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Supporting the postpartum nervous system is a critical part of recovery and long-term healing. 

Let's explore the changes the postpartum nervous system undergoes, why they matter, and how they contribute to well-being. 

In today's episode, we're sharing: 

• What's happening with the nervous system after childbirth.
• The role the nervous system plays in regulating other functions within the body. 
• Holistic strategies that can be included in everyday routines (without adding more to your to-do list) that will support a healthy nervous system. 

The insight and practical steps I'm sharing here are strategies I actually use in my day-to-day life and have developed over 14 years of motherhood and four kids.
It's my hope that the strategies I'm sharing here are things you can start doing right away to enrich your own postpartum experience and support the mamas in your life.

Previous episodes referenced:
Nervous System Support with Lesha Nelson

Breath as Medicine with Cindy T. DeBonis

The Neuroscience Behind Nurturing Mom and Baby with Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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When 1 in 3 women in the U.S. are experiencing birth trauma, I knew we had to have this important conversation with Carla Sargent.

 Carla Sargent is a home-birthing mother of three, an ex-midwife, an educator, an author, a podcast host, and the founder of her birth trauma support and education business, Healing Birth.

Through her holistic and unique Healing Birth work, Carla has helped hundreds of families find healing after a traumatic birth and prepare for a positive and empowering next birth.

She has also worked with a vast array of birth keepers, helping them to understand the causes and impacts of birth trauma, including its prevention and how to support the healing process.

In this episode, we are sharing:

• Why we're else seeing a significant rise in birth trauma and what Carla believes to be the root cause.
• How birth trauma differs from a challenging experience and how hormones play a role.
• Why birth trauma matters and is relevant to postpartum healing.
• The processing steps Carla walks her clients through and how moms can get started healing.

This is an episode you'll want to hear, especially as a new mom or someone who supports them! 

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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Warmth in postpartum is slowly but surely starting to get the recognition it deserves as a healing practice. 

Let’s talk about what it means in the realm of postpartum and why it’s a powerful physical and emotional practice mothers and care providers should be using. 

In this episode, we're talking about:

• The common misconceptions around using warmth as a postpartum healing practice and the cultural background of this ancient tradition. 
• The physiological benefits as far as physical recovery after childbirth. 
• What science tells us about why heat therapy should be a postpartum necessity. 
• Different types of warmth practices and the ways you can implement them. 

Listen in to learn how heat therapy, rooted in ancient traditions and supported by science holds immense promise for enhancing postpartum well-being.

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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All of my guests are so special, and today's is no exception. 
She also happens to be a long-time dear friend. 

Dena Farash has walked alongside me through establishing and growing an online business and I've been honored to witness her do the same. 

Dena shares sameness and sanity so that moms can feel cool, calm, and confident without guilt or shame.  

She is the founder of The Mindful Mom Revolution, an online space for Mothers to come together to deliberately create community, inspiration, and progress through awareness of their thoughts and inspired actions in their parenting.  

Dena is a successful online entrepreneur who has found her unique way of sharing how to thrive in motherhood while still creating personal fulfillment, accomplishment, and connection with others.  

Happily married and a mom of three, Dena loves to share with women how they can become the best version of themselves while raising the best version of their kids.  

Using tools like meditation, mindfulness, grit, and charm, Dena has established herself as a strong voice in both the motherhood and online business spaces.

In today's episode, we're sharing: 

Steps to take toward prioritizing releasing trauma and practicing conscious parenting 

Where damaging parenting behaviors come from. 

The influence of our thoughts and why awareness of them is the first step toward breaking generational patterns

How to work in the mindfulness practices that will make the biggest difference even in modern life without adding anything else to your to-do list. 

Dena is showing up on social media, telling stories, and leading by example.

She showcases the sacredness and mundane moments which has been such a beautiful gift, not only to myself but also to so many others.

I'm sure you'll take away so much wisdom surrounding what motherhood is all about in this powerful conversation. 

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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I spoke in a previous episode about the reasons for postpartum hair loss due to physiological changes in the body. Definitely give that a listen as a foundation to today's conversation. 

In this episode, we'll emphasize once again that hair loss in postpartum is not normal and discuss strategies for prevention and recovery. 

In this episode, we're sharing: 

• Strategies for prevention of and recovery from postpartum hair loss. 
• Why significant amounts of hair loss should never be considered normal. 
• Why nutrition and hydration through food need to be the foundation of recovery and prevention rather than supplements. 
• The role environmental toxins play and how to safely detox during this time period. 
• 3 important key factors in hair loss and how to take them into consideration during pregnancy and postpartum. 

This question about how much hair loss is "normal" is one I get often. I truly hope you find this helpful and will continue advocating for yourself and/or your clients in getting to the root cause of hormonal imbalance symptoms like this. 

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum joins us today for a conversation about the neuroscience of nurture parenting and how it's not just best practice for infant development but also for maternal mental health. 

Greer Kirshenbaum PhD is an Author, Neuroscientist, Doula, Infant and Family Sleep Specialist, and Mother. Greer has combined her academic training with her experience as a doula and mother to lead The Nurture Revolution. A movement to nurture our babies’ brains to revolutionize mental health and impact larger systems in our world. Her book is called The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health Through the Art of Nurtured Parenting. 

In today's episode, we're sharing: 

• How early life experience influences who we become
• The biggest myths in modern parenting advice
• How modern parenting advice is detrimental to maternal well-being. 
• Foundational elements of nurturing in practice. 
• The origins of a parenting style that's far from what is healthy and safe. 

Be prepared to be fascinated and inspired by this conversation. We dig deeply into how this style of parenting is undoing generational trauma and revolutionizing what's possible for the mental health of babies and families. 

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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In this episode, we're sharing:

• How to balance science and spirituality in postpartum
• The key principles of postpartum conscious care
• 3 practical ways to weave the sacred into the everyday experiences of postpartum healing. 

This conversation will inspire both mothers, at any stage in their postpartum journey, and the professionals who serve them to use a holistic and sacred approach to experiencing comprehensive well-being throughout their lives.

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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We're back in today's Postpartum University podcast episode with another unpopular opinion. 

And that's the idea that actually no, making postpartum sacred isn't a "woo-woo" thing. 

Get ready to bust through common misconceptions about embracing the sacred in postpartum. 

This is part 1 of a 2-part series. 

In this episode, we're sharing: 

• Why making postpartum sacred isn't about pursuing esoteric or unattainable ideals. Why it has nothing to do with the birth experience. And why this transformation deserves care and reverence. 
• How making postpartum sacred is not impossible simply because of the demands of modern life. How even in our technology-driven world, we can still find sacredness in this profound transformative time. 
• The history of the transformative journey into motherhood and how the postpartum period has been revered, recognized, and celebrated by cultural heritage practices around the world. 

We'll wrap things up by diving into an understanding of how patriarchal practices in our society have shifted social norms and what we can do to hold the threads of wisdom, tradition, and reverence. 

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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This wouldn't be a podcast about postpartum healing and recovery if we weren't including conversations about pelvic physical health. 

We'll continue advocating that EVERY WOMAN who gives birth needs pelvic PT! 

Today's episode will share exactly WHY that is, and more importantly, how anyone can access it through the revolutionary Tighten Your Tinkler online program. (See below for links!). 

In this episode, we're sharing: 

• How to know that you can benefit from physical therapy and why you need to see a therapist that specializes in postpartum pelvic PT. 
• Why the guidance typically given by conventional medicine practitioners to do 100 kegels a day is NOT what women need to regain their pelvic health. 
• The connection between pelvic health and emotional well-being and why every mother should make her pelvic health a priority, regardless of whether or not she's had a "traumatic" birth experience. 

Christina Walsh is a Physical Therapist & New Orleans mama of 2. Known together as the “Tinkler Ladies”, Christina and her business partner Jenn Lormand have a combined 36 years of experience supporting women through pelvic floor problems, prolapse, diastasis recti, and more. The Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy featured their holistic protocol that helps women mitigate symptoms (think no more pee leaks, back pain, or painful sex) WITHOUT kegels or internal vaginal devices. Today, the Tinkler ladies are on a mission to help women feel empowered and hopeful in their healing journeys.

Access the Tighten Your Tinkler Resources: 

• Tighten Your Tinkler®️ Signature Program: https://www.tightenyourtinkler.com/signatureprogram 
• (use code MARANDA for $50 off!) 
• IG: @tighten.your.tinkler
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tightenyourtinkler
• FREE 90/90 Decompression Position (to relax back, hips, pelvic floor, and nervous system):  https://www.tightenyourtinkler.com/backandhiprelief
• FREE 5-minute Root Cause Quiz: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6C9SJ36

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals 

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I am welcoming you to a thought-provoking episode where we are on a mission today to transform the way we think about the impact of postpartum care on long-term health and really shed light on a critical aspect of healthcare.

It's time to move beyond that acute care and embrace a more comprehensive, supportive, and proactive approach that really has the potential to transform lives.

In this episode, we're: 

• Addressing the impact of postpartum care on long-term health. 
• Emphasizing how postpartum care influences the health of families, communities, and society as a whole. 
• Outlining an 8-step blueprint for exactly how healthcare providers can elevate the "standard of care" when it comes to the postpartum period.

By implementing these steps and embracing this holistic approach to postpartum care we can help create a paradigm shift. It's abundantly clear that comprehensive postpartum care is not a luxury, it's a necessity in our world.

NEXT STEPS:

• 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 
• 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training
• 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist
• 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
• 📱Connect on Instagram!
• 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
•  Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals