# Episode 59 | Perinatal OCD on Screen with Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan.md Podcast: [The Affirming Minds Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030) Published: 2025-12-22T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shaina-siber-sanderowitz.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast/episodes/2149135301 Audio file: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149135301.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episodes/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan Duration seconds: 2240 ## Resource Perinatal OCD on Screen with Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan In this episode of The Mental Health Edit, Shaina Siber, host of The Affirming Minds Podcast, speaks with Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Little Disasters, about perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder, maternal mental health, and why accurate media representation matters far beyond the therapy room. Little Disasters—now a limited series streaming on Little Disasters—offers a rare, thoughtful portrayal of intrusive thoughts, shame, avoidance, and institutional response, and Sarah generously reflects on how her experiences of motherhood informed both the novel and its screen adaptation. Watch: https://www.paramountplus.com Read: Little Disasters: A Novel: Vaughan, Sarah: 9781501172229: Amazon.com: Books (or your preferred bookseller) Learn more about AFFIRM Mental Health:  https://www.affirmmentalhealth.com   ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episodes/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.