In this episode of Empowering Postpartum the inspiring Jo Peters, The Unicorn Coach 🦄 joined me to talk about the importance of preparing yourself for the challenges of the fourth trimester.
Some of the key topics we discuss include:
✨ How understanding your personality archetypes can help you create a custom postpartum plan
✨How strengthening your relationship with your partner and nurturing your communication is key
✨ The importance of acknowledging the truth that in postpartum you are caring for TWO newborns - YOU and YOUR BABY.

About Our Guest:

Jo Peters (aka the Unicorn Coach) is an experienced and passionate leader, speaker, coach, transformational trainer, mom, wife, and friend. Not to mention a Bestselling author of two books in 7 countries. She enjoys helping woman to discover how to have it all without doing it all. She is also the host of a TV Show MOMFIT with Jo Peters, that reaches over 1 MM views every week.

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Show Notes:

• Introduction (01:27)

- Guest: Joe Peters, the unicorn coach and host of Mom Fit TV

- Known for empowering women and helping them "claim their power back"

• Discussion on the lack of preparation for the fourth trimester (05:08)

- Contrast between extensive pregnancy preparation and limited postpartum preparation

- Impact on physical and emotional well-being

• The importance of community support in motherhood (06:35)

- Traditional societies vs. modern, globalized world

- Loss of built-in support systems

• The challenge for perfectionists and controlling personalities in postpartum (09:10)

• Realistic expectations about postpartum healing (10:30)

- Physical, mental, emotional, and hormonal healing takes time

- Critique of the six-week recovery expectation

• Impact of social media and societal expectations on new mothers (12:47)

• The value of planning for the fourth trimester during pregnancy (20:14)

• Understanding personal archetypes and personality traits for postpartum preparation (15:29)

- Importance of knowing your default responses and comfort zones

- Planning proactively based on your archetypes

• Communicating with partners about postpartum expectations (27:45)

- Discussing potential stressors and triggers

- Importance of turning towards each other during difficult times

• The concept of a "no divorce discussion" agreement for the first two years after birth (29:15)

• Nurturing the relationship outside of being parents (32:03)

- Finding new ways to connect given the realities of having a newborn

- Adapting date nights and quality time to fit new circumstances

• Reframing the postpartum experience as a journey of self-discovery (35:48)

- Viewing yourself as a "newborn mom"

- Celebrating small accomplishments

• The importance of self-awareness and personal growth in motherhood (37:41)

• Investing in learning about yourself and your tendencies (41:39)

• Creating a supportive "village" for postpartum (43:06)

- Curating the right people for support

- The importance of feeling seen and heard

• The value of couples therapy and communication courses (44:15)

• Embracing help during postpartum (45:51)

- Postpartum as a season of receiving, not just giving

- Overcoming the stigma of asking for and accepting help

• Connect with Jo Peters (46:49)

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