Unpacking Life

This week I am speaking to Shelley Rahim who is the CEO of New Mother Care giving. I got drawn to Shelley's work on Instagram, and fell in love with her approach to postpartum maternal care. She's educating western mums on the traditional practices that mothers and ancestors have practiced across the globe for ages to help mamas bounce back post childbirth to optimal health. Being Nigerian originally, I know the power of these practices, because I am blessed to have my mother help me daily with not just the babies but with my optimal functioning. This conversation was truly a joy, and Shelley dropped so many gems.

In honor of self care awareness month, I sat with some amazing women to speak on the topic of self care and self worth. To kick off this series of conversations, Candice Denise a self care coach/consultant is my first guest. Candice encourages women to give themselves permission to access their self care/self value needs. It was such a great and organic conversation. If self care is something you struggle with prioritizing, then this is the episode for you.

This week I speak Mr Chazz. His insights on being mindful in how we parent were truly invaluable. As a parent, I learned so much from speaking with him.

On this episode I sit and chat with Dr J Michelle Martin and really unpack all things pelvic health. She really breaks down the dos and donts to keeping our pelvic floor muscles in top notch shape. This is an episode you do not want to miss out on. I learned so much in conversation with her, and some changes have been made in my home.

For more information on Dr J, you can find her practice online at www.jmmhealthsolutions.com. She's @thepelvicperspective on instagram.

Dr Rennes is my guest this week. She has a Doctor of Chiropractic and a mental wellness coach. I fell in love with her content on Instagram. She infuses dance to educate us on the mind and body connection to chronic pain. She breaks it down so beautifully in this episode. Listen as she really brings awareness to how our mental health can affect how pain shows up in our bodies.

This week I spoke to Marcella DeRosa, a pediatric sleep coach and Doula. We really dive into many aspects of baby sleep. The different phases they go thru and she gives her insight. I love that she approaches baby sleep from a holistic perspective. This is a must listen for parents with kids from the infant stage up until they're big kids.

This episode is beyond special to me. This is the first time, I am stepping out of my inner circle to discuss my journey as the mother of an autistic child. There's so many misconceptions around what autism is, and I wanted to give it my due diligence when I finally spoke up. I spoke with Gilly, who was diagnosed autistic in adulthood. She's also the mother of an autistic daughter and she's currently pursuing her phD in autism. Our conversation was an eye opener and hopefully informative for my audience. This should be the beginning of many more conversations.

In this week's episode, I am joined by Parween Mander, a money coach and facilitator to unpack money issues. We talk about how money trauma presents itself in our everyday life and relationship with money. We discuss how money can used and incorporated into our lives as a form of self care. She brings gems into educating us, on how to re establish a healthy relationship with our spending habits.

Krista King is my guest this week. We're talking about all things periods. What do foods are inflammatory, what color is healthy when you bleed. What are common issues that arise as pertains to our menstrual cycles. What are lifestyle triggers that can disrupt our monthly flow. She answers all these questions and offers some tips on how to have healthy monthly cycles.

Follow her @composednutrition on Instagram.

My guest this week is Becky Choi. We dive into conversation on diastasis recti. We discuss what it is, how your diet affects it. How your workout and lifestyle choices affect or impart it.

Becky is a Certified Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist, with a passion in diastasis recti and she is a real mom who has experienced severe DR twice. Now she teaches moms with ab separation, how to get rid of their mom pooch while doing exercises they enjoy.