In this episode of Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast, Debra welcomes Maranda Bower, who shares her raw journey through postpartum depression, anxiety, autoimmune challenges, and triumph after four births. Maranda reveals how functional nutrition revolutionized her healing, turning depletion into energy, desire, and joy via her Postpartum Restoration Method—now training providers worldwide.

Together, they unpack hormone-balancing foods, self-care rituals, and why postpartum meals foster community, pleasure, and deep emotional release.

Key Takeaways:

• Postpartum depletion is normal—like pinkless flamingos; nutrient-dense foods rebuild hormones, mood, and libido
• Simple ecosystem: bone broth for repair, organ meats for blood/mood, healthy fats as hormone precursors
• Food as ritual heals isolation, surfaces traumas, and reconnects body to self/partner
• Plan self-care like baby gear: herbal baths, teas, frozen nutrient meals—never too late to start
• Community meal trains echo ancestral wisdom for thriving postpartum

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Orgasmic Birth: The Documentary
• Postpartum University Podcast
• Postpartum University Provider Directory & Courses

Connect with Maranda:

• postpartumu.com
• Instagram: @postpartumuniversity
• Nutrition MASTERCLASS
• Pro Handouts
• Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Perintal Mental Health Training

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