Why Perfection Kills Progress with Marcia A. Cole And Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo of Fourth Phase

The word postpartum makes many immediately think of postpartum depression .. and in Today's episode, our guests are determined to take back that term and give it the respect and care that it deserves. They have even renamed it the fourth phase! These women believe that the journey does NOT end after the third trimester and women deserve to feel taken care of especially after the baby enters the world. The founders of the fourth phase Marcia Cole and Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo are innovating how the world views postpartum care. These two are paving the road for how postpartum care should look and doing it quickly while partnering with some amazing organizations. Fourth Phase is a social-impact maternal wellness brand. Each purchase of a Fourth Phase afterbirth care gift box allows us to support our charitable partners: African Health Now and their curated Maternity Go Box, which serves a mother and child living in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Passion Meets Purpose and their Every Mom Matters bag, which serves new moms experiencing homelessness in the United States. you will learn: What is postpartum and how to properly care for yourself or a loved one. How to take care of yourself physically in a holistic way after childbirth. How these two launched this brand so quickly and why How these two are getting a new term added to the dictionary The journey of the birth box - how Nana went from filling the box with multiple brands to just using her own products. How the fourth phase is re-centering the conversation around the mother. All of the changes that a woman goes through during pregnancy and birth Resources: Sign the Change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/add-the-phrase-fourth-trimester-to-all-dictionaries?utm_source=share_petitionandutm_medium=custom_urlandrecruited_by_id=9acbcba0-397d-0130-41b9-3c764e04a6dd (https://www.change.org/p/add-the-phrase-fourth-trimester-to-all-dictionaries?utm_source=share_petitionandutm_medium=custom_urlandrecruited_by_id=9acbcba0-397d-0130-41b9-3c764e04a6dd) Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fourthphasebox (https://www.instagram.com/fourthphasebox) Visit the website - https://www.fourthphasebox.com/ (https://www.fourthphasebox.com/) Follow the Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/FourthPhasebox/ (https://www.facebook.com/FourthPhasebox/) Contact them - https://www.fourthphasebox.com/pages/contact-us (https://www.fourthphasebox.com/pages/contact-us) Follow TNBT on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thenextbigthingpod/ (https://www.instagram.com/thenextbigthingpod/) Contact us - hello@thenextbigthingpodcast.com