Grace Victory on Surviving a Coma and Speaking Her Truth
About this episode
<p>This week, Zoe and Georgia sit down with writer, activist and content creator Grace Victory for an incredibly powerful conversation.</p><br><p>Grace shares the story of catching Covid while pregnant, being placed in a coma for three months and waking up to a six-month-old son she'd never properly met.</p><p>She talks about coma dreams, recovery, learning to walk and talk again and what it really took to come back from it.</p><br><p>They also discuss parenting through trauma, regulating your own emotions before you can regulate your kids' and Grace's decision to write openly about her abortion after the birth of her second child.</p><br><p><strong>Trigger warning:</strong><em> this episode contains discussion of critical illness, near-death experience and abortion. </em></p><br><p><br></p><p><em>Grace’s Product Picks</em></p><br><p><a href="https://www.boots.com/la-roche-posay-anthelios-uvmune-400-invisible-fluid-spf50-50ml-10306562?srsltid=AfmBOoo8Mey8RaMrRA1n1qe8aJwvsFBNDDvc4KA20NIY5Bgpzzbx5I96" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid Non-Perfumed Suncream SPF50+</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.rhodeskin.com/en-gb/products/peptide-lip-treatment?srsltid=AfmBOopESVFTLqptBxYQ-LJdIP82UnSiniYkzt1JazVgCzgxttgj2kdN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rhode - peptide lip treatment</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.boots.com/medicube-collagen-night-wrapping-mask-75ml-10361900?srsltid=AfmBOorbXEvyXGxn6VMEwiiHZv57MNV3sz74wPFZZbAr3_jAYqnYCohd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask</a></p><p>Emma Spring Bank Holiday Sale is live! Get up to 25% off plus extra 5% using the code MAYSLEEP at <a href="https://www.emma-sleep.co.uk/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=MadeByMammas&utm_code=MAYSLEEP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emma Sleep</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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