#147 — Don't forget to exhale through all of this. If you're tired, scared, stressed, overworked, or feeling all the feelings, this episode is for every one of us. It's a short method to help catch your breath, tap into your body, and exhale away some of the tension.

This episode was recorded on Saturday, March 21st 2020 in New York City in the midst of the coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic happening around the world. But that's not the focus of the episode—the point of. this short moment is to breathe, together. I'll walk you through one of my favorite practices that I use when I'm tired, anxious, or stressed. It's a pattern of breath called 4-7-8. Please note: if you're currently pregnant or think you might be, be mindful to do the breath work without the retention (holding), and tune into your body as you do it to see how it feels for you.

Sending you all a big, virtual hug. 

SHOW NOTES and other resources can be found at startuppregnant.com/147

Catch Your Breath

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When we first launched The Startup Parent Podcast in 2017, we did a series on some of our core values and guiding principles. Many of these core values have stood the test of time and helped to guide us over the last five years. Please enjoy revisiting this core values episode from earlier in the life of the podcast.

Core Value: Culture Change Starts With Stories

Show Notes: https://startupparent.com/021-sixth-gear-ability/

Stories Paint the Picture of Possibility

When we first launched The Startup Parent Podcast in 2017, we did a series on some of our core values and guiding principles. Many of these core values have stood the test of time and helped to guide us over the last five years. Please enjoy revisiting this core values episode from earlier in the life of the podcast.

Core Value: Most of us have a sixth gear we don't know about. 

Show Notes: https://startupparent.com/021-sixth-gear-ability/

Our Sixth Gear - The Hidden Power Within

When we first launched The Startup Parent Podcast in 2017, we did a series on some of our core values and guiding principles. Many of these core values have stood the test of time and helped to guide us over the last five years. Please enjoy revisiting this core values episode from earlier in the life of the podcast.
If you downloaded this episode before November 15th, you might have heard an episode of the Career Can Do podcast rather than our Startup Parent episode: Feelings Matter - Experience Greater Emotional Dexterity. So sorry about that! We had an uploading issue that has since been corrected. You can listen Feelings Matter - Experience Greater Dexterity right here: https://startupparent.com/020-feelings-matter/
Core Value: Feelings Matter - Experience Greater Emotional Dexterity 
 
Show Notes: https://startupparent.com/020-feelings-matter/

Feelings Matter - Experience Greater Emotional Dexterity

#225 — Birth is broken in America. It’s rooted in patriarchy, white supremacy, and a managed care system that pushes profits over people. This medical model provides substandard care that persists because it’s always been done that way—not because it’s rooted in evidence. In fact, plenty of evidence suggests that the managed care model causes widespread problems that affects every aspect of our society today.
Under this medical model, birth has become accepted as trauma, with as much as 30-40% of people who give birth reporting mistreatment or negative experiences. If we want to improve the outcomes of birthing people and families, we must unpack how and why our current system is failing us.
Allison Yarrow, award-winning journalist, speaker, and author, wants to change that narrative with the help of her latest book, “Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood.” There is so much power in a group of people who have been touched by birth. Humanity would not exist without the process of birth, when our bodies are at their strongest.
Allison’s goal is to open up conversations between people who have given birth, inviting us to share our stories and feel validated in them—no matter what they are.
Allison joined host Sarah K Peck on this episode of the Startup Parent Podcast to talk about why birthing is broken under our current healthcare system, and what we can do better in the future. They discuss:

The cascade of interventions and medicalization of birth.

The relationship between trauma and birth.

The importance of informed consent in care.

How a managed model of care leads to worse outcomes.

What we can do to change the birth experience in the future.

The episode is an invitation to unpack the intricacies of birth experiences and the existing systems that influence them so that we can rewrite the narratives around motherhood. Instead of trauma and disempowerment, we can embrace the power and vulnerability of the birth and transform it into an empowered, informed, and agency-driven experience.
SHOW NOTES
Full show notes at http://startupparent.com/227

Birth Trauma, Informed Consent, and the Flaws of Managed Care — (Allison Yarrow)

When we first launched The Startup Parent Podcast in 2017, we did a series on some of our core values and guiding principles. Many of these core values have stood the test of time and helped to guide us over the last five years. Please enjoy revisiting this core values episode from earlier in the life of the podcast.
 
Core Value: Plans Are Important. Things Rarely Go According to
Plan. 
 
Show Notes: https://startupparent.com/019-do-things-differently-core-value/

Catch Your Breath

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