off my website here by just signing up to be on my mailing list… the little pink box at the top right of the page – *wink*), but honestly I’m not too worried about what to say. Katie even said not to over-prepare; it makes for a better show. Hey, she’s the expert on radio, so that’s fine with me and I take her word for it.
I’m excited! I’m nervous (although not as nervous as I was a month ago, and probably not as nervous as I will be at about 8:59am on Tuesday morning). But most of all I am honored and humbled that I get to speak up about Postpartum Depression. It’s the first time that I will be speaking out about it in public (at more than just my local networking group and with friends). It’s the first time I will be acknowledged and recognized as a spokeswoman for the awareness of Postpartum Depression. That’s my goal. It is awesome, amazing, incredible.
Two days away. Postpartum Depression LIVE on the radio! How cool is that?!
Here’s the details again:
Tuesday, January 7th
9-10:00am PST
101.3FM (Reno/Carson/Tahoe area)
www.renegaderadio.org (to listen live online – click the “listen live” headphones icon)
http://www.katiecoombsuncommonsense.com/listen/ (to listen to the replay)