Pregnancy Depression with Angela Mancini

The topic of postpartum rage and other symptoms of postpartum hormonal imbalance are (pun intended) all the rage these days. 

But so many blogs and articles that are covering this topic of symptoms of postpartum hormonal imbalance are failing to get to the root cause of this serious issue.

In this episode we're sharing:  

• The true cause of postpartum hormone imbalance that triggers symptoms of rage, digestive issues, mood swings, body aches, brain fog, and more. 
• The worrisome trends that are occurring within the postpartum "market" and why we need to get ahead of them as maternal care providers. 
• The myths around the lack of control over the production of postpartum hormones and why it's imperative to understand that postpartum hormonal imbalance is NOT normal. 

We dive deeply into this topic within the Postpartum Nutrition Certification which is now open for enrollment but only for a few more days. We'd love to have you! 

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Postpartum depression and nutrition is a topic that many providers and organizations avoid. Even those who advocate for better maternal mental health outcomes, fail to recognize the tie between nutrient depletion and mental health. 

It's time to change that and take back our power. 

In this episode, we're sharing: 

How I came to discover the deep connection between nutrient depletion and postpartum depression symptoms and my own experience with full, holistic healing. 

Who truly benefits from continuing to label depression as a "chemical imbalance" or attributing it to a lack of support. 

What women can start doing right now to set themselves up for healing and wellbeing that gets to the root cause of depression symptoms. 

If you're still struggling or you know someone who is, even after consistent therapy sessions and trial and error with different medications, THIS is the episode that's going to change everything. 

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

 Today's conversation with Lynn Schulte, founder of the Institute for Birth Healing will take your understanding of pelvic floor health to a whole new level.  

In this episode, we're sharing:

• The specific birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis repeatedly in postpartum women, why, and how to release the symptoms effectively. 
• The importance of listening to the body and tuning into the emotional trauma that gets stored in the pelvic region. 
• What is especially important to remember as a postpartum mom who has experienced trauma and is ready to heal through pelvic physical therapy. 

Lynn Schulte has been a Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years.

She founded the Institute for Birth Healing, an educational platform for practitioners, and the Center for Birth Healing, her clinical practice. 
She has been helping thousands of moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to release these patterns effectively. 
Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually, with women to help them access their full potential. She also teaches bodyworkers how to respectfully work with the body's tissues and access and use their intuition in bodywork sessions. 
She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Specialists. 
Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri, and is on a mission to improve postpartum care worldwide.

Connect with Lynn:

• Instagram
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Website

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Women are starting to demand better postpartum care.

They're breaking the boundaries that have been inflicted upon them by the healthcare systems who know little to nothing about postpartum recovery.

They're looking to local businesses; doulas, nutritionists, consultants, etc. to provide the nurturing they know they need to keep up with the demands of modern motherhood.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• The changes that are happening within the postpartum field and what to expect from care in the future.
• How to keep up with the changing demands for better care and be seen as a local expert.
• The support that women need within their homes despite what big corporations are trying to sell.

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Here's the things with normalizing the struggles of modern motherhood.

In our attempt to create awareness about the challenges that we go through in motherhood, we've inadvertently normalized aspects that aren't the essence of true motherhood and really shouldn't be happening in the first place.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• Aspects of motherhood that have been labeled as "normal" such as severe mental health concerns and restrictive sleep training techniques and who is actually benefitting from the "normalization" of these struggles.
• My own personal experience with going against the mainstream advice of newborn care and how it benefitted my mental health immensely.
• What we can do instead of continuing to accept things "as they are."

  Let's have a conversation about the parts of motherhood you've been told to accept as "normal" and where you're pushing back against that norm.
Join us to chat about it in the Facebook group! 

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Postpartum retreats are a hot topic in the news right now.

There are several red flags involved with this that we need to make ourselves aware of right away.

So let's talk about why these postpartum retreats are NOT the solution to the maternal healthcare crisis.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• The obvious prohibitive cost factor that luxury experiences like this present, that further widens the gap between the privileged wealthy and those who don't have the financial means for such care.
• The slippery slope into "standardized care" something like this generates and who actually benefits from these "investments" in the long term.
• What needs to be done instead that will fully support mothers, babies, and families and set them up for the journey of parenthood.

I'm sure this episode is going to bring you a perspective on postpartum retreats that isn't being presented in the mainstream coverage.

Let's have a conversation about the rise of postpartum retreats and how you envision yourself contributing to a paradigm of postpartum care that allows all mothers to thrive. Join us to chat about it in the Facebook group!

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Conversations around birth injury, trauma, and loss are no doubt challenging. But they're also so very important. 

In this episode, I'm joined by birth injury lawyer and author of A Parent's Guide to Safer Childbirth, Gina Mundy. 

She shares candidly how she's experienced how mistakes in the birth setting impact lives forever. And she's proactively working to educate parents about how they can keep themselves and their families safe. 

In this episode, we're sharing: 

• The risk factors that contribute to the cases Gina represents, including the cascade of interventions caused by Pitocin inductions. 
• How parents can advocate for themselves in the birth room. 
• What steps can be taken to ensure a safe childbirth experience including the importance of assembling your team of providers. 

Though this topic may be triggering, our objective here is not to scare you but rather to bring attention to the rise in birth injury and loss and how providers and parents can make a difference in outcomes. 

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

We need to talk more about postpartum wellness.

Information and resources for thriving during the postpartum period (which is way longer than most people think, by the way), are severely lacking in our culture.

Creating a postpartum wellness toolkit, covering essentials like self-care practices, mental health support, and nutrition guidelines is essential to long-lasting well-being in motherhood, and even can affect the way your body experiences menopause.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• The five components of the Postpartum University Mama Thrive Method at Postpartum University that support healing.
• How the components of whole-body support, nutrition and detoxification, better sleep, nervous system care, and cyclical living, are all interconnected.
• Practical steps to take to put these pieces into place.
• The benefits of preparing this postpartum wellness toolkit.
• Real-life examples of how I put these components into practice in my life with four kids.

Rather than focusing on buying tools to make life easier, this episode emphasizes honoring basic needs and making lifestyle changes for a beautiful life in motherhood.

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Understanding my human design in motherhood has been so influential in showing up in a way that feels authentic and life-giving.

In this episode, I'm joined by human design expert and mentor, Erin Claire Jones.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• How to discover your human design type and why it matters.
• The strengths each type brings to parenting and how they can be optimized.
• Practical ways to plan your parenting style around your design type.
• Erin and Maranda's personal experiences with authentic parenting through understanding human design.

Use discount code: MARANDA for 10% off your personal Human Design Blueprint that will guide you on your parenting journey.

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

Self-discovery in motherhood is so important because we undergo so many changes.

But so often, we feel lost in our new responsibilities and completely lose track of who we are. 

That’s why being intentional about the strategies I’m sharing here for embracing your new identity becomes even more critical. 

In this episode, we're talking about:

• The 3-step process of self-discovery in motherhood. 
• 5 questions to ask yourself when you’ve lost sight of what’s important to you. 
• Practical tips for establishing boundaries and prioritizing self-care. 
• Why loss of identity occurs, what to expect, and how to be proactive about reflecting on the self-discovery journey before it escalates to feeling like a crisis. 

No matter who you are, what you've been through, the physical changes, the emotional shifts, the shifts in your priority, the changes in your identity, the relationship changes, sleep deprivation, time constraints, career adjustments, the responsibility, the learning curve– all of those things are happening to you regardless of how many kids you have, and you have to give yourself time and attention to move through those and navigate and explore what works for you and what doesn't.

So embrace this evolution and use this episode to guide yourself or the clients you serve through this journey with grace and self-compassion. 

• Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
  18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support.
• Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health Assessment
  Postpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal.
  Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good.
• Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan
• Come hang out with us on Instagram!

Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care?

• Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership
• Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program
• Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...