Ripple Effect

Taya Griffin, IBCLC dispells common myths about breastfeeding answers breastfeeding questions submitted by the Anointment community in Part 2 of a two-part conversation.

Taya Griffin, IBCLC shares her journey from Corporate Strategist to Lactation Consultant and her breastfeeding journey. Learn about some common challenges overcome by her lactation clients, and Taya's answers to  breastfeeding questions submitted by the Anointment community in Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

Host April MacKinnon shares the story of the link between her birth experience and becoming a skin care business owner and how it ties in to the original goal of this podcast.

Since the onset of COVID, birth trauma rates have doubled. Nicole MacRae of Oak and Cedar Wellness is a certified perinatal mental health and trauma counsellor who explains the journey she took to become certified, how building your relationship with a perinatal counsellor BEFORE birth can reduce the likelihood of developing a postpartum mood disorder, and how counselling can help you with postpartum depression and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and birth trauma - even years postpartum.

Motherhood is often desired and treasured but it also comes with a host of emotions we are not always comfortable with or have the skills to process. Author, coach, and mother Jessie Harrold returns for a deep dive into the uncomfortable feelings of matrescence including grief, rage, and loss, while offering actionable suggestions to help build the skills to work through these feelings before they accumulate into deep resentments. 

Lara Proud, RN returns in part 2 of this two-part series to talk about the reasons behind declining breastfeeding initiation rates in our hospitals since 2016 and how to navigate available resources to set your breastfeeding journey up for success.

Lara Proud, RN shares how even as a nurse, she was unprepared for her own birthing experience. Putting her experience and education together, her business Beyond the Bump Education was born.

Lara explains why empowered evidence-based birth preparation is so important, how it can improve your outcome and reduce your exposure to birth trauma, and how it can empower your birth partner to reduce decision making and stress on the birthing person.

Physiotherapist Eryn Matheson joins us to talk all things pessary: what they are, how they can help with pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, and how to get fitted. We talk about recognizing the symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse and the percentage of people with a uterus who may experience this (spoiler alert: it's high).

Eryn also drops a truth bomb on the ONE thing you can do to protect your pelvic floor health over the course of your lifetime, and it's not what you think!

Registered Dietitian Jillian Reid is on a mission to cut through the noise of diet culture and offers tangible and actionable suggestions on improving our relationship with food at all stages of life and how a diet professional can help you on your nutrition journey.

Ripple Effect is back! Host April MacKinnon shares the reason behind the unexpected podcast hiatus along with a glimpse into future episodes.