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Host Kylie Epperson shares her ongoing journey of self-discovery, faith, and recovery from intense mental and physical burnout that deepened after the emergency C-section birth of her third child, in December 2020. She describes severe postpartum struggles, feeling overwhelmed by caretaking and motherhood demands, and reaching a point where she admitted she wasn't okay, began low-dose anti-anxiety medication, and later pursued therapy (including EMDR) and functional medicine testing. Kylie recounts a major anxiety spiral in 2022–2023 when she feared she had a brain tumor, leading to an emergency MRI that showed nothing serious. She reflects on repeated "fix it" patterns, disappointment when test results didn't show dramatic improvement, and a new perspective: healing may not be the endpoint, but a lesson in slowing down, replenishing, and trusting God's timing while continuing to grow in faith.

00:00 Welcome to Boldly Grounded

00:48 Why This Episode Matters

01:07 Emergency C Section Story

02:56 Postpartum and Hormones

04:14 Caretaker Weight of Motherhood

06:33 Burnout and Needing Space

08:28 Admitting I Was Not Okay

10:15 Medication Therapy and Testing

12:48 Health Scare and Anxiety Spiral

14:41 Stepping Back to Recover

15:23 Repletion Era Not Perfection

17:41 Maybe Healing Is the Lesson

20:29 Closing and Next Steps

Listen to Kylie's full Postpartum Journey here