For Malone, this pressure took its toll on her feelings of adequacy as a parent. “It plays into everything,” she says. “If that’s a day where you’re not feeling strong, where you’ve had less sleep, I’d sometimes start crying and I’d think ‘am I an awful person? Did I forget all thousands of things I should be bringing? Have a remembered this? Am I an awful mother?’”

“I think, culturally, there’s a massive challenge around asking for help. I’m hyper strong and I’m a go-getter – I proudly describe myself as an alpha female. Feelings of inadequacy and weakness have to be rejected and suppressed,” Taverner adds.

“That’s where therapy is incredibly helpful to get people to begin to connect with their vulnerability. For many of the clients I’ve worked with, even the word depression isn’t used. Many of my Black clients will say ‘I’ve got low mood’.”

Baby On The Brain podcast: “Culturally there’s a massive challenge around asking for help”