Tik-Tokophobia

Unpacking the hidden epidemic of Reproductive Anxiety Disorder — through the lens of tokophobia, fear, and female mental health.

This isn't just a podcast about pregnancy and birth fears.

It's about the anxiety no one talks about — the kind that wraps itself around your identity, your relationships, your career, your future. And the kind that gets misdiagnosed, dismissed, or missed entirely.

Tokophobia — the extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth — is just the tip of the iceberg.
What lies beneath is something bigger: Reproductive Anxiety Disorder (RAD).
It's an unrecognised condition that affects millions of women. And most of them don't even know it.

So why Tik-Tokophobia?
It's a nod to the relentless ticking of the biological clock — that internal panic women feel when society says "it's time" but their nervous system screams "no."
This podcast is about what happens in that space.
And how we can break free from it.

Hosted by Alexia Leachman, world expert on tokophobia, creator of the Head Trash Clearance method, and former sufferer who healed her own fear. Alongside JJ Stenhouse, a veteran broadcaster who lived with tokophobia for over 40 years without knowing it.

Together, they explore what unhealed reproductive fear really costs:

Anxiety. Depression. OCD.

Relationship breakdowns

Fertility struggles and ambivalence

Creative and sexual shutdown

A lifetime of "I don't know what's wrong with me"

Through honest conversations, healing insights, and lived experience, this podcast illuminates the two paths of tokophobia:

🔹 Door on the left: healing, clarity, self-trust, and choice
🔹 Door on the right: fear-led decisions, isolation, and emotional shutdown

We're here to change the conversation:

To show why fear is quietly driving the fertility crisis

To challenge the way mental health misunderstands birth trauma

To name what women have always felt, but never had language for

Whether you're a woman who's lived it, a partner trying to understand, or a professional who wants to do better — this podcast is for you.

It's time we gave reproductive anxiety the recognition it deserves.
It's time to name it.
It's time to heal it.

Welcome to Tik-Tokophobia.

• No. of episodes: 14
• Latest episode: 2025-07-22
• Kids & Family Health & Fitness Mental Health Parenting

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