{"podcast":{"title":"The Affirming Minds Podcast","slug":"the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030","podcast_index_feed_id":7020030,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147817279/feed","website_url":"https://shaina-siber-sanderowitz.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147588465/podcasts/62c14b-434a-4335-ef7a-0283066e7f4_14a6baf4-8899-4276-b68b-c5ac799fe86f.png","author":"Shaina Siber, LCSW","episode_count":84,"summary":"Build your elite therapeutic toolkit learning through expert-led \"pod-courses\" and interviews. CEs available for Affirm Academy members.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:20:04.992245+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 59 | Perinatal OCD on Screen with  Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan","slug":"episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan","published_at":"2025-12-22T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030","url":"https://shaina-siber-sanderowitz.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-affirming-minds-podcast/episodes/2149135301","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149135301.mp3","summary":"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  ","meta_description":"Perinatal OCD on Screen with Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan In this episode of The Mental Health Edit, Shaina Siber, host of The Affirming Min…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"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","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-affirming-minds-podcast-7020030/episode-59-perinatal-ocd-on-screen-with-little-disasters-author-sarah-vaughan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}