In this episode of the Rise Parenting Podcast, I sat down with Megan Landrum, a registered dietitian with her own company, Alavita, which focuses on supporting women in the prenatal, pregnancy and postpartum stages through nutrition. Megan also works for a company called Evivo, who’s research around the microbiome has led to infant probiotics that help newborns digest breastmilk. In this episode, we talk about perinatal nutrition, the importance of probiotics for newborns, especially those born via cesarean section or who have received antibiotics, as well as Megan’s experience going back to work as a new mom.

Learn more about Megan and her work:

www.alavitanutrition.com

https://www.evivo.com

Resources Referenced:

https://www.milkstork.com

https://www.mamava.com

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I am so excited to share my birth story with you! In this episode, I sit down with my husband, Derek, and son, Mason to record our home birth experience. 

Topics referenced in this episode:

GBS: What is Group Beta Strep - https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/what-is-group-b-strep.html

GBS Herbal Remedy Resources:

Wellness Mama Blog - https://wellnessmama.com/8680/avoid-gbs/

Herbal protocol I tried before retesting…

Twice daily I took:

Raw Probiotics Vaginal Care

Echinacea 350 mg

Vitamin C 500 mg

Garlic (either 2 plus cloves or two garlic capsules)

In the evenings I made a suppository with:

1 ½ cup Coconut Oil, ½ Teaspoon Tea Tree, ½ Teaspoon Lavender, ½ Teaspoon Thyme, 40 drops Goldenseal Root

Goddess Cards Referenced - https://www.amazon.com/Goddess-Guidance-Oracle-Doreen-Virtue/dp/1401903010/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=goddess+cards&qid=1580774867&sr=8-1

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This episode is important for every parent looking to raise their children consciously, in an inclusive community. 

Janna Barkin is a mother, author, activist, passionate advocate for transgender youth and their families, as well as a yoga instructor. In this episode of the Rise Parenting Podcast we discuss parenting and how to support our children’s gender expressions.

Janna is the mother of a transgender son and shares her experience and wisdom in her book, He's Always Been My Son: A Mother’s Story about Raising Her Transgender Son.

Learn more about my guest:

Janna Barkin - https://www.hesalwaysbeenmyson.com

He's Always Been My Son: A Mother’s Story about Raising Her Transgender Son - https://www.amazon.com/Hes-Always-Been-Son-Transgender/dp/1785927477/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3XURPO1BZAC3&keywords=hes+always+been+my+son&qid=1579486964&sprefix=hes+alw%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1

Resources referenced in this episode :

Gender Spectrum - https://www.genderspectrum.org

Flamingo Rampant - https://www.flamingorampant.com

Jessica Kingsley Publishers - https://www.jkp.com

Stand with Trans, Ally Parents - https://standwithtrans.org/ally-parents/

Rainbow Families Bay Area - https://rainbowfamiliesbayarea.org

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I loved sitting down with Elizabeth Shelhart for the podcast because while I knew she was a wealth of knowledge and such a name in the birth and mama community in Marin, I loved learning more about her story. Elizabeth is a certified massage therapist, specializing in prenatal massage, she is a certified birth doula, a yoga teacher and so much more! In this episode, she shares how each of these roles organically unfolded in her life’s work, and we talk about the importance of “mothering the mother”, and prioritizing self-care at every stage, but especially postpartum.

Want to learn more about my guest?

https://www.eshelhart.com/

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This is the perfect episode for the holiday season! Because if your holidays are anything like mine, they tend to throw my normal eating habits for a loop, as I literally and metaphorically add more to my plate.

In this episode of the Rise Parenting Podcast, I chat with Sarah Koplowitz, an integrative health coach who’s coaching practice, Bee Well With Sarah, provides both individual as well as group coaching sessions. Together we discuss what Sarah calls the primary and secondary foods, as well as concrete supports for identifying areas in your own life where you can focus your attention to begin your wellness journey. We then take a deep dive into mindful eating - such an important topic this time of year!

I hope you enjoy this episode, and if you haven’t already, remember to subscribe, rate and review this podcast.

Want to learn more about my guest?

www.beewellwithsarah.com

@ beewellwithsarah on Instagram 

Find the resources referenced in this podcast at RiseParenting.com/blog/mindful-eating

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Amy Greywitt is the owner of my local yoga studio, Metta Yoga, and a mom of twins, with her third child due in the new year. I’ve had the immense pleasure of getting to know Amy more over the last few months through our shared experience of pregnancy and I was so excited to have her on the podcast. She is a true mompreneur who left the high-stressed life of a lawyer to follow her passion of opening a yoga studio and living a more yogic lifestyle for herself and her family. In this episode, Amy shares her journey through IVF with her twins, her impetus to open a yoga studio and how her career and lifestyle change supported her ability to conceive her third child naturally.

Learn more about my guest and Metta Yoga at:

https://www.mettayogastudio.com/

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In this episode of the Rise Parenting Podcast I got to connect with my oldest friend, Christina, around her transition to motherhood, how she prioritizes her daughter, work, her relationship with her husband and also her own self-care. We talk about her work as a therapist at an eating disorder clinic and her own journey with an eating disorder. Christina shares her knowledge and experience raising a daughter in a world that praises a particular image of beauty and how she is learning to model positive body image and food neutrality to her 3-year-old. We also talk about intuitive eating and Christina shares some resources that she uses as a parent and therapist.

Resources referenced in our conversation:

RIE Parenting - https://www.rie.org/

Hand in Hand Parenting - https://www.handinhandparenting.org/

Eating Instinct - https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Instinct-Culture-Image-America/dp/1250120985

Food Psych - https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych

Kristin Neff - https://self-compassion.org/

Eating by the Light of the Moon - https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Light-Moon-Relationship-Storytelling/dp/0936077360/ref=sr_1_2?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtf_tBRDtARIsAIbAKe1pIfJezaolzAR-9PXT8I7ngAgdVO3wCcAzgGZBNFgp8YVVXLBlG10aAh84EALw_wcB&hvadid=241928639678&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9032096&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6859831975507454716&hvtargid=kwd-3757510470&hydadcr=22567_10346631&keywords=eating+in+light+of+the+moon&qid=1572931937&sr=8-2

Body Respect - https://www.amazon.com/Body-Respect-Conventional-Health-Understand/dp/1940363195

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Today’s guest is a mom of three and one of best friends. In this episode, Lexie and I talk about the difference between her 3 pregnancies and births, the idea of work-motherhood balance and how she has managed to prioritize her marriage.

This is the mama I go to for all my pregnancy and parenting questions, so I loved getting to have her on the podcast.

I hope you enjoy today’s episode. If you haven’t already, I’d so appreciate you taking a minute to rate and review this podcast.

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Today’s guest is a dear friend and mentor of mine. Jennifer Curtis is a birth doula, infant massage educator and parent-infant class facilitator (learn more here: www.rie.org). She is a wealth of knowledge about pregnancy, birth and child development, and I think anyone who knows Jennifer would concur that she has the kindest heart. In this episode, we reminisce about how we met and the many hats Jennifer wears, focusing on her work as a doula. She defines the role of a doula eloquently and shares the various ways a doula can support a laboring woman.

Want to learn more about my guest?

http://heartfulbirth.com

https://www.facebook.com/heartfulbirth/

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Colleen Lindstrom is an amazing healer bringing together chiropractic, cranial sacral and the subtle anatomy to her clients. In today’s podcast episode, she shares her journey of integrating these healing modalities with the purpose of “witnessing miracles.” After the birth of her two children she began to look deeper at the pregnant body and the needs of the young child, so I was eager to ask her my questions about the transformation of motherhood on the physical body. Colleen shares about her work and upcoming book, Living Life Aligned, as well as her own wisdom as a mother. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Want to learn more about my guest?

www.drcolleenlindstrom.com

@ dr.colleenlindstrom & @ colleenlindstromdc on Instagram

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