Postpartum Neuroscience and Cultural Body Blaming

05/11/2021 1h 10min

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Episode Synopsis

Join us in our recorded talk for the Postpartum Care Collective centered around neuroscience and cultural body shaming in the postpartum period. Christine was joined by postpartum and birth professionals and masterminds, Shelley Rahim, Eunique Deann and Siena Butler in discussing the implications of brain changes a women goes through and what strategies we can best use to support them. They spoke about creating action to shift the present dynamic, identifying support needed to cater to this continued trance like state. Less spoken about topics were brought up about topics such supporting partners in navigating the conditioning of cultural body shaming. Together they go deep on many topics relating to the powerful changes of the body and brain in the postpartum time. 
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“Talking about how the brain actually changes and as much as we can, bring in some celebration around how beautiful and phenomenal that actually is.” - Christine Eck
Today on Sacred Window Podcast:

Working Within a Patriarchal Society
Brain Changes in Postpartum
The Patriarchs Affect on the Female Body
Navigating Cultural Conditioning
Normalizing the Reality of the Postpartum Time
Celebrating through Preparation
Calling in the Masculine for Support
Support through Validation


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