Alison Rosen on Postpartum Depression, the Anxiety of Scales, and Best Friendship

Alison Rosen cautions us to not read too much into the title of
her show. It’s really just an expression that was popular in
slang vernacular a few years ago when the podcast started.
Besides, if every person listening or appearing on the show was
her new best friend, that makes her pretty fickle on friendship.
But the name works really well because she does things a friend
should. She shares her stories, she’s vulnerable, and she
genuinely cares about the person she’s talking to. 


In this episode, we hear how postpartum depression kicked her
into taking therapy a lot more seriously. She tells us how she
still struggles with not tying her quantitative measurement on a
bathroom scale to her value as a person. And she shares why it
didn’t really bother her when Adam Carolla called her “baby girl”
as long as it was on the air.


Listen to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend on the podcatcher
of your choice. Follow her podcast on Twitter @ARIYNBF and Alison
herself on Twitter @AlisonRosen and Instagram @alisonrosen.


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