What do you do when you share your whole life online…and it completely implodes? - with Bella Messina

Imagine sharing your life on social media every day until one day, your relationship begins to implode. How do you show up? What do you share? Bella Messina is a single mum to 2 daughters, sharing her motherhood journey on her podcast, Tiktok and Instagram. We dive in...

• Bella shares her journey leading up to her first pregnancy and struggling with HG throughout
• How her mental health declined but she still gaslit herself into thinking how she ‘should be grateful’
• At one point do we feel ‘worthy’ of help with mental health? Bella shares how each day was a struggle but the lifeline that came with sharing this online
• Receiving a lot of backlash and online hate during a difficult stage of life but the perspective shift that helped her push past it
• The importance of professional help and therapy
• Bella’s marriage ended abruptly - how she found out and her immediate reaction as a SAHM with no independent income living with her in-laws
• Navigating a sudden breakup as a content creator - how do you decide what to share? 
• What is the FIRST step Bella took in discovering her new self?
• Dating after divorce and how she found love again
• Introducing your new partner to your kids and approaching co-parenting with your ex
• Bella’s advice for mums going on the same journey

 

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