The Postpartum Revolution
Episodes
40 episodes
Resentment In Mothers Can Pass Through Generations, Heal It Now & Change The Future with Amelia Moro Mars, LMFT
Have you ever worried that you’re following in the footsteps of your own mother and drifting towards the same unpleasant habits? In today’s episode we dive deep into understanding patterns from our own parents and how they affect our own liv...
Keep Diet Culture Out Of Postpartum with Jaren Soloff, RD, IBCLC
*Gains weight during pregnancy* People: Oh cute, you're eating for two!*Gains weight postpartum* People: Ew, you need to start losing the baby fat ASAP.Why do people think that our ...
Closing The Postpartum Care Gap - How To Educate And Advocate For Yourself In A Sea Of Misinformation with Tanya Tringali, MS, CNM
Welcome to episode 38, where I am STILL baffled about the knowledge gap, the misinformation, lack of information, contradictions, the high morbidity and mortality rates for pregnant and postpartum people, and all other failures in our health...
Trauma In Birth & Pregnancy: How, Why and What We Can Do with Emily Lapolice, LICSW, RYT, TCTSY-F
Trauma exists on a spectrum, so why do we only take the big “T” trauma seriously? What about the little “t” trauma that happens to SO many mothers during pregnancy and childbirth? If providers can’t reco...
Real Talk: It's A Revolution and We Won't Be Softspoken with Melissa Cioffi, DPT
Warning friends, this episode is explicit. So hold on to your hats because today is all about truth bombs and real talk. Joining us we have, Melissa Cioffi, a pelvic health PT, whose story begins fresh out of school ...
The Revolution Is Here: Join Mom Congress And Be Part Of The Change with Joy Burkhard
Are you ready to make some changes and take action with this revolution?Now is the time! And my friend, Joy Burkhard, is helping lead the way. “Joy is the founder and executive director of 2020 Mom a non-prof...
Motherhood: The Ultimate Journey of Self-Discovery, Part 2 - Claiming Your Space with Rose Schieck
Part two of Rose Schieck’s episode is here! Last week, Rose shared her experience of motherhood and how she struggled to find herself in the chaos... if you haven't listened to it yet, make sure it's on your list! Rose sta...
Motherhood: The Ultimate Journey of Self-Discovery, Part 1 - Finding Your Own Path with Rose Schieck
Rose Schieck did all the right things to prepare for her pregnancy, but what she didn’t prepare for was motherhood and postpartum. Sleep deprivation, anxiety, and depression came full force once she jumped back into work 2 months after becom...
Rest or Recovery? Choosing the Right Postpartum Exercise Routine with Lindsay McCoy of One Strong Mama
The first 3 months after childbirth are a tricky time (understatement of the year, I know). You want to feel fit and strong again, but are also immensely tired. Your body is sore, squishy, stinky, sweaty... you feel anything but sexy. You he...
Kegels Aren't The Holy Grail: Stop Following Trends and Listen to Your Body with Lindsey Vestal, Pelvic Health OT
Welcome to week two of January and I am very excited to bring in Lindsey Vestal, who is just as passionate and excited to chat about pelvic health as I am. Lindsey is a Pelvic Health Occupational Therapist and also the founder of ...
Ready To Change Your Life? How Little Shifts Can Spark Big Changes For Your Pelivc Health with Lauren Ohayon of Restore Your Core
Friends, it’s January which means there’s still time to change your mindset for 2021. Who am I kidding, anytime is a great time to make positive changes but why not start now?Today’s episode dives deep into the minds...
We'll be right back, after these important messages (see you in 2021!)...
It's December, which means we're heading into the season of colder temps and less daylight, and it's a time I feel called to hibernate and store up some energy for these long winter months. I've already put up lights, candles, and a tree to cre...
Weights, Wands, Lube and More: Things You Might Find In A Pelvic PT’s Toolbox with Blair Evanosky, PT & Annie Hopkins, PT
Have you ever wondered what a Pelvic PT uses for treatment? Like, does everyone need a set of vaginal weights, or an insertable wand to release tight muscles? And electric stimulation for the pelvic floor... what the what?!In today’s ep...
Preventing Injuries As A New Parent: Advice From The Founder Of The Powerful Parent Club with Jason Levine, DPT
Alright, my Revolutionaries, grab your partner and give this episode a listen together. After you birth a child, you realize that your body needs to heal and get stronger to keep up with your kiddo, but what we don’t mention is that the non-...
Building Dynamic Self Care Into Your Life: How to Recognize Your Needs and Heal From Within with Christa Gowen
“After trying all the things, and being in talk therapy for years, I realized that I don’t have anything else to talk about… and I still had anxiety and panic attacks. I wondered, if the problem isn’t in my head, then where is it? And then i...
Stress and Your Pelvic Floor with Annie Hopkins, Pelvic Floor PT
Today felt like a good day to talk about stress and the pelvic floor... so I had a good chat with myself about it.In this episode I talk about...The difference between a stressor and stressHow our bodies change in response ...
No More Trauma: An Anesthesiologist's Perspective on Creating a Positive Birth Experience with Dr. Tracey Vogel
It's time the standards change for all birthing experiences.There's a whole lot of trauma in a person’s life that never gets the attention it deserves and is too easily brushed under the rug. How did we let this become the new ...
Food First, Supplements Second: How to Holistically Nourish Yourself During Pregnancy + Postpartum with Shelby Guptill, RD
First trimester: nauseaSecond trimester: eat all the things! (but don’t gain “too much” weight)Third trimester: heartburn, still eating all the things and watching the scaleFourth trimester: time to go on a diet to lose the...
Healing Your Hormones with Erin Holt, Functional Medicine Nutritionist
Female hormones are finally getting their time in the sun - and everyone wants to talk about "how to balance our hormones"... but is anyone asking WHY our hormones are out of balance? During early postpartum, a period of hormonal i...
Both/And: Navigating Your Postpartum Mental Health Journey with Mary Sanker, LCMHC
Postpartum has it all - depression, anxiety, rage, joy, fear, love, frustration, happiness, grief... yep it's the full spectrum of emotions, sometimes all in one day. We hear about it sometimes, whispers of mental health struggles, but like the...
Six Things I Want You To Know About Your Pelvic Floor... with Annie Hopkins, Pelvic Health Physical Therapist
As a pelvic PT, I get asked the same questions a lot, so I thought I'd record an episode talking about the most common things postpartum people ask me. So, here's what I want you to know about your pelvic floor:- It needs time and r...
The Sex Talk: How Teaching Your Kids to Respect and Understand Their Bodies Can Change the Future with Caiti Courtier
Wait, I thought this wasn't a parenting podcast?? (It's not.) Think back to the sex education you received as a kid... chances are, it wasn't all that informative or empowering. And we all muddled through our lives, probably ashamed of our bodi...
Presence Over Performance - Letting Go of the B.S. and Finding Yourself Again with Chelsea Skaggs, Certified Professional Life Coach
"We're staking our claim on a better way"Today I talked with Chelsea Skaggs, creator of Postpartum Together, about her journey into motherhood, in all it's realness: the battles she fought against her body, the bumps in the road to rede...
The Working Mom: How Paid Leave and Compassionate Policy Can Help Mothers Thrive with Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
“I want to show other women that it’s ok to pursue the passions you had before becoming a mother.”⠀I had a chat with Rebecca Perkins Kwoka and it got me all fired up about...- federal paid leave policy, and how vital it is for...
Coming Home to Yourself, part 2: The Recovering Good Girl with Shaelyn Cataldo
"Can I bear to be with myself, can I bear to sit with myself... and not "fix" me?"Here's part 2 of my amazing conversation with Shaelyn Cataldo, where we dive deeper into the Recovering Good Girl and how Shaelyn learned to break the cycl...