The Vulnerability of Motherhood: Nina Opens Up About the Challenges of Parenting

Sanne, who herself is also the mother of twins, assists Nina during her pregnancy. The actress notices that Nina does not show the back of her tongue. After giving birth, she decides to take her to a lifestyle coach. “I think that Nina does not want to show that she finds motherhood sometimes difficult,” says Sanne in front of the camera. “Because people have already judged her, about the fact that she had a child so young and then had twins unplanned. So that she also wants to pull herself together against people who have an opinion, like: ‘See, I can do it It’s going well.'” Although Sanne believes that Nina is indeed a fantastic mother, she also thinks she can admit that it’s tough.

For example, Nina’s grandfather, with whom the mother of three currently lives, also admitted to Sanne that she has a hard time sometimes. “He says it because he cares about you very much. And he hopes that you will also open up a little more, so that you can take certain steps in your life that will ultimately help you a lot,” says Sanne to Nina. During the session with the lifestyle coach, Nina soon dares to show her vulnerable side. When Sanne asks her how she feels during the start of the coaching session, Nina bursts into tears. The actress likes to see that Nina is vulnerable: “It moved me, because Nina has experienced a lot of sad things in her life. (…) So it just keeps piling up and at some point the bucket is just full.”

Several pain points emerge during the session. For example, Nina talks candidly about the different stepfathers she has had in her life and the bad relationship with her biological father also comes to the fore. She also says she was bullied in high school because of her weight. While telling this, Nina breaks again. “I was actually bullied a lot because I’m quite thin and tall. So I was just bullied because of my thinness.” Sanne now also understands better why Nina doesn’t show the back of her tongue and why she makes it seem like motherhood comes easily to her. “Because you have already experienced a lot of hard things in life. And that cannot be compared to the hardness of having three children, because there is also a lot of love in it. And that love conquers.”

Afterwards Nina is happy with this session and leaves with a good feeling. “I expected it differently and actually thought: what is this? But I really like it.” At the end of the episode it emerges that she has even decided to take EMDR therapy.

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2023-09-05 20:19:28
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