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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/part-1-balancing-hormones-podcast-ep18/

This is going to be Part 1 of a 3 part series in the podcast on Balancing Hormones, Part 4 is shared in my Facebook group The Postpartum Circle, so be sure to go join!

These episodes will be spaced out and released through the month of July so make sure you are following the podcast so you don’t miss out! 

Why are so many women experiencing imbalances during postpartum? Your hormones are responsible for everything. When you have a baby and you are not getting the proper care to heal your body you will experience hormonal imbalances. 

Your postpartum hormones are not naturally out of control, however, they are in a biologically normal shift that comes along with these major changes. That shift is a state of fluctuation that is normal as you are going from pregnancy to postpartum. The change is definitely big, but it is not the cause of hormonal issues. Come listen to part 1 of balancing your hormones where I share why we need to look at our bodies as a whole and not try to compartmentalize. 

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Your hormones are responsible for everything
• Knowing how your hormones function within your body is extremely helpful
• I am here to help you focus on how to balance your hormones
• Why are so many women experiencing imbalances during postpartum?
• 1 in 4 experience depression and anxiety
• There are misunderstandings about how our hormones function
• A massive hormone imbalance 
• Postpartum lasts up to 6 years
• Most remedies tend to mask the issue
• When using remedies you are never addressing the root issue
• You control a lot of your hormones
• Your body is not operating in different pieces
• Addressing the root of the issue
• Addressing the whole body
• You cannot take and break a woman into smaller pieces or compartments
• Your hormones in relation to everything else
• Your mental health, your nutrition, your sleep, your support system is so deeply related

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/exercising-in-postpartum-what-you-need-to-know-from-bethany-gerry-podcast-ep17/

We have a very special guest, Bethany Gerry, on the podcast today! Bethany is going to be sharing her expertise on exercising during postpartum. Bethany is a fitness and wellness coach, and she specializes in the postpartum years. She's also a retired Olympian.

The information that Bethany has is slightly different from what you hear in the mainstream postpartum wellness industry. I've actually had the privilege of working with Bethany over the course of a few years now. She's also someone who's taken the postpartum nutrition certification, she makes it a priority for fitness and overall wellness with her clients because she knows better than most that they go hand in hand. Be sure to share any thoughts you have on this episode in a review and follow so you don’t miss the weekly release of episodes!

In this episode, we share with you:

• Sharing Bethany’s story
• How she became an Olympian
• Going from an Olympian to where she is now
• Being a personal trainer while being an Olympic athlete
• I didn’t feel right after weaning my daughter
• My doctor said it was depression
• Working with a functional medicine doctor
• I had to heal my body 
• Knowing where to start to heal your body after having a baby
• Working out after a baby can be an added stressor
• If our body is saying this is not right, you need to listen to it
• If you need rest and nutrition then do that
• We underestimate the impact growing a person in our body
• Have more respect for your body
• Allow yourself time to heal
• Being cleared by a doctor at six weeks, then go back to normal life
• This initial period of healing is so essential
• Rebuilding your foundation from the ground up
• Retraining breathing patterns
• Start that routine of self-care
• Floor based exercises
• Creating a foundation in which your body is going to operate from not just physically but hormonally and emotionally

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist

👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
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📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/hormone-and-nutrition-testing-what-you-need-to-know-podcast-ep16/

Does hormone and nutrition testing really help you get a better idea of your health and needs? A colleague of mine asked about my thoughts on these two very particular tests regarding hormone and nutrition testing. I wanted to share with all of you the answer I gave and why I feel the way I do on this particular topic.

I will be explaining why these tests can be helpful, and why I also think you should do other things before getting these tests done depending on where you are in your journey. These tests only tell you that something is wrong but they don’t tell you what is causing the problem.

Come listen so you can learn about the things you can do prior to going to get these tests run and where you should be focusing your effort initially. 

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Does hormone and nutrition testing help?
• Why might someone want these tests done?
• What happens after the results come in?
• Supplements aren't helpful if your body is having trouble absorbing them
• Your body slows dramatically after giving birth
• Your body is in this survival state
• Prolong healing time with foods you are eating
• Inability to get the nutrients you need
• Not being able to absorb the nutrients
• Don’t invest in a bunch of tests as your first step
• Your first priority is to address your gut health
• Deficiency levels are different based on where you live
• Some tests won't give you the correct information
• After addressing your gut health, you need to address your sleep
• If you’re not getting enough sleep you can’t regulate your nutrient levels 
• Then you need to address stress, negative self-talk, and trauma
• These three things dictate hormone balance
• These components are so essential to addressing the woman’s whole body
• Test the digestive health and toxicity levels first before addressing hormones and getting those hormone tests
• First address the absorption
• Next sleep and the other components to hormone balance
• If none of these work then go get testing

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist

👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast
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📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness
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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/johannas-story-of-recovery-podcast-ep15/

In this episode my guest, Johanna is going to be sharing the very personal story of her own postpartum battle. She just graduated from my one on one program and was in a very dark place before she met me.

Johanna’s here to share her experience with everyone. She will tell us what brought her to the point of feeling as awful as she did to the courage to reach out for help and move forward to work with me. As well as where she is now and how my one on one program has gotten her to be able to do what she truly feels is her life's purpose.

Come listen to Johanna’s postpartum story in this episode, and be sure to share it with friends and family. 

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Introducing Johanna
• The weight of postpartum issues prior to working with Maranda
• Depressed and anxious
• Who were your support teams?
• Getting support from all of the doctors but they didn’t understand her postpartum body
• End results after working 1:1 with Maranda
• The eating plan that Maranda helped her find has been the biggest piece for her
• Becoming more in-tune with your body
• Mindset shifts
• Starting her own business to be able to help others 
• She feels like helping others is her life purpose
• Maranda’s one on one program can help anyone at any point in their postpartum journey
• It is okay to spend money on yourself and to work on yourself

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/the-effects-of-inflammation-in-postpartum-podcast-ep14/

The topic of inflammation is one that I am incredibly passionate about. It is a work of science that is continually growing at really fast rates. What I'm going to be sharing with you about inflammation is very applicable not just to postpartum, but to women and men and people everywhere. 

Inflammation is the cause of disease, dysfunction, and so many other critical body function mishaps, both minute and ginormous. That being said, not all inflammation is bad! There are two main types of inflammation, acute inflammation, and chronic inflammation. Both serve important purposes in our bodies that are very different and we are about to deep dive into all of this information and the effects of different inflammation in your bodies, especially during postpartum, in this episode!

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Inflammation
• Acute inflammation vs. chronic inflammation
• Acute Inflammation is meant to protect us
• Chronic Inflammation can become toxic to our bodies
• Why Chronic Inflammation occurs
• Ways chronic inflammation presents itself in postpartum frequently
• Without proper support in postpartum, natural acute inflammation can quickly turn chronic
• Gut Health & Inflammation - Back to some anatomy basics
• The food we are using to fuel our bodies contributes to our gut health
• Gut-Inflammation Connection is KEY 
• Without gut inflammation, most would NOT have brain inflammation
• The relationship between gut health, inflammation, & mental health
• Postpartum depression, and why therapy only seems to do so much
• Another side to depression that isn’t being addressed
• The need for a whole-body approach to wellness and healing
• Inflammation in infants brain development due to Mother’s inflammation
• The myth of your baby not being affected by inflammation & depression
• The potential link between ADHD in children and depression during pregnancy
• Caring for the mother is also impacting their children and their children
• This is a generational problem
• Carbs, the difference between empty carbs and good carbs
• The body needs & loves carbs

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training & Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/postpartum-dads-interview-with-joshua-maze-podcast-ep13/

While Mothers go through so much in postpartum, it’s important not to forget about the family unit and fathers during this huge change in everyone's life. 

In this episode, I chat with Joshua Maze about his personal journey through postpartum with his wife after they had their daughter & the different struggles he faced with his mental health prior to her birth, and how it continued to get increasingly worse after the baby arrived with depression and anxiety. 

We get into conversations that are so often not discussed, how postpartum affects Dad’s as well as Mom’s, and the importance of getting all important parties involved and offering support and guidance to them all. 

If you are struggling, and in need of some answers, especially immediately and you're not able to get in to see a provider, reach out to PSI (Postpartum Support International).

This is a wonderful place to receive education and get the support that you need!

PSI Phone number: 1-800-944-4773

PSI Website  >>>>here<<<<

In this episode, we share with you:

• Introducing Joshua Maze
• His postpartum journey
• Finding Postpartum Support International 
• How depression can present itself differently, especially between males and females
• A huge transition for both parents, not just moms
• How can we do better to support the entire family, not just the mom?
• Including the spouse
• Oftentimes healthcare professionals neglect to support the whole family
• Screening both parents for depression
• Men generally do not get any parental leave & the issue with it
• Starting to see change
• The biggest piece of advice from Joshua for Mom listeners
• The importance of communication
• Offering support to your spouse
• If you are struggling with your postpartum journey or know someone who is and need some answers, I encourage you to reach out to PSI for more education, support, and answers.

PSI Phone number - 1-800-944-4773

PSI Website 

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training & Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/neurological-feedback-loop-of-your-postpartum-body-podcast-ep12/

I am sharing this training that is going to be a deep dive into neurology. We all have a neurological feedback system in our bodies.  I am going to get a little “sciencey” on you but I promise it will be all worth it. 

The neurological feedback loop goes like this, if you think a thought, as your mind is registering that thought your body has already sent a corresponding emotion from the thought to your body. That emotion is essentially a bunch of hormones that are released into the bloodstream. This means that your body is not to be blamed for falling apart or causing you pain. It's simply the communication system that is happening within you based on the thoughts that are going on in your brain. The thoughts sent out, create emotions, which are hormones that are running through your body and affect every cell of your being. Your emotions are showing you where your awareness is, and where to focus to bring about change. So many of us spend a great deal of time focusing on the wrong area.

This is POWERFUL stuff, if you’re intrigued, come listen in on the rest of the episode to see what tips I give on this neurological feedback loop during postpartum.

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• The neurological feedback loop
• Are you just reacting to your emotions?
• Hormones are controlled by the nutrients in our body
• Balancing your thoughts 
• How food plays a part in this
• Sleep, are you getting enough?
• What part sleep plays in all of this
• Are you listening to your body?
• Time spent focusing on all the wrong things
• Addressing the main issues simultaneously to promote healing
• Our thoughts
• The food we are consuming
• Sleep

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training & Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/healing-amy-a-5-year-long-postpartum-battle-podcast-ep-11/

We have a very special guest, ‘Amy’, on the podcast today! Amy is going to be sharing the very personal story of her own postpartum battle. She works in the finance industry and was in a very dark place before she met me.

Amy is a client of mine that went through a very long postpartum battle and has a powerful story that I believe will save others from going through the same thing. I am so excited to have her share her journey with all of you. Amy says that my one on one program is more than a do and don’t list. It is much more powerful and you can learn a lot about yourself through the journey. Come listen to Amy’s postpartum story in this episode, and be sure to share it with all your friends and family. 

In this episode, we share with you:

• Introducing Amy
• The weight of postpartum issues prior to working with Maranda
• Guilt and shame 
• Learning to peel back the layers
• Trying to get help from doctors, but getting nowhere
• End results after working with Maranda
• Gaining a playbook that can be pulled out and used whenever something comes up
• Becoming more in tune with your body
• Layers that tend to be created in and after postpartum and the need to shed them
• Enjoying my life again
• It’s much more than a To-Do, or Don’t-Do list
• Healing is not linear
• Start the postpartum healing journey earlier

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training & Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/how-birth-impacts-your-postpartum-years-interview-with-dominika-buck-podcast-ep10/

We have a special guest, Dominika Buck on the podcast today! Dominika is a certified postpartum nutrition coach and business owner. She owns Above and Beyond Doula Care, which supports women in labor and during breastfeeding. We get into a deep conversation about how birth can impact not just weeks postpartum but years to come. 

Preparing for a friendly birth experience is what everyone wants to do but they rely too much on childbirth. What I mean by this is they tend to take childbirth classes and have an idea of what childbirth is “supposed” to be, and when that expectation doesn’t happen, they are left dealing with fear and overwhelm. But on the other hand, if you go into childbirth with no expectations you will feel like childbirth just happened to you and be left feeling out of control with the entire process. Having a doula will help you feel like you have complete control over the birthing process. Come listen in on all the goodness that Dominika shares in this episode, and be sure to share it with all your friends and family.

Where to Find Dominika:

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If you would like to work with Dominika click  >>>here

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Preparing for a friendly birth experience
• Preparing for childbirth is more common than preparing for postpartum
• Traumatic birth accounts for over 30% of all births in the USA only
• Our confidence in ourselves is shrinking because our childbirth is filled with so much fear
• Picking the doctor that you can trust 100% will help with the childbirth process
• Our partners, and the role and effect they have during birth 
• How a doula can help you through the childbirth process
• How to recover from a traumatic birth experience
• Breaking the generational traumas of childbirth and postpartum
• Understanding the physiology of postpartum
• Breaking generational trauma starts with you.

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/miscarriage-and-loss-podcast-ep9/

We are going to be talking about a topic that is likely going to be the hardest episode we will ever do on this podcast. I believe that this information should be readily available to you but unfortunately, it is not. Therefore, I am going to end the tendency to brush off or minimize a miscarriage. This episode is going to be for everyone. Whether you have had a miscarriage or not, you will find valuable information in this. If you haven’t had a miscarriage, it is more than likely that someone in your life has, and this episode will give you some insight as to how to support them.

Buckle up and get ready for an eye-opening episode. Let's work together and get the correct information out there and help each other through a difficult time.

Be sure to share this podcast so we can change the stigmas and misinformation around miscarriage and loss.

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Miscarriages are thrown under the rug too much
• 20% of all pregnancies end in loss
• 1 in 5 pregnant women will experience a loss
• In history, women who miscarried were deemed inadequate
• Feeling the pain of the women before us
• There is no right or wrong way to feel 
• We all mourn differently
• Don’t let people tell you how to or not to feel while experiencing this grief
• How you grieve is 1,000% valid, no matter how it is
• Grief can manifest it into other health issues if not dealt with
• Psychosomatics
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Grief will show up in so many ways, that doesn’t always feel or look like grief
• Grief is often masked as postpartum depression
• Depression is simply a rational response to being overly stressed with no support
• It doesn’t matter where in the pregnancy that the loss of a baby was experiencing, it is still a loss
• Ask how to support them
• Moms who have experienced a miscarriage won’t start the conversation
• Find the support to heal
• You are not alone in this journey
• Don’t betray your body
• Verbalize your needs
• We need to normalize miscarriages
• If you're not sure where to start, reach out to me, to someone you trust, or to your provider. Whatever you do, it's time to take your healing seriously, and I am with you every step of the way.

NEXT STEPS:

🎒Download the free Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool & Guide for Providers
🔔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
🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training & Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals