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The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 111 – Posture, Technology Management, & Brain Function

111 Posture, Technology Management, & Brain Function with Dr. Brett Hill 🎙️ Welcome back to The Perinatal Podcast, Listener Darlings! This week on The Perinatal Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Brett Hill of Xperience Life Chiropractic. If you’ve been a Listener Darling for a while, you KNOW how much I struggle with my own posture,Continue reading “The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 111 – Posture, Technology Management, & Brain Function”

The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 110 – Aging Body Liberation

💫Episode 110 of The Perinatal Podcast is live now!🎧 “Sometimes, I wonder if body autonomy is real.” On episode 110 of The Perinatal Podcast, Deb Benfield and I discuss curiosity, compassion, and levity in the aging experience. Deb digs deep into the science behind why our bodies are not meant to lose weight, explores theContinue reading “The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 110 – Aging Body Liberation”

The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 109 – The Mom Libido Equation

I found Maddie’s page when she made a hilarious and fantastically-observant equation about how likely it is a default caregiver’s libido is gonna be ready to go based on a number of our daily situations. Former #ThePerinatalPodcast guest, Zach Watson, took Maddie’s equation into former math teacher/engineer world and launched it into the stratosphere. In this week’sContinue reading “The Perinatal Podcast, Ep. 109 – The Mom Libido Equation”

The Perinatal Podcast Ep. 108 – From Perinatal to Perimenopause

Welcome to Season 8 of The Perinatal Podcast! Today’s episode is a powerful conversation that bridges two often-overlooked chapters in a woman’s life: the postpartum period and the transition into perimenopause. I’m joined by Kara Shelman of Centimano Counseling, a fellow therapist and fierce advocate for mental health across the reproductive lifespan. Together, we exploreContinue reading “The Perinatal Podcast Ep. 108 – From Perinatal to Perimenopause”

Friendly reminder, team.

You do you, boo. Let others do them, boo. 😉 Life is too short to muck around in other people’s weeds.

Sitting with the tension of more than one thing can be difficult. And you’re also very much able to do it, if you allow yourself the space. Sometimes, when I feel grouchy about my kids’ behavior (see also, when I am in a complaining space), I feel that makes me ungrateful for my children, givenContinue reading

This one is mostly for me. I’m talking to myself. But am I also talking to you, honey? Validation and hunger games salutes, team. Normalize the ordinary and enjoying the beauty of the everyday. Think I might print this one to stare at in my office, because practice is for sure gonna make progress onContinue reading

Therapy for Moms | Let’s Discuss!

Jennifer Summerfledt, MA in Counselling Psychology, Certified Canadian Counsellor, Chief Empathy Officer of ASK Therapy for Moms, student of direct entry midwifery, and all-around perinatal mental health champion, joins me for a chat this week on Let’s Discuss… Jennifer educates the team on polyvagal therapy, the wandering nerve, visualization, the importance of completing the stressContinue reading “Therapy for Moms | Let’s Discuss!”

The quieter you become…

I’ve talked about this a lot recently. We can dwell on the past or worry about the future, or we can work to train our focus on the here and now. Rumination and brooding about the past get us nowhere – we can’t change it. Fretting or having anticipatory anxiety about the future does usContinue reading “The quieter you become…”