How to reclaim your feminine body after birthing and breastfeeding
“When we spend so much time living in a world of logistics and processes, and getting things done, we disconnect from our body. To heal and feel enlivened again, there needs to be a softening of that kind of continuous-thinking mind. We need to come back into the body.”
In this episode, Women's Holistic health therapist Kendra Toothill joins Pros&Babes CEO and host of this podcast Kinia Romanowska to discuss childbirth, breastfeeding, and other milestones of the motherhood journey through the lenses of her innovative work on physical and emotional scars. By addressing the role of scars in storing and revealing our experience of pain and trauma, Kendra offers insights from her unique blend of Western science and traditional Eastern practices on how to build true connection with our body as the first step to physical, emotional, and energetic transformation.
This episode is a must-listen if you want to explore health and healing from a holistic, innovative perspective and deepen the relationship you have with your body and mind.
Kendra Toothill helps women get to the root of their health issues through transformative holistic health programs that focus on pelvic and hormonal health, physical scars, breath work, energy, and more.
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0:00 Intro
4:34 Why scars are the entry point for our healing journey
6:34 Scars, emotions, and health issues women commonly experience after childbirth
8:41 How the body keeps score of traumatic birth experiences
12:57 Using the right language to help people feel empowered on their healing journey
15:17 Coming back into the body
18:52 Breastfeeding and the balance between giving and inhabiting our body
22:43 Self-massage and other practices for restoring and revitalizing the body
25:04 Healing scars and restoring connection to our femininity
31:28 What it means to live “from within”
37:02 Get in touch with Kendra
37:59 Where good and simple solutions come from
39:13 Endnotes
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Kinia Romanowska, BA, MA, is a well-traveled award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, maternity leave strategist, and working parent whisperer. A wife and mom of three passionate about making sure the next generation doesn’t experience the “Motherhood Penalty,” she is the founder and CEO of Pros&Babes and creator of the MoMBA (Mom MBA), the pioneering 360-leadership and personal development program for the busy, ambitious mom in Canada. She is the host of the “Engineer Your Success, Leadership, and Life Harmony #likeamother” podcast.