Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth)

Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth)

By Jennifer Summerfeldt, MACP, CCCParentingKids & Family
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Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth) episodes

  • Body Focused Therapies to Restore, Heal, and Thrive - With Cinnamon Cranston and Rosen Method

    In today's episode with trauma-informed Rosen Method therapist Cinnamon, we talked all about how 'the body keeps the score'. Trauma is stored in the tissues and Cinnamon, in her gentle way, speaks about the power of trauma-releasing with body focused therapies, such as Rosen Method. She speaks about her healing journey as a mother. And, she also offered great resources of body focused therapies aside from Rosen Method. Our conversations was therapeutic, gentle, and wise. 

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    Cinnamon Cranston is a former graduate of the University of Regina and has been in the health and wellness field for 20 years. Cinnamon began her career as a massage therapist and has also received training in Reiki and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Cinnamon eventually found her home in Rosen Method in 2008, training with the Rosen Method Cascadia Centre (now the Rosen Method Institute Canada). She specializes in Rosen Method Bodywork and Movement as a certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner and Workshop Teacher as well as a Rosen Method Movement teacher/intern with a private practice in Edmonton, AB, called The Mindful Body. Listeners to this podcast, Cinnamon wanted you to know that there is a new Rosen Method Movement and Bodywork workshop this April, “Inhabit Your Body Your Life”, from the 11th-14th, at Healing Connections in Edmonton. Listeners of this Podcast will receive the early bird discount of $100, upon registering.

    You can learn more about Cinnamon at www.themindfulbody.ca or her Social media handles - @mindfulbody_yeg

    LINKS:

    The Mindful Body, www.themindfulbody.ca for more information on the Rosen Method.

    Find The Mindful Body on Insta or Facebook: @mindfulbody_yeg

    Cinnamon is also the co-owner of the Rosen Method Institute Canada Inc. the only training program for Rosen Method in Canada. Please visit www.rosenmethod.ca for more information on Rosen Method workshops. We have a new Rosen Method Movement and Bodywork workshop this April, “Inhabit Your Body Your Life”, from the 11th-14th, at Healing Connections in Edmonton. Listeners of this Podcast will receive the early bird discount of $100, upon registering.

    57 min
  • Emotions, Feelings, Sensations - Making Sense Out of Our Emotional Body with Dr. Doug Tataryn
    Learn all about the HUGE benefit of emotional releasing and dive into the heart of our bodies wisdom throughout this podcast!
    A note about this episode - we had technical difficulty and had to pick up a few times throughout the call. However, the content is rich! 
    I just loved having this conversation with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Doug Tataryn, as he spoke about his work and unique process that helps people embody their emotions, liberate energy, and experience wellbeing.  
    Throughout this podcast we explored the following:  
    4 different dances that happen in the body  
    A unique definition of 'emotions' 
    The difference between emotions, feelings, and sensations 
    A powerful clinical story of a mother and her toddler 
    The idea that stress is coming from 1 out of 3 different types of energies 
    Survival emotions 
    The triune brain (3 part brain structure)
    The power of feeling our emotions and why it is important
    An investigation into the bioemotive framework as it pertains to a mom who had a disappointing childbirth experience
    This episode is a fantastic overview of some concepts that need to be incorporated and understood so that we, as mothers, can begin to confidently embody our emotions and teach our children how to do the same.  
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    Dr. Doug Tataryn is a registered Clinical Psychologist, a Life Coach, and the originator of the Bio-Emotive Framework. He and his team are busy creating products and programs that teach people healthy emotional processing and feelings-based communication. 
    You can learn more about his work at www.bioemotiveframework.com or gain access to his 6-week self-paced e-course HERE
    1 hr 14 min
  • A Moment of Inspiration - A Journey Into the Heart of the Exhausted Mother

    In this episode, I (Jennifer) recorded a moment of inspiration. This is a short episode only 10 min in length, but does not lack depth. It is a 'journey' into the heart of the exhausted mother (both literal and figuratively). I encourage you to listen to the audio with your eyes closed, as a guided meditation, as we journey together. From my heart to yours, I offer you this as a gift into my own interior world as I process the notion of 'too much' and 'not enough' and the exhaustion that we all face (all while I was laying ill in my bed). 

    11 min
  • When Survivors Give Birth with Jenn Fontaine

    During this sensitive episode, When Survivors Give Birth, with my guest Jenn Fontaine, we dive into the heart of birthing families who have a history of trauma.  Jenn is a 'When Survivors Give Birth' educator, a program and perspective developed by Penny Simkin. Together we talk about: 

    - What inspired her to teach 'When Survivors Give Birth' 

    - How it has changed her practice as a busy Doula

    - What she is noticing as trends within the birthing milieux 

    - What she would like moms to know about this sensitive topic of conversation

    Although the topic is heavy in nature, the conversation flowed with deep sensitivity and respect for the nature of the topic. 

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    Jenn Fontaine, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), PCD(DONA) CLC, CHBE, WSGB Instructor

    Who been supporting the families of Winnipeg as a birth doula (attending several hundred births) and childbirth educator (preparing over a thousand new families) since 2002. 

    Over the years, while supporting families, Jenn has made education a priority. She has achieved DONA International Certification as both a birth & postpartum doula, become a DONA International Birth Doula Trainer, a certified Lamaze Educator and accredited Lamaze Program Director.

    In 2016 Jenn was given the honour of being inducted as an FACCE (Fellow of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators), a fitting recognition of her significant contribution to childbirth education and her effort to promote safe and healthy birth through evidence-based practice. Currently, Jenn has shifted her focus to include a trauma informed approach to her education specifically, she is an instructor of when survivors give birth. 

    Jenn is passionate about passing along her knowledge to families and other doulas, knowing that she is learning just as much from them!

    She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with her husband, Marc, her four amazing kids and two drooling bulldogs: George and Scarlett.

    You can learn more about Jenn and her offerings at www.itsbirth.ca or www.birthrootsdoulas.com 

    50 min
  • Thriving In The Postpartum - Our INNATE Wisdom with Rachelle Garcia Seliga
    'Postpartum care is a necessity, not a luxury', states Rachelle, the creator and founder of the INNATE postpartum care program. Throughout this podcast Rachelle and I discuss the challenges that so many modern mothers are experiencing during the postpartum period. 
    Together we explored the following topics and questions:
    Why postpartum care is not a luxury, but rather a necessity
    The implication that colonization has had on the postpartum period
    Why mothers are experience exhaustion, depression, and anxiety throughout the postpartum period
    The importance of community as the #1 antidote to pp struggles
    The idea that our dominent culture has failed the pp mother, rather than the mother failing at 'motherhood'
    The cultural shift that Rachelle is midwifing
    Closing with a powerful statement about returning to the natural laws and orders of life that are contained intrinsically in all of us
    Rachelle is grounded in her wisdom and has an important message for mothers all over the world. I am so grateful that Rachelle joined me for this recording. 
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    Rachelle Garcia Seliga has been working in the field of traditional midwifery care for the past 17 years. Her work as a ‘midwife’ embraces the original meaning of this word, which is caretaker of women’s health from ‘womb to tomb.’
    ‘Innate’ is that which is natural and inherent. ‘Traditions’ are those teachings that are passed down from one generation to the next. Our innate physiological design offers us a map to health and wellness. 
    She runs a Holistic Well-Woman Care practice in Taos, New Mexico, which tends to the health of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. She is the creator of INNATE Postpartum Care – Certification Training and INNATE Advanced Postpartum Training, for birth workers, health care providers and traditional healers worldwide. INNATE’s system of care draws upon the modern sciences of Epigenetics, Psychoneuroimmunology, Pre and Perinatal Psychology, the Primal Continuum, Womanist Physiology and Anatomy to teach that which the world’s postpartum traditions have always known: Postpartum care is a necessity and not a luxury for women’s LIFE-LONG health and well-being. Because women are the heart, the foundation of the people, thriving women means thriving families, communities and world.
    You can learn more about Rachelle at www.innatetraditions.com
    39 min
  • Money and Motherhood: Challenging Limiting Beliefs on Money

    This is a tender and vulnerable episode about a topic so many of us avoid talking about - MONEY! I was inspired to call Debbie Bridge and ask her if she would be willing to come on the podcast again. This time I wanted to talk about money. 

    The reason was two fold: a. I received positive feedback about our episode together last time, because it was deep, vulnerable, and relatable and, b. I wanted to explore my own limiting beliefs about money (which I imagine will strike a cord with many of you, the listeners)

    So a small warning or preface ... In this episode you will journey alongside both Debbie and Myself as we both explore our personal relationship with money and motherhood. I know that this topic is relatable to so many mothers because one of the biggest challenges that we face, as mothers, is that of financial stress. 

    Many of us are burdened by the shadow of 'money debt and survival' resulting in the activation of avoidance, shut down, and survival mode. This can cause so many of us to spiral with negativity and feelings of utter vulnerability. 

    Please join Debbie Bridge and I, as we use The Work for self-inquiry to dig into our pains and limiting beliefs about money. 

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    You can learn more about Debbie at www.debbiebridge.ca and the process www.thework.com

    You can purchase a copy of Healing After Birth guidebook at www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/hab or on Amazon
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    Dive deep into your healing with the Healing After Birth Program

    1 hr 23 min
  • Postpartum Mental Healing with Perinatal Mental Health Therapist Jill Culver

    Welcome to the Healing After Birth podcast. I am your host, Jennifer Summerfeldt, author and creator of the Healing After Birth book and program. You can order a copy of the book on Amazon.com or learn more about my services at www.jscoaching.co 

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    In this episode we explore the topics of: 

    - Domestic life as a mom and the challenges we face, especially for those who do not enjoy the domestic life of motherhood.

    - Jill shares vulnerably about her experience with PPD and what she did to find her way out; and her challenges with motherhood.

    - We addressed struggles the 'working mom' can experience

    - Closed with some tips and suggestions for getting support

    To learn more about Jill Culver please visit www.jillculver.ca

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    Jill Culver has over 20 years of experience working alongside families during their childbearing year. She is a counsellor in private practice, specializing in the emotional challenges that can accompany pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.  Jill has experience working with families around mood issues, pregnancy and infant loss, traumatic childbirth, childbirth fear, intrusive thoughts and postpartum adjustment. Jill’s previous roles include Birth and Postpartum Doula, Pregnancy Outreach Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor and, most recently, a Perinatal Social Worker at Victoria General Hospital in British Columbia Canada. Jill holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of British Columbia.   Jill offers in person counselling in Victoria, and around the world by Skype or phone. She can be reached at [email protected] or through her website www.jillculver.ca. She speaks and runs workshops on mental health topics for doulas, birth-workers, and midwives.

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    If you have a podcast topic you would like me to focus on or a question, please send us an email at [email protected]

    53 min
  • Pelvic Floor Health with Mandy Rempfer-Kuncio

    NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, the end of our podcast cut out, therefore we did not have a proper ending. I want to thank Mandy for taking the time to share her wealth of knowledge with our listeners. 

    In this episode we talk about: 

    • What is pelvic floor physiotherapy
    • Anatomy of the pelvis 
    • The challenge of physiological resistance in the body
    • The implications of prolonged pushing
    • Biomechanics of pushing
    • The benefits of prenatal physiotherapy as prevention
    • The amazing ability for the body to heal

      • Mandy Rempfer-Kuncio is passionate about the pelvis!  Creator of the Birth Better Series for childbirth preparation and a sought after speaker, Mandy is a pelvic health physiotherapist and birth doula in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Professionally, she loves serving women through her physiotherapy clinic, Nurture Her, which focuses on pre- and post-partum care (once post-partum, always post-partum!).  The team at Nurture Her can help with many challenges that women face, including: incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti, birth injury, and pain during pregnancy or afterwards, including sexual pain.  You can also find Mandy at SupportYourCore.ca where she helps bring products that support a strong core to women everywhere. 

      Mandy is devoted to women’s health and wellness because she too lives in a woman’s body.  As a mother of three, she also intimately understands the physical challenges and joys that come along with the journey of motherhood.  Mandy has a big dream for a strong world, full of strong families and strong mothers.

      You can connect further with Mandy (and her course offerings and blog full of free video and education) at http://nurtureher.ca and find products at  https://supportyourcore.ca.

      You can also find Mandy on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nurtureher1/) and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/core.believers

      55 min
    • A Mama of 4 Goes Deep Into Her Heart to Find Her Way: A Healing Journey - Janelle Kottelenberg
      During this episode of the Healing After Birth podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing Janelle Kottelenberg, a mother of 4 children and owner of thriving business called Nourish Your Life. Janelle shares vulnerably about her healing journey as a mother who was diagnosed with PTSD after her first birthing experience. She speaks about how she had to take charge of her healing and what eventually worked for her. You can learn more about Janelle Kottelenberg at
      www.Nourishyourlife.net
      Instagram: @nourish_your_life
      Facebook:nourishyourlife
      46 min
    • The Embodied Feminine with Nisha Gill
      During this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nisha Gill from Austrailia. Nisha has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with our listeners, in particular, as it pertains to healing in the postpartum and birth preparation.
      During our time together we explored to following topics:
      - The embodied feminine
      - Trauma recovery using Somatic Experiencing technique
      - The beautiful ritual called: Closing of the bones
      - The primal realm and healing
      Introducing Nisha ...
      Nisha Gill of Feminine Instincts is a Melbourne-based peri-natal wellbeing practitioner offering specialized birth education, doula support for birth, counseling, Somatic Experiencing® for the resolution of trauma & anxiety, a range of bodywork modalities, feminine embodiment practices, and birth hypnosis.
      As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Nisha offers couples resilience training for birth through nervous system regulation, resolution of previous trauma and anxiety, and birth simulation journeys for expectant mothers, without or without internal bodywork. She also works with birth professionals, bodyworkers and therapists to support their own resilience as they work closely with their clients.
      Nisha’s flavor is one of full embodiment, and she also specializes in promoting access to the primal realm in order to cultivate a felt sense of confidence for birth. Her years of teaching a form of Tantric yoga for women and training in Ecstatic Birth have evolved into a unique offering known as Primal Mama: Embodied Birth Education. This has a focus on cultivating deep trust in the instinctual nature of pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester, and exploring the use of sensuality and sexuality to facilitate the birthing process.
      Nisha works with individuals, couples and small groups in person and online, and is also involved in trauma education for birth professionals.
      Her website is at www.feminineinstincts.com.au
      And you can access a free gift: Somatic Awareness journey: Coming Home To Your Senses https://feminineinstincts.com.au/trauma-support/
      53 min

    About Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth)

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    This is a podcast for moms, parents, and birth workers who want to be inspired and explore matters of the heart.