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The Postpartum Revolution

Welcome to The Postpartum Revolution! This podcast was born because, as a pelvic health physical therapist, I’ve heard and seen the ways our system has failed postpartum people in America. Newly postpartum people have repeated the same questions to me, with fear in their eyes and fatigue written all over their bodies, and I’ve grown tired of soothing them with the reassurance that it’s “all a part of the process, it’s normal to feel like this”. I began to wonder - what the hell kind of “normal process” is this, that produces tired and scared mothers? While not everyone has a negative experience with childbirth and postpartum, many people do. A lot of factors influence our postpartum experience: understanding how your body recovers, how much community and financial support you have, and how well our society helps to support a new family. My goal is to provide education about the postpartum recovery process, so you can set yourself up for a successful return to the things that bring you joy. I also want to bring awareness to the larger, systemic challenges that pregnant and postpartum people face, so that collectively we can start to turn the tide of our culture, and our children won't be trapped in an unhealthy and unsupported birth and postpartum culture. We have lost our power in the birth and postpartum world, and our loss is directly linked to other people's gain. It's time to take back the power over our bodies, our births, and our postpartum health. We are the change we have been waiting for. Let's go.

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Coming Home to Yourself, part 2: The Recovering Good Girl with Shaelyn Cataldo

September 04, 2020 • Annie Hopkins, Shaelyn Cataldo • Season 1 • Episode 16

"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 cycle of cultural conditioning that keeps women quiet and small: perfectionism, pleasing, and pretending. We talk about how girls are conditioned from a young age to stifle their sexuality, and how as adults we are taught to stifle our needs, feelings and struggles, and how this affects us "my needs matter, or else I get madder!"

Take home message: your needs matter, ALL of your needs matter. And if your mothering doesn’t include you… it’s not complete.

Be sure to check Instagram (@fullbloomwellness and @shaelyncataldo) for a fun challenge and a fantastic giveaway!

Connect with Shaelyn:

Instagram: shaelyncataldo

www.shaelyncataldo.com

Current Offerings on her website:
- Free Self mothering 7 day challenge

- The Recovering Good Girl - 6 month mentorship program

- Mothering the Mother - group coaching program for mothers

Connect with Annie:
www.fullbloomwellness603.com
Facebook + Instagram: @fullbloomwellness603

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at thepostpartumrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com

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