Paige Patterson, actor and postpartum doula, reflects on the highs and lows of her journey navigating an artistic career and how postpartum work has transformed her life. We loved connecting the patterns of how she was showing up in the world when she was met with “success,” and what she has learned from the darker times in her life. Paige’s passionate focus on being in love with all cycles of life and embracing her unique ways of living feels like a message we all needed to hear. 

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Acting
• Postpartum Doula 
• Receptivity

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• She became deeply obsessed with theater in highschool, studied it in undergrad, and then went on to get her MFA at Columbia University.
• About her immersive experience applying and auditioning for the MFA program at Columbia.
• She met her husband and best friends while living in New York.
• She got signed with Paradigm and a great management company right out of college.
• How the casting directors in New York really coached her at the start of her career.
• About her years-long lesson of enjoying her wins in the moment and not focusing on what is next.
• The reckoning she had after coming off of a 14 episode run and not booking for 3 years.
• How she checks in with herself to step into her own power and pleasure.
• About her beautiful mentorship experience with Birdsong Brooklyn.
• How she discovered her unique offer to the world as a human and as a doula.
• About her postpartum doula offering, which includes day shifts, overnight shifts, and planning calls.
• The importance of sacred boundaries.
• After birth you have to give yourself space to heal: “Ideally 2 weeks in bed, 2 weeks by the bed.”
• The importance of giving yourself permission to grieve your old life - give yourself space to have two contradictory feelings like grief and gratitude.
• How she is focusing on being in love with her life as it is now.
• Some tips on how to help your body complete cycles and restore your nervous system.

 

Resources:

• Connect with Paige on IG @paigeisapeach
• Birdsong Brooklyn mentorship program
• Skyting Yoga
• Davie-Blue (Somatics)
• The Twelfth House podcast from Holisticism
• The first 40 Days by Harry N. Abrams
• Awakening Fertility by Harry N. Abrams

 

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• OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare
• Living Libations organic and wildcrafted