If you're a postpartum provider, you know the juggle: supporting new moms while often navigating your own intense motherhood journey, battling burnout, and feeling stretched thin. This episode gets real as Maranda Bower of Postpartum University and I share our deeply personal struggles with postpartum mental health – from depression to bipolar disorder – and how those experiences completely shifted their approach to holistic postpartum care. If you're a doula, midwife, or any birth worker focused on maternal wellness and improving our current system, you'll want to hear this. We explore how understanding and embracing matrescence is crucial not just for your clients to thrive, but for you as well.My guest , Maranda Bower is a medical researcher, author, mom of 4, and the founder of the Postpartum University podcast. Each episode delivers powerful insights into functional nutrition, hormonal health, and holistic practices for treating postpartum issues at the root. Her podcast bridges the gaps left by Western medical education, empowering providers to support their clients with individualized, science-backed, and traditional-aligned solutions.You can find Maranda on her podcast - Postpartum University, on IG @postpartumuniversity, and on her website: https://postpartumu.com/.This conversation is a little different. We were both going to interview each other on our individual podcasts and then decided to just do one combined episode that flows more like a conversation than an interview. I hope you enjoy...

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