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As a postpartum provider or professional, it can feel like the standard "bounce back" narrative after birth just doesn't quite capture the profound shifts your clients are experiencing and  you sense a deeper transformation happening beyond postpartum depression and anxiety. Get ready to have your understanding of motherhood completely reframed with Jessie Harrold as she shared the concept of matrescence – the essential and often overlooked developmental transition into motherhood. Forget the outdated idea of simply "recovering"; this conversation unveils how becoming a mother is a radical rewiring on biological, psychological, social, and even spiritual levels, a journey that can take years and demands a whole new level of support and understanding. This is critical postpartum education for all who work with new mothers.

Check out this episode on the blog HERE. 

Key Time Stamps: 

• 02:19: Diving into the definition and significance of matrescence. 
• 05:02: Comparing matrescence to adolescence 
• 07:20: "losing yourself" as a necessary part of mother becoming. 
• 10:52: The growth and reprioritization during matrescence. 
• 13:20: The normative matrescence experiences & postpartum depression. 
• 15:39: Matrescence as a developmental model 
• 16:48: Grieving pre-baby identities. 
•  21:52: Connecting matrescence to adult development 
• 23:37: Mindfulness when navigating postpartum changes. 
• 24:42: The importance of community and tradition in the healing process
• 25:40: Exploring "mother powers" as during this transition 
• 27:38: The challenges of building community in modern motherhood

Connect with Jessie: 

Jessie Harrold is a coach and doula who has been supporting women through radical life transformations and other rites of passage for over fifteen years. Jessie specializes in matrescence, or the transition to motherhood.  She's the founder of the internationally acclaimed matrescence support program MotherSHIFT and The Village.  She is the author of Mothershift:  Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage.   Website | IG 

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