About Store Blog Book
Podcast
Podcast Episode List
Contact us!
It Takes a Village: Postpartum Mental Health, Parental Isolation, and Community Care postpartum depression support Oct 19, 2026
Podcast Companion Article for Love Your Villain – Season 2, Episode 7: “The Isolation of Parenting”

Parenting Was Never Meant to Be a Solo Performance

We love to say that it takes a village to raise a child. Then a baby arrives, the casseroles stop, parental leave ends, and many families discover ...

Continue Reading...
ILA'S STORY

Ila Casselman

Author & Host

For over 15 years, I sat across from people in pain. But I realized I wasn't just treating joints and muscles; I was treating stories. I saw how a childhood need to 'stay quiet' became chronic neck tension. I saw how a fear of abandonment became a nervous system that couldn't turn off. I realized that the parts of ourselves we call 'bad' or 'wrong', our Villains, are actually our oldest bodyguards.