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• The 300-500 Calorie Myth - Why Standard Postpartum Nutrition Advice Is Starving Mothers EP 244

  Send us a text Stop Starving Postpartum Mothers: The Dangerous Lie of the 300-500 Calorie Postpartum Diet RecommendationThe 300-500 calorie recommendation for breastfeeding?  It's fundamentally flawed, based on decades-old data scaled down from men, and is actively keeping postpartum mothers nutritionally depleted. Maranda is exposing this colossal gap in maternal health. Learn the real metabolic demands of healing, the truth about nutrient depletion, and the 1100–1600 extra calories needed for holistic recovery. This is the key to unlocking lasting solutions for your clients struggling with exhaustion and mood disorders.Check out this episode on the blog HERE: https://postpartumu.com/podcast/the-300-500-calorie-myth-why-standard-postpartum-nutrition-advice-is-starving-mothers-ep-244/Key time stamps: 02:12: Defining the 300-500 calorie myth and its inadequate nature.03:45: The shocking history: RDAs based on male bodies, not women.06:40: The massive nutrient depletion caused by pregnancy and birth.08:15: Milk production costs 500-700 calories—consuming the entire recommendation.09:30: Energetic demands: Tissue healing, blood rebuilding, hormone recalibration.10:18: The shocking truth: Moms need 1100–1600 extra calories a day.11:55: The focus of current science is accommodating weight loss, not healing.13:00: 80% of postpartum women are depleted in key nutrients.14:50: Why the body literally cannibalizes bones and teeth for milk.16:30: The solution: Focusing on nutrients, not just calories.17:00: Protein needed: 80 to 120 grams per day for tissue repair.17:55: Importance of therapeutic micronutrients (beyond RDA levels).18:40: The damaging effect of calorie restriction on postpartum hunger signals.19:50: Restricting calories triggers a stress response and leads to weight retention.20:45: The myth that breastfeeding guarantees automatic weight loss.21:40: Prolactin, the lactation hormone, triggers fat storage—it's protective.22:30: The 300-500 calorie recommendation needs to die.NEXT STEPS: 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast 📱Connect on Instagram! 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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• The War on Women's Language with Milli Hill EP 243

  Send us a textIf you feel like you & your clients are losing a battle, you need to listen. Journalist and activist Milli Hill  connects the dots on how the industrialized assault on female health is a unified war on women's autonomy. Milli connects the industrialized assault on female health to the rise of PPD and birth trauma. We expose the truth your perinatal mental health clients face: how ultra-processed food, profit-driven medicalization of childbirth, and sex-based language erasure attack the biological reality of motherhood. Check out the episode on the blog HERE: https://postpartumu.com/podcast/the-war-on-womens-language-with-milli-hill-ep-243/Key time stamps: 02:20 Ultra-Processed Women Why changing diet is a radical act of resistance04:45 Disconnection from nature and the body as a systemic issues09:06 The link between industrialization, profit, and the patriarchal control over women's bodies12:11 Why the saying "all that matters is a healthy baby" minimizes the woman's birth experience and value14:15 Moms and babies are not fine/ moving away from normalization of struggle16:16 Navigating the debate around sex-based language and cancel culture 25:00 Distinguishing between individual inclusion/pronoun respect and population-level language erasure26:37 The erasure of women in politics and publications creates a new form of censorship28:58 Language war is a men's rights movement aiming to decouple womanhood from female biology31:00 "What About Women?"Connect with MilliMilli Hill is a best-selling author, feminist journalist, and advocate known for reframing the narrative around women's bodies and autonomy in health. She is the author of The Positive Birth Book, Give Birth like a Feminist, and the critically acclaimed Ultra Processed Women. She founded and ran the Positive Birth Movement (2012-2021), a global network focused on improving birth experiences. A leading voice in the debate around sex-based language in maternity care, she writes the popular Substack, WHAT ABOUT WOMEN, which focuses on feminism, sex/gender issues, and the erasure of women from language, alongside her Substack Unprocess (exploring a less processed plate and life). She lives in Somerset with her family.Website | IG | Substack  NEXT STEPS: 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast 📱Connect on Instagram! 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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• The 6 Critical Blind Spots of Science That Are Harming Postpartum Moms EP 242

  Send us a textWhat if the very foundation of modern care—science alone—is the problem?You see the stats: mothers are drowning in postpartum depression, crippling anxiety, and mysterious autoimmune flare-ups. You're doing the screenings, you're following the standard protocols, but the lasting solutions are elusive. What if the very foundation of modern care—science alone—is the problem? Maranda dives into the six critical limitations of medical science that are actively harming mothers in the fourth trimester. This isn't anti-science; it's a call for a more honest, holistic postpartum health model. This episode exposes the six critical limitations of medical care actively harming the fourth trimester. We break down why relying on RCTs ignores millennia of successful traditional postpartum practices. Discover the Three Pillars of Knowledge for root-cause resolution in perinatal mental health and move beyond symptom managementCheck out the episode on the blog HERE: https://postpartumu.com/podcast/the-6-critical-blind-spots-of-science-that-are-harming-postpartum-moms-ep-242/Key time stamps: 04:15: Miranda’s personal story: Dismissed with Zoloft, actually had thyroid dysfunction, gut infection, and severe nutrient deficiencies.09:05: The Three Pillars of Postpartum Knowledge: Science, Women's Stories, and Traditional Practices.11:47: Limitation #1: Science is money-driven and prioritizes patentable solutions over holistic postpartum practices.16:30: Limitation #3: Dismissing millennia of traditional care (like warm, cooked foods) as mere anecdotal evidence.21:20: Limitation #4: Doctors are taught pathology, not how the body actually heals, leading to a focus on pieces instead of the whole.26:38: Limitation #5: The male bias in research and leadership and why women were historically excluded from clinical trials.31:45: Limitation #6: Time lag in policy change—it takes 10-15 years for new evidence to become standard practice.34:23: Clinical Example: Client with "medication-resistant PPD" actually had Hashimoto's and severe B12/Ferritin deficiency.36:50: Call to Action: Believe your client, investigate beyond basic labs, and hold providers accountable for outdated care.40:17: Final thought: Science alone is not enough; we need all three pillars for comprehensive, root-cause postpartum support. NEXT STEPS: 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast 📱Connect on Instagram! 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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• The Missing Partner in Postpartum Care: Why Excluding Fathers Harms Maternal Health | Eric Stein EP 241

  Send us a textAs a postpartum provider, you already know the postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression epidemic is real. But we are avoiding a massive blind spot. We’re talking about the missing partner in postpartum care—the fathers. Eric Stein, co-founder of Restorative Roots (the nationwide postpartum meal delivery service), to dive deep into how sidelining the masculine partner is costing maternal health dearly, often fueling postpartum resentment and a profound lack of safety. This isn't just about making dads feel useful; it’s about functional postpartum recovery and safeguarding the mother's entire well-being. Eric shares his raw journey from an unprepared first-time father to a fully present birth partner and why finding a men’s group was the game-changer for his family's harmony. Learn how, as a provider, you can help your clients' family dynamics and foster genuine holistic postpartum health for both parents.Check out this episode on the blog HERE. Key time stamps: 01:55: Why most fathers feel unprepared and excluded from postpartum care.02:22: The cost of sidelining partners: increased maternal anxiety and slow progress.03:07: Addressing the guilt of partners who can't take time off work.04:03: Provider tip: Tailor communication to the partner (listener, talker, reader).06:23: Societal pressure and why men feel pushed out of the birth process.08:43: The trap of "robot mode" doing vs. the power of being present.09:48: The missing inter-generational transfer of fatherhood knowledge.10:18: Addressing postpartum resentment when partners are unsupportive.14:30: Defining "masculine leadership" as showing up prepared and confident.15:30: Why partner self-care is mandatory before the baby arrives.20:41: The #1 intervention: Men's support groups for direct, masculine feedback.25:59: Call to action: Providers must create or push men's groups for support.Connect with Eric: Co-founder of Restorative Roots,  (formerly known as Mama Meals) a nationwide postpartum meal delivery company.  He spent the last 3.5 years growing their business from weekly pickups out of their garage to nationwide direct-to-consumer frozen delivery right to your door.Website  NEXT STEPS: 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast 📱Connect on Instagram! 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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• A Functional Approach to Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts vs. Postpartum OCD EP 240

  Send us a textLet's be real: telling a terrified mom that her horrific intrusive thoughts are "normal" is only half the story, and it's not good enough.This episode is your new essential guide. We're cutting past the surface talk about "scary thoughts" and diving deep into the neuroscience of what's actually going on. Your client's brain is doing a brilliant, protective job being hypervigilant, but then sleep deprivation, nutritional depletion, and chronic stress turn that protection into a panic spiral. We explain exactly how to spot the difference between a normal thought and pathological Postpartum OCD and, most importantly, how to offer root-cause solutions that stop the nervous system from fueling those terrifying images. If you want to move beyond just screening and genuinely help your clients heal, you need to hear this.Check out the episode on the blog HEREKey time stamps: 1:03  Naming the Unspeakable: What Do Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts Really Look Like?2:34  Why Telling a Mom "It's Normal" Simply Isn't Enough (and Why It's Harmful).5:57 Maternal Brain Plasticity 101: How Evolution Made the Postpartum Brain Brilliant.8:18  Hypervigilance, Sympathetic Dominance, and The Postpartum Energy Debt.10:58  The Spiral: When a Protective Thought Leads to Pathological Anxiety.14:25 Root Causes Driving Postpartum Nervous System Dysregulation.17:54 Case Study: Resolving Severe Nighttime Intrusive Thoughts with Nutrition (Ferritin & Labs).20:22 Case Study: Feeding Anxiety, Blood Sugar Crashes, and Adrenal Support.22:09 The Critical Distinction: Intrusive Thoughts vs. Postpartum OCD (P-OCD).25:12 The Whole-Person Assessment Framework for Intrusive Thoughts.27:08  Layered Interventions That Work: Regulation, Foundations, Trauma, and Support.29:27 Common Provider Mistakes: Minimizing, Catastrophizing, and Isolating Symptoms.32:17  Intrusive (Ego-Dystonic) Vs. Psychotic (Ego-Syntonic) Thoughts: Why This Distinction is Life-Saving.35:17  Partner Education: Helping Support People Provide Help, Not Judgment.37:47  Building Resilience, Not Symptom Suppression: Long-Term Nervous System Health. NEXT STEPS: 🎒Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool 🧠Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training 🔔Sign up for the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Waitlist 👍Rate, REVIEW & share the podcast 📱Connect on Instagram! 📚Get a Copy of the BOOK: Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness Additional Courses for Providers & Postpartum Professionals

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