Kiara recalls her 'identity shift' postpartum
India, May 11 -- Kiara Advani welcomed baby girl Saraayah with husband, actor Sidharth Malhotra, in July last year, and as she recalled her popstpartum journey recently, the actor broke down in tears.
Talking about adapting to her new role as a mother and her posptpartum struggles, as she appeared on Raj Shamani's podcast, Kiara said, "Nobody talks about postpartum, and it should be spoken about more. It (motherhood) is such an identity shift. It is such a new world, and in that moment, it is difficult for the woman going through it to give herself grace. It takes time. It has taken me six months. In the past six months, I have just told myself: Just give yourself grace."
The 34-year-old insisted that since Saraayah's birth, she has learnt to nurture herself. "It's probably the best thing that I have done for myself. After 34 years, I have learnt to set boundaries. I've learnt not to do critical conversations with myself, because sometimes you are over-critical about everything that you are doing. I have learnt not to focus on fear. I had to teach myself all of these things in these six months," she said, adding that "everything in you as a person, as a personality, everything changes" after motherhood. HTC...
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