Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Prep: My Lighter Way

OCD in pregnancy and postpartum is widely misunderstood.
Less is known or shared about it compared to postpartum anxiety or depression, and even many health care professionals tend to know little about it, miss spotting it, or are unfamiliar with how to treat it.

In this episode with Dr Jenny Yip, we dive into:
-What OCD is, and how it’s different from anxiety
-Common intrusive thoughts that moms experiencing OCD might have
-The difference between intrusive thoughts that tend to pop in pregnancy versus postpartum
-Dr. Jenny’s 3-step process to rewiring OCD thoughts and impulses
-the beautifully protective place intrusive thoughts come from
-the hope that you can rewire this
About our guest:
Dr Jenny Yip, PsyD, ABPP, is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience treating OCD and anxiety disorders. Drawing from her own experience with OCD, she has dedicated her career to helping individuals and families overcome mental health challenges. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at USC Keck School of Medicine and founded the Renewed Freedom Centre in Los Angeles and the Little Thinkers Centre. She is also the author of two books on managing anxiety and co-host of the Stress Less Life Podcast, and developed the Stress Less Mama Masterclass.

Dr Jenny Yip - Contact & Resources:
∙ Instagram: / drjennyyip
∙ Facebook: / drjennycyip
∙ Stress Less Mama Masterclass https://dryip.com/the-stress-less-lif...

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Use this meditation in your first, second or third trimester to relax, connect with God, and cleanse your energy.
In less than 30 minutes, you’ll feel more connected to yourself, your baby, and your faith.
Use it for an afternoon nap to feel refreshed, to clear anxiety, or to drift off to sleep, and soak in this moment of your pregnancy deeper.
Created for relaxation purposes by Emma Nagy.
Music: Royalty Free music purchased from indiemusicbox.com; “Enlightenment” by Chris Collins.

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If you’re looking for examples of powerful home births - the kind you find your power in and feel really good about - here are 2!

🕊️ Inside this episode:
Why Sami chose a home birth and what helped her prepare
The powerful lesson she learned about her own power from birth with baby #1 and how she used this in birth #2
Sami’s two powerful home birth stories
How to prepare YOURSELF for a smoother transition into a calm birth + tap into the power within you
Connect with Sami:
www.goodenoughmatrescence.com
/ goodenoughmatrescence

Resources to help YOU feel prepared for birth + the newborn stage:
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🎧 Recommended if you are:
✨ Planning your first pregnancy [3 WAYS TO PREP]
→ • Ready for to Get Pregnant Soon? 3 Simple W...
🤍 Pregnant & want to relax and connect with your baby [20 MIN MEDITATION]
→ • Pregnancy Meditation to Connect with Baby ...
💦 Planning an unmedicated birth [SHARING MY WATER BIRTH STORY]
→ • My Calm Hypnobirthing Story (Positive Hosp...
🤰 Prepping for postpartum [MASTERCLASS]
→ • Pregnancy Masterclass: Prepare Your Mind, ...
👶 A 2nd time mom wanting a more peaceful, present experience this time [VISION BOARD PARTY]
→ • VISION BOARD PARTY! Expecting Baby #2

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Emma Nagy - Mom of 2, Founder of My Lighter Motherhood, PhD Mental Health Promotion
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When it comes to your fourth trimester, should you plan it? Or wing it?

With so much information out there about what to have ready for baby, it can feel like a lot to tease through.

Today, Emma sheds light onto which parts to have a plan for, and how to go with the flow for the rest.

🕊️ Inside this episode:

Resources to help YOU feel prepared for birth + the newborn stage:

🎉Take My Lighter Birth – Birth Mindset Course ($27)

Manifest your lighter, calmer, more confident birth:

https://www.mylighterway.com/mylighterbirth

💖 Enroll in My Lighter Motherhood – Pregnancy > The Foundational Years Manifest your more easeful, peaceful first year with baby, where you refuse to settle for survival mode, and you don't lose yourself in motherhood - you find your favourite most fullfilled version of you YET

https://www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

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Thank you so much for being here!

xo, Emma

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What if you decided to rewire your anxiety so you feel like yourself again? And things got better than you possibly imagined?

That’s exactly what we’ll talk about in this episode.

🕊️ Inside this episode:

How to create a version of motherhood that feels lighter, without losing yourself in the process. ▶️▶️▶️▶️ 💖 Enroll in My Lighter Motherhood – Pregnancy > The Foundational Years

Manifest your more easeful, peaceful motherhood experience - where you feel like YOU in this beautiful life you're creating

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And if you loved this epi, you'll also probably LOVE My Lighter Motherhood.

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This is PART 2 of ”EASEFUL”, an exclusive series for Moms expecting Baby #2 on a mission to create a postpartum redemption story where you feel present with both, and like the best version of YOU yet through it. PART #1”The Postpartum #2 Vision Board Party”: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7coOH05VG9DCgJqKWjFvbk?si=305d80fc0e594a33 Did you have a difficult postpartum experience the first time around? Ready for a postpartum redemption story, where the newborn season and transition from one to two feels easier? We’re covering 3 Pieces of PROOF the newborn season and whole postpartum season will feel better this time around - emotionally and mentally. Use the insights from this video to give you undeniable proof, and something your subconscious mind can really dig into, to start to create a new vision for postpartum with baby #2. Ready to manifest a better postpartum experience this time, and feel fully resourced from the inside out as you do it? You’re invited to enroll any time in your 2nd or 3rd trimester to start manifesting the BEST first year as a Mama of 2 - where you feel like YOU through it: www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood Here’s to a postpartum redemption story, where you feel like the fullest, best version of YOU through it. Xo, Emma

Welcome to the Postpartum Vision Board Party! You're cordially invited if you're a Mama expecting baby #2 and you feel like postpartum punched you in the face the first time, and this time you want it all to feel... lighter. Better. To feel like YOU through it, the whole time.

Sit back, relax,enjoy the guided visualization experience, and open your eyes, mind + heart to the possibility that this postpartum will be the source of some of your most cherished memories.

HERE'S YOUR FREE VISION BOARD DOWNLOAD

Ready to manifest a dreamy postpartum, where your intuition leads the way, you feel like yourself, and walk away with a million core memories you were present for and (gasp…) enjoyed?!

You’re invited to JOIN My Lighter Motherhood here

Where the sleepless nights, hormone shifts, balancing both of your babies, and feeling like the fullest, BEST version of you all co-exist in perfect harmony.

Can't wait to meet you in there.

xo,

Emma

Planning a hospital birth? An unmedicated birth? A water birth?

Perhaps an unmedicated hospital birth, in a birth tub?

I'm sharing my calm, positive water birth story with you today.

I'm sharing everything, from the start of my labour and how I knew labour was starting, to one of the most powerful moments of my life - catching my own baby in the hospital's birth tub and meeting my baby for the first time.

I used the principles of hypnobirthing, mindset, and listened to many empowering, positive birth stories (like this one!) to prepare.

Listening to positive birth stories is SO helpful when you're expecting. It's one of those productive things you can do in pregnancy to prepare for birth, and show your mind what's really possible.

I'm so grateful for the women who've gone before me and helped me see that positive birth experiences are not only possible - but were a possibility for me.

And if it's possible for me, why not YOU?!

In this episode I break down:

I hope this episode inspires you!!

My Lighter Birth Course:

Would you love to learn more about the principles of hypnobirthing, prepare your mind for labour, and feel calm, confident and more in control during contractions?

Take my Birth Mindset Prep course, "My Lighter Birth" HERE: www.mylighterway.com/mylighterbirth

Thank you so much for listening.

I have so many more epis coming your way.

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Lots of love, Emma | The Mindset Coach for Moms

Founder, My Lighter Motherhood

www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

xoxo

Hi lovely!! Preparing for your own calm natural childbirth?

I'm so excited to share these 5 tips with you, all about how I prepared as a first time expecting Mom.

This was 7 years ago.

Before I became a Mindset Coach for Mamas.

But this process and combination of steps was MAGIC.

Stay til the end - because we go beyond the basics.

Step 5 is my absolute fave.

p.s. Want support as you prepare for your calm, empowering, wildly positive birth experience?

I'd love to support you:

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Thanks for being here, Mama xoxo

If cracks are starting to form, or your feeling disconnected with your partner after baby - this epi will give you the burst of HOPE and EXCITEMENT you've been looking for!

Inside this episode, with special guest Michelle Martinez - Sex & Intimacy Expert - we dive into:

This epi is such a good one. I would recommend this be a solo epi - aka not with the kiddies around!

Find Michelle:

https://michelle-martinez.net/

Sexy, Safe and Seen 7-Day Challenge (Free):

https://michelle-martinez.net/sexy-safe-seen-challenge-waitlist/

Michelle's Book:

https://eroticempowermentbook.com/

Listen on Audible: https://www.amazon.ca/Erotic-Empowerment-Mastery-High-Chemistry-Relationships/dp/B0FK2CYB3K

Email Michelle with your fave takeaway: [email protected]

To get inside My Lighter Motherhood: For pregnant and postpartum Mamas:

https://www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

Thank you for listening!!