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Welcome to another empowering episode of the Connected Living Podcast. I'm Lecinda van Niekerk, a Functional Nutritionist and mom to a vibrant 4-year-old boy. Today, I'm joined by Francesca, another Functional Nutritionist and a proud mom of an energetic little boy. We're diving into the crucial topic of empowering health in motherhood, exploring our own experiences, challenges, and the importance of holistic wellbeing during this demanding life-stage.
Conversation Highlights:
First Trimester Challenges: Reflecting on personal experiences and unexpected cravings for highly processed foods despite being nutritionists.
Importance of the Fourth Trimester: Exploring the significance of nurturing mothers during this phase to cope with hormonal fluctuations and physiological demands.
Empowering New Mothers: Discussing the importance of tapping into intuition and questioning conventional narratives to reduce overwhelm and decision fatigue.
Normalising Early Motherhood Struggles: Highlighting the diversity of experiences in labour, birth, and the transformative journey into motherhood.
Navigating Modern Motherhood Challenges: Addressing the unique challenges faced by new mothers in today's fast-paced world.
Matrescence vs. Perimenopause: Drawing parallels between the seismic shifts in a woman's life during motherhood and perimenopause.
Postnatal Depletion and Long-Term Impact: Exploring the often overlooked phenomenon of postnatal depletion and its long-term effects on resilience during perimenopause and menopause.
Hormonal Balance and Transitioning: Discussing the variation in hormone balance postnatally and its overlap with perimenopausal shifts, with practical insights on navigating this transition.
Key Insights:
Understanding the significance of supporting women during matrescence and recognising its impact on long-term health.
Importance of addressing postnatal depletion and its implications for hormonal balance during perimenopause and menopause.
Strategies for nurturing physical and mental wellbeing throughout the demanding life-stage of early motherhood.
Join us in this enriching conversation as we share our own journeys and how we support mothers to prioritise their health and wellbeing during the transformative journey of early motherhood.
Together, let's unlock the resilience that’s required throughout the demanding life-stage that is early motherhood
Francesca is the Founder of The Nurture Well Her passion lies especially in supporting women in their journey from preconception to the postnatal years and empowering women to create and maintain optimal physical and mental wellbeing throughout the demanding life-stage that is early motherhood
Social Media
IG: @thenurturewell
FB: The Nurture Well https://www.facebook.com/thenurturewellWebsite: https://www.the-nurture-well.com/
Programmes:
1:1: I work one-to-one with mums-to-be and new mums, in their first 1-2 years postnatally. I have different levels of packages to suit different needs. I work together with my clients to identify what is at the root of whatever symptoms they may be experiencing. Testing is often helpful to inform some of the dietary and lifestyle changes that will help and I use coaching to support my clients in making those changes.
Group programmes. I will also be running group programmes this year – I feel these can be invaluable because there is a strong element of community and peer support which mums needs and definitely benefit from. If people download my free ebooks and sign up to my newsletter, they will definitely receive info on these programmes when the time comes.
Freebies
People can jump on my website and have a peruse. I will be adding more blogs soon.
I have a couple of freebies on there, one for pregnant mamas and one for new mamas. These focus really on how to eat to support your body in these two phases because getting the food right is an important foundation.
You can also book a 30 minute mini consultation!
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By Lecinda van Niekerk and Taryn JacobyWelcome to another empowering episode of the Connected Living Podcast. I'm Lecinda van Niekerk, a Functional Nutritionist and mom to a vibrant 4-year-old boy. Today, I'm joined by Francesca, another Functional Nutritionist and a proud mom of an energetic little boy. We're diving into the crucial topic of empowering health in motherhood, exploring our own experiences, challenges, and the importance of holistic wellbeing during this demanding life-stage.
Conversation Highlights:
First Trimester Challenges: Reflecting on personal experiences and unexpected cravings for highly processed foods despite being nutritionists.
Importance of the Fourth Trimester: Exploring the significance of nurturing mothers during this phase to cope with hormonal fluctuations and physiological demands.
Empowering New Mothers: Discussing the importance of tapping into intuition and questioning conventional narratives to reduce overwhelm and decision fatigue.
Normalising Early Motherhood Struggles: Highlighting the diversity of experiences in labour, birth, and the transformative journey into motherhood.
Navigating Modern Motherhood Challenges: Addressing the unique challenges faced by new mothers in today's fast-paced world.
Matrescence vs. Perimenopause: Drawing parallels between the seismic shifts in a woman's life during motherhood and perimenopause.
Postnatal Depletion and Long-Term Impact: Exploring the often overlooked phenomenon of postnatal depletion and its long-term effects on resilience during perimenopause and menopause.
Hormonal Balance and Transitioning: Discussing the variation in hormone balance postnatally and its overlap with perimenopausal shifts, with practical insights on navigating this transition.
Key Insights:
Understanding the significance of supporting women during matrescence and recognising its impact on long-term health.
Importance of addressing postnatal depletion and its implications for hormonal balance during perimenopause and menopause.
Strategies for nurturing physical and mental wellbeing throughout the demanding life-stage of early motherhood.
Join us in this enriching conversation as we share our own journeys and how we support mothers to prioritise their health and wellbeing during the transformative journey of early motherhood.
Together, let's unlock the resilience that’s required throughout the demanding life-stage that is early motherhood
Francesca is the Founder of The Nurture Well Her passion lies especially in supporting women in their journey from preconception to the postnatal years and empowering women to create and maintain optimal physical and mental wellbeing throughout the demanding life-stage that is early motherhood
Social Media
IG: @thenurturewell
FB: The Nurture Well https://www.facebook.com/thenurturewellWebsite: https://www.the-nurture-well.com/
Programmes:
1:1: I work one-to-one with mums-to-be and new mums, in their first 1-2 years postnatally. I have different levels of packages to suit different needs. I work together with my clients to identify what is at the root of whatever symptoms they may be experiencing. Testing is often helpful to inform some of the dietary and lifestyle changes that will help and I use coaching to support my clients in making those changes.
Group programmes. I will also be running group programmes this year – I feel these can be invaluable because there is a strong element of community and peer support which mums needs and definitely benefit from. If people download my free ebooks and sign up to my newsletter, they will definitely receive info on these programmes when the time comes.
Freebies
People can jump on my website and have a peruse. I will be adding more blogs soon.
I have a couple of freebies on there, one for pregnant mamas and one for new mamas. These focus really on how to eat to support your body in these two phases because getting the food right is an important foundation.
You can also book a 30 minute mini consultation!