Carina O’Brien

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1,722 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4 Aug

Carina O’Brien’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 4.

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But also I want you to know that it does ease.

So let's get into it.

I just want to start by painting a little picture.

And I want to see with you if any of this resonates.

So you've gone back to work.

Maybe you're three days a week, maybe more, maybe less.

You did all the things that you were supposed to do as part of the transition back.

You visited the childcare center, you've done all the settling in sessions, you mentally prepared as best as you could.

But nothing quite prepared you for that first day and first week back at work.

Either you're either working from home or you're back physically in the office.

Nothing prepared you for sitting at your desk and realizing that for months, your whole pregnancy, and then those early weeks and months after

You and your baby have barely been apart.

You've been the one that has been there for every feed, every sleep, every first new moment.

You've documented it all.

You remember it.

You know that the time of the day, before it's eleven o'clock, you know exactly what they would or could or should be doing.

And now there's just that.

A gap, a hole and a void.

of what you would be doing at that time and a gap where that used to be.

And the thing is, it's not always a loud grief.

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