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Taya Griffin, IBCLC dispells common myths about breastfeeding answers breastfeeding questions submitted by the Anointment community in Part 2 of a two-part conversation.
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Taya Griffin, IBCLC shares her journey from Corporate Strategist to Lactation Consultant and her breastfeeding journey. Learn about some common challenges overcome by her lactation clients, and Taya's answers to breastfeeding questions submitted by the Anointment community in Part 1 of a two-part conversation.
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Host April MacKinnon shares the story of the link between her birth experience and becoming a skin care business owner and how it ties in to the original goal of this podcast.
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Since the onset of COVID, birth trauma rates have doubled. Nicole MacRae of Oak and Cedar Wellness is a certified perinatal mental health and trauma counsellor who explains the journey she took to become certified, how building your relationship with a perinatal counsellor BEFORE birth can reduce the likelihood of developing a postpartum mood disorder, and how counselling can help you with postpartum depression and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and birth trauma - even years postpartum.
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Motherhood is often desired and treasured but it also comes with a host of emotions we are not always comfortable with or have the skills to process. Author, coach, and mother Jessie Harrold returns for a deep dive into the uncomfortable feelings of matrescence including grief, rage, and loss, while offering actionable suggestions to help build the skills to work through these feelings before they accumulate into deep resentments.
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Lara Proud, RN returns in part 2 of this two-part series to talk about the reasons behind declining breastfeeding initiation rates in our hospitals since 2016 and how to navigate available resources to set your breastfeeding journey up for success.
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Lara Proud, RN shares how even as a nurse, she was unprepared for her own birthing experience. Putting her experience and education together, her business Beyond the Bump Education was born.
Lara explains why empowered evidence-based birth preparation is so important, how it can improve your outcome and reduce your exposure to birth trauma, and how it can empower your birth partner to reduce decision making and stress on the birthing person.
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Physiotherapist Eryn Matheson joins us to talk all things pessary: what they are, how they can help with pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, and how to get fitted. We talk about recognizing the symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse and the percentage of people with a uterus who may experience this (spoiler alert: it's high).
Eryn also drops a truth bomb on the ONE thing you can do to protect your pelvic floor health over the course of your lifetime, and it's not what you think!
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Registered Dietitian Jillian Reid is on a mission to cut through the noise of diet culture and offers tangible and actionable suggestions on improving our relationship with food at all stages of life and how a diet professional can help you on your nutrition journey.
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Ripple Effect is back! Host April MacKinnon shares the reason behind the unexpected podcast hiatus along with a glimpse into future episodes.
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Coach, doula, and author Jessie Harrold shares her knowledge and wisdom of matrescence, the birthing the of the mother and how it often catalyses huge life changes. We explore ways to cope with feeling stuck, how looking back can help us move forward and explore her new book, Mothershift.
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Moving forward in life or in business takes a lot of emotional work, and often requires an outside perspective. Heather Chauvin, business leader and coach speaks to why we are so comfortable in emotional discomfort while Chantal Brine, founder of EnPoint Mentorship shares the steps she took to find her own path forward and why an objective outside voice - like a mentor - is so important in that journey.
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Martine Chiasson is a kinesiologist, mom of three children, and the owner of the Mama Movement. Martine's passion s in supporting pregnant and postpartum people on their fitness journey. Martine does not coach weight loss but instead leads conversations around what it means to move our bodies, help uncover the “why” of exercise for YOU and how exercise can support your whole being through all of the seasons of life. She helps people of all fitness levels continue to move in ways that feel good during pregnancy and in preparation for birth. During the postpartum journey and motherhood, she guides and supports the return to exercise while honouring all physical, mental, and emotional aspects so you can return to doing things you love.
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Dr. Sarah Hardy Walsh, ND, IBCLC joined us in episode 4 where we talked about feeling connected and confident in new parenthood. Her messaging resonates in reflection on the last two years of a pandemic and the overwhelm many people, particularly parents of young children, are feeling. We discuss how to determine your core values and how they can help guide decision making in a time of burn out, being flexible on outcomes, particularly unpredictable times, and how to tune in to what you need in this moment.
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Katie Kelly, B.Sc., M.Sc., PT shares how a pelvic floor physiotherapist can help you prepare for an empowered birth. We cover perineal massage, positioning, and non-pharmaceutical pain management along with a suprising fact about Kegels.
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Diving into previous episodes and exploring the takeaways. In this episode, we explore being empowered about our reproductive health, specifically:
1. You do not have to live with urinary incontinence or pain with intercourse. Ramona Kieser teaches us the basics of pelvic floor physiotherapy and how it can empower you and improve not only your health but your quality of life.
2. Scar rehabilitation and the role pelvic floor physiotherapists can play in C-section recovery with Katie Kelly.
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Diving into a previous episodes and some of the limiting beliefs best left behind as we move into a new year. In this episode, we explore the following:
1. We should strive to feel our best in all aspects of our lives.
Heather Chauvin and Dr. Saira Athar, MD on learning to value our existence.2. It's Never too late.
Katarina Reed encourages us to let go of the stories that keep us playing small and Robyn Berman's incredible journey to change careers in midlife. -
Happy New Year! Let's resolve to change the mindset around weight centered resolutions. Dr. Jennifer Salib-Huber returns to explain why restrictive resolutions and diets not only don't work but can be harmful, and why ADDING a fun activity or joyful movement - without weight loss specific outcomes - to your life may be the mindset change you've been looking for to set you up for success.
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In New Brunswick, 20% of families experience food insecurity. Breakfast Clubs of Canada provides funding to schools to run school food programs. When schools closed in March 2020, an incredible pivot by and for our local community provided access to food in a safe, trauma informed way. Salem Elementary School Breakfast Club Program Coordinator Lindsay Cary shares the story of the impact school food had on families at the height of lockdowns and volunteers came together to ensure kids didn't go hungry.
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In the early months of the pandemic, Sarah Evans and Alan Barbour closed their popular and successful cafe, the Black Duck. In the weeks and months that followed Sarah realized the path forward could only be found by stepping back and out of the business completely and laying every option on the table before finding the path forward.
- Visa fler
