Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth)

In this episode, I explore the concept of resilience in the postpartum with my guest Beth Martens, a two-time cancer survivor, musician, and mompreneur.

Beth speaks openly about her journey into motherhood after having been told she may never be able to conceive after having survived the odds. Although her birth was empowering and self-directed, Beth experienced challenges in the postpartum as a single mother.

She speaks about how she found her way regardless of all the obstacles stacked against her. This is an inspiring episode of the tenacity of the human spirit. You do not want to miss this conversation - we need to more stories of thriving.

A bit about Beth...

Beth Martens, Business Coach, Archetype Geek and Mom Against the Odds.

Beth is the creator of the ‘MerPreneur’s Journey’ that maps out the value of a woman’s life purpose. She knows her calling is a life or death thing. After 8 trips to India, and a 3-year, losing battle with cancer, she used archetypes to reclaim the hidden, denied and disowned parts of her self and saved her life after being told she wouldn’t survive.

Today a mom against-the-odds and impassioned champion for the value of a woman’s life purpose, she shows healers, teachers, coaches and artists how to journey with archetypes to create divinely aligned businesses.

She works with MerPreneurs - women who bravely dive into self-work and care deeply about this planet - to be valued to make their contribution to the greater good, so they can fulfill their sacred contract and not have to crash from going in too many directions to save the world.

Beth believes in our right to live in freedom from economic slavery and dreams of helping a million MerPreneurs make their life’s work a part of to returning humanity back to a natural state.

Visit her at www.bethmartens.com to hear her story and do a free MerPreneur Archetype Quiz to learn where you are on the MerPreneur’s Journey.

During this episode, my guest Sherry Rothwell (Registered Holistic Nutritionist and the creator of the Delish Diet) and I engage in a candid conversation about both nourishing with food + nourishing the soul during the postpartum period. Sherry speaks about her lived experience and struggles in the postpartum, as well as, offers applicable information about foods that help to rebuild the body after birth.

Topics of conversation include:

- Isolation in the postpartum

- Foods that heal (and may surprise you)

- Why vegetarianism may not be the best choice in the pp

- Reference to a free ebook called 'Nurturing the New Family' with link below

- How community changes everything

- Minerals and supplements to rebuild blood loss after birth

- The overarching dilemma many moms experience in the postpartum

A bit about Sherry:

Sherry Rothwell is a registered holistic nutritionist with a focus on children’s and women’s health during the childbearing years. She blends her backround in natural childbirth, with 20 plus years experience in the natural health field to empower women to reclaim their role as wise woman healer of the family. Sherry holds certificates from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, the Edison Institute and the Matrona School of Midwifery to name a few. She developed a keen interest in digestive issues after healing her son of food sensitivities and severe eczema without drugs or supplements.

Sherry loves to help women overcome infertility, have a healthy pregnancy, ecstatic birth, rejuvenating postpartum experience and overcome the hormonal imbalances that make it challenging to overcome the after baby weight.

You can learn more about Sherry and her work here at: www.NutritionWisdom.ca or ‘Like’ her Facebook page for daily nutrition wisdom, hints and tips: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionWisdom.ca/

Sherry’s Free Gift: e-book ‘Nurturing the New Family’Learn the art of

nurturing! If you are a Midwife, Doula, Grandma, Aunty, Sister or

friend of a pregnant woman, learn about all the fun ways that you can

celebrate that special pregnant woman in your life! Learn more ways

that you can come together as a community, family or circle of friends

to best serve the new family after the birth. Grab a copy of ‘Nurturing the New Family’ here:

http://www.nutritionwisdom.ca/nurturing-the-new-family-e-book/

Article 1 - How to Feed a Postpartum Woman:

http://www.nutritionwisdom.ca/how-to-feed-a-postpartum-woman/

Article 2 - How to Prevent Colic Before Birth:

http://www.nutritionwisdom.ca/how-to-prevent-colic-before-birth/

Book a private session:

https://weightless.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=5633064

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During this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Debbie Bridge from www.debbiebridge.ca. Together we explored candidly and authentically ways to engage many of the challenges mothers face using self-inquiry and www.TheWork.com as a compassionate method for engaging the present moment.

Topics and parenting lived experiences explored were:

- Parenting a teenager

- Mothering a colicky baby

- Realizing that we have no control

- Working with a core belief 'bad things are going to happen'

- Parenting a teenager who is addicted to drugs

Nothing in this podcast was scripted or enacted. It was an authentic experience recorded in real-time. The emotions expressed and the process that I engaged with, was a wonderful surprise. I share vulnerably in this episode about a core belief I struggle with and how it got in the way of my parenting throughout the years.

We learn from each other. We grow together.

This is a powerful episode that outlines in detail how to practice self-inquiry 'in the moment'.

You can learn more about Debbie at www.debbiebridge.ca

And you can purchase a copy of Healing After Birth guidebook at www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/hab or on Amazon​.

Welcome to the very first episode of the Healing After Birth Podcast!

In this episode, I dive in deeply during this candid interview with Danielle Newman, a 32-year-old Mother, who is using her voice and story about her postpartum healing journey to inspire mothers to advocate for their health.

Danielle and I discuss the following throughout this podcast:

- What Danielle's healing journey looked and looks like

- Her personal story woven throughout

- What one thing she would love to see changed If she could wave a magic wand

- What she wants every mother to know (her message) and how they can advocate for themselves

- A bit about her partner and his role in her healing

- Her struggles with her new identity

- The 'costs' associated with healing

- Struggles with not wanting to blame

- And a conversation about accountability

I am thrilled to have Danielle on this podcast.

To follow Danielle you can find her on Instagram @this.is.adulting or FB @daniellenewman

If you are a mother or perinatal professional and you have a question or a mission that you want to share on the podcast, please go ahead an send us an email [email protected]

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Click on the 'message' link on the anchor.fm app and send us your comments or questions. I will use those questions during the 'Ask Me Anything' week in which I answer questions from mama's, partners, or professionals.

To order Healing After Birth Guidebook www.jennifersummerfeldt.com/hab and as a BONUS receive 10% discount with the code: BWF10