The Postpartum Shift

So much of pregnancy is spent preparing for labor and delivery, but what about postpartum? Many moms are caught off guard by some of the unexpected ways their bodies change after birth. In this episode, we’re diving into three shocking postpartum symptoms that many women experience—but no one seems to talk about. From intense hunger to night sweats and painful cramps, we’re breaking it all down so you can be prepared! Today we dig into:  [1:23] : Did you prepare more for pregnancy or postpartum? [2:42] : Unexpected thing #1 [6:55] : Unexpected thing #2 [10:18] : Unexpected thing #3 Postpartum recovery comes with more than just sleepless nights and baby snuggles—it can also bring unexpected body changes that no one warns you about! From intense hunger to night sweats and painful after-birth cramps, it’s important to know what’s normal and how to support your body through it. 💡 Want to feel your best postpartum? Sign up for my free postpartum workshop to learn how to boost your energy, balance your hormones, and nourish yourself in a way that feels good—without sacrificing your milk supply. Click the link in the show notes to save your seat! Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Why should you care about your nervous system? Are you doing everything right when it comes to nutrition and exercise, but still struggling to lose weight postpartum? The missing piece might not be your metabolism—it could be your nervous system regulation. In this episode, I sit down with Eliza Kingsford, a licensed psychotherapist, to talk about how your nervous system impacts weight, stress, and long-term health. Learn why being in fight or flight makes it harder to reach your goals and how to regulate your system—even as a sleep-deprived mom! Today we dig into:  [1:48] : Eliza Intro [3:55] : How your nervous system directly impacts your weight and health [9:22] : Regulating your nervous system and cortisol  [14:30] : Tips on how to regulate your nervous system as a new mom [23:00] : How we perceive our circumstances and the state of our nervous system [31:00] : Fight or flight mode and how to pull yourself out of it  If you’re struggling with postpartum weight loss, it might not be your diet or exercise routine—it could be your nervous system. Learning how to regulate your stress response changes everything, from the food choices you make to how your body processes stress. 💡 Want to feel more balanced and in control postpartum? Download Eliza’s free nervous system guide (linked in the show notes) and learn how to calm your body, reduce stress, and create lasting health habits. You can follow Eliza on Instagram @elizakingsford. Click here for her free guide or check out her website here. Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Do you focus on the food you can't have?   Brooke is talking about where your focus should be when it comes to changing things with your nutrition or healthy habits. She shares about when she got diagnosed with celiac disease and how she had to change her mindset instead of focusing on what she couldn't eat to what she could eat. She gives you tips to make mindset shifts to focus on things you can add in to your life.   Today we dig into:    [1:43] : Brooke shares a story about celiac disease [5:17] : Focusing on what you can't have [10:36] : Focusing on what you are trying to add into your life and what is working well for me now [13:08] : The difference between focusing on what you cant have or shouldn't do vs what your acknowledging and having realizations with things you should stop doing   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Do you feel guilt or shame for eating at night?   Brooke is talking with Kelly Lyons about how they both help women with nutrition and not dieting. They share their stories with dieting and how they broke from the cycle. They share tips on how moms can break free from diet cycle and ideas on how to get me time in a different way. You can follow Kelly on Instagram @kellylwellness. Check out Kelly's free training here!   Today we dig into:    [3:03] : Kelly Intro [4:40] : What the diet world tells us to do to get healthy, restriction and counting calories [6:55] : Mental restriction [10:46] : Taking care of us as moms, me time [18:03] : Common struggle for moms and brain space [21:45] :  Advice on handling cravings when you don't sleep well [25:07] : Last minute advice   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Do you set goals?   Brooke is talking about setting goals and the mistakes she sees moms make when setting health goals. Brooke talks about common ways she has seen moms set the wrong health goals.   Today we dig into:    [2:07] : Why the quick fix isn't the best option [3:47] : What happens when we just reduce calories [8:34] : A question to ask yourself when you are embarking on a health journey [16:47] : Sustainable is sexy [20:03] : Focusing on the timeline vs focusing on the why   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Are you a person who will touch a wall that has a wet paint sign on it?   In this week’s episode, Brooke talks with Alyssa Miller about mom health and kid health. We talk about sweets and how our relationship to sweets can impact our children's relationship with sweets. As well as talk about starting solids and so much more. You can follow Alyssa on Instagram @nutrition.for.littles. You can check out her podcast Nutrition for Littles Podcast, click here.   Today we dig into:    [3:42] : Brooke and Alyssa share about how your health is related to your kids health [6:48] : How you were raised and how you talk about food and your body [9:17] : Fear of sweets and what we pass on to our kids [22:47] : Starting solids and exposing them to a variety of foods  [30:51] : Your reaction at the table is the most important [33:28] : Last minute advice   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was emotionally draining.   In this week’s episode, Brooke shares about her recurrent miscarriages and the emotions of having a pregnancy after a loss.    Today we dig into:    [0:45] : Brooke shares her pregnancy story with Ashton [4:05] : Brooke shares about her miscarriages [12:05] : Pregnancy with Sawyer and the emotions that she felt [13:45] : A miscarriage with an answer [16:23] : One more positive test [18:05] : Emotions after loss   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What happens when you get a diagnosis that your child has special needs?   In this week’s episode, Brooke talks with Abby Green about having a child with special needs. Brooke and Abby both have a child with down syndrome. Abby shares her story with how she got the diagnosis and advice she has for others going through a diagnosis.  You can follow Abby on Instagram @abbyrosegreen. You can check her podcast, HERself Podcast. Here is the link to the episode they talked about on Abby's podcast. Today we dig into:    [1:15] : Abby shares her story [5:31] : How Abby coped with getting the down syndrome diagnosis throughout the pregnancy  [8:31] : Brooke shares a little of her story with the diagnosis throughout her pregnancy [11:31] : Abby's experience postpartum after having two kids previously without special needs [21:15] : What Abby wished she had prepared for postpartum with any of her pregnancies [27:41] : What Abby would tell a mom who gets either a prenatal or birth diagnosis [34:33] : Abby shares what helped her the most through the first few years postpartum [39:06] : Advice for moms who are pregnant or in the thick of postpartum   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Just because it is common to feel exhausted doesn't mean its normal.   In this week’s episode, Brooke talks about feeling sleep deprived chronically and how it is not normal to feel exhausted all the time. She gives you things to look for in your daily life to that could be the cause of your exhaustion and she gives you tips on how to correct it. Today we dig into:    [2:53] : Tips on how to help you get more sleep while breastfeeding or pumping [6:22] : Set your bedtime earlier [8:25] : Nutrition and exhaustion [12:21] : Postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety [13:21] : Lack of movement   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Should you be counting macros?   In this week’s episode, Brooke talks about counting calories or tracking them in myfitnesspal and how it can lead to an unhealthy relationship with food. However, she gives you tips on what to track to see if you are meeting your calorie needs. Today we dig into:    [2:50] : Calories are important [4:31] : Hunger and fullness signals [6:38] : What things are helpful to track? [9:29] : Looking at ingredient labels [10:38] : It's okay to not do it perfectly   Click Here to Join the Free Workshop: How to Feel Like Yourself Again Postpartum & Reach Your Healthiest Weight without Sacrificing Your Favorite Foods or Milk Supply   👋 Follow me & say hi on Instagram @nutrition.for.mamas    Ready to join us inside The Postpartum Shift? Click here!   Wondering what my favorite breastfeeding, nutrition, vitamin & supplement recommendations are? Check them out here!    Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️