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Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You

by Good Inside · English · Kids & Family

“Rattled” is a podcast about the moments when new parenthood shakes you. It’s for new, expecting, and first-time parents navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and life with a newborn — parents who are second-guessing themselves, their choices, and their identity. In each episode, Dr. Becky and the Good

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 32 min
Latest: 27 Aug 2026
Language: English

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27 Aug 2026 · 41 min

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The final episode in our collaboration with Care.com about finding care for your baby.

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E19 · 20 Aug 2026 · 38 min
Emily Oster Talks Science, Vibes, and the Nights Where Nothing Works
Emily Oster and Dr. Becky sort parenting myths into science or vibes, then confess the nights their own expertise couldn't save them.
E18 · 13 Aug 2026 · 25 min
In Good Hands: The First Goodbye
In Part Two of a three-part series with Care.com, Dr. Becky breaks down the anxiety that shows up when it's time to hand your baby to someone else.
E17 · 6 Aug 2026 · 29 min
Parenting on Empty - Revisit
Dr. Becky tackles parental burnout, what you can do to take care of yourself, and how to bring some fun back into your life.
E16 · 30 Jul 2026 · 38 min
Cameron Oaks Rogers Trades Questions with Dr. Becky
E15 · 23 Jul 2026 · 36 min
In Good Hands: Finding Your Caregiver
This is Episode One of “In Good Hands,” a three-part series with Care.com on the emotional truths of finding care for your baby. Today: the search for childcare.
E14 · 16 Jul 2026 · 32 min
Chemistry, Not Character: Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself After Baby
A few weeks in, so many new parents think the same thing: something feels off, and I don't recognize myself. Fertility doctor Dr. Lucky Sekhon explains why, and it comes down to chemistry, not character.
E13 · 9 Jul 2026 · 37 min
Postpartum Anxiety: The 3 Cycles Running the Show
Dr. Becky sits down with psychologist Dr. Nicole Pensak, author of the book Rattled, and grabs a whiteboard to map the anxiety that quietly runs the show in early parenthood: the middle-of-the-night checking, the "if I feel it, it must be true" spiral, and the slow drift of avoiding more and more until your world gets small.
E12 · 2 Jul 2026 · 26 min
5 Numbers Every New Parent Needs to Hear
Dr. Becky breaks down five data points every new parent needs to know. Not to scare you -- to prepare you.
E11 · 25 Jun 2026 · 32 min
Postpartum OCD, Intrusive Thoughts: What’s Happening to Me?
Dr. Becky talks to Sabrina Rudin about the intrusive thoughts that flooded in after baby arrived, the terror of thinking something was fundamentally broken in her, and the moment she told her husband she thought she'd "become a murderer." And she explains why his response changed everything.
E10 · 18 Jun 2026 · 34 min
When the Baby Arrives and Dad Falls Apart
Dr. Becky talks to Kevin Maguire about the experience of — and the insights from — paternal postpartum depression.
E9 · 11 Jun 2026 · 36 min
IVF, Miscarriage, then Barack Obama
Hannah Bronfman and her husband Brendan Fallis join Dr. Becky to talk about the parts of new parenthood that don't make the highlights reel: fertility struggles, maternal health fears, and the specific kind of panic that hits the moment you leave the hospital with a baby and realize no one is coming with you.
E8 · 4 Jun 2026 · 38 min
I Wanted to Be a Different Kind of Dad
Dr. Becky talks with writer Aymann Ismail about the emotional reality of early fatherhood — the parts men are rarely encouraged to say out loud.
E7 · 28 May 2026 · 30 min
I Needed Proof I Was a Good Mom
Dr. Becky and author and mom of two Erin Schlozman unpack the disorientation of new parenthood: the feeling that your baby’s crying is somehow a reflection of you, the pressure to “get it right,” and the clarifying realization that motherhood doesn’t follow a linear path.
E6 · 21 May 2026 · 36 min
Will I Ever Feel Like Myself Again?
NBC News anchor and author Morgan Radford talks with Dr. Becky about the parts of new motherhood nobody prepared her for: the physical recovery, the mental disorientation, the pressure to “bounce back,” and the panic that the hardest parts might last forever.
E5 · 14 May 2026 · 29 min
I Love My Baby... and I'm So Bored
Dr. Becky and Myleik Teele talk honestly about the monotony of early parenting, the loss of spontaneity and identity, and the shame so many parents feel when reality doesn’t match what they imagined.
E4 · 7 May 2026 · 32 min
What If I Don’t Feel a Bond With My Baby?
What if you don’t feel that immediate rush of love after your baby is born?
E3 · 30 Apr 2026 · 24 min
Dr. Becky's 4pm Dread
In this deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Becky shares her own early postpartum experience—the identity shift, the crash from “I can handle anything” to something entirely different, and the quiet reframe she wishes she had back then.
E1 · 23 Apr 2026 · 20 min
"Nobody Told Me This Would Happen" — with Caro Chambers
Writer and mom-of-four Caro Chambers on the 6:30 morning her life quietly shifted, the body she didn't recognize, and the wisdom it took four babies to learn: when things are okay, let them be okay.
E2 · 23 Apr 2026 · 29 min
"What If I Hurt My Baby?" — with Leah Smart
Writer and mom Leah Smart on perinatal anxiety, the intrusive thoughts she didn't know had a name, and the reframe that changed everything: your fears are almost always about what you love most.
16 Apr 2026 · 2 min
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“Rattled” is a podcast about the moments when new parenthood shakes you.

About Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You

Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You is a English kids & family podcast from Good Inside. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Good Inside
Language: English
Category: Kids & Family
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 32 min
Latest episode: 27 Aug 2026
Feed: RSS — paste into any podcast app
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Rights: 2026 Two Things Inc.

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