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In this episode we talk all about postpartum and of the sacred time that is the “4th trimester”. Not only does calling it the “4th trimester” remind us that it's something to prepare for but also honors the minimum amount of time required for healing in the mothers body. We cover our top 3 tips when it comes to preparing for the 4th trimester and break down the importance of rest, fuel, grace and space. We hope this episode is helpful and empowering to you as you prepare for this season and honor your body. Now let's grab a snack & let's get to it! Our Weekly Favorites// Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth: The New Mom's Guide to Navigating the Fourth Trimester: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996817204?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_7MJNQZDWE7JVSD99AB59 The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1611804000?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_9KVR1XH6C3KDGWS7K95K The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother: https://www.amazon.com/First-Forty-Days-Essential-Nourishing/dp/1617691836/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OA6U4BJ4XI7I&keywords=the+first+forty+days+nourishing+the+new+mother&qid=1696005271&s=books&sprefix=first+fort%2Cstripbooks%2C175&sr=1-1 Earthley Wellness Nourish Her Natrually - https://earthley.com/product/nourish-her-naturally/ref/formama/ Wishgarden AfterEase- https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/products/afterease-after-birth-pains Rebalance After Birth - https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/products/rebalance-postpartum-hormonal Needed - Use code formama to get 20% off your first order. Collagen Powder: https://thisisneeded.com/products/prenatal-collagen-protein Hydration Support: https://thisisneeded.com/products/hydration-support

Hey hey mama! So last week, Alison Avayu and I had so much to talk about that I had to have her back again! On today's episode we dig into the Spiritual Journey from Maiden to Motherhood as well as how we as women have to really learn the asking for help is not a sign of weakness but instead a sign of strength! After personally struggling through the first few years of motherhood with two small kids, a partner that worked long hours, and very little family around to help, Alison Avayu saw the need for resources and community for moms and how lacking our society was in providing support for moms. Alison Avayu decided to create Motherhood Elevated, a resource guide or "pocket doula" after having 2 little boys 23 months apart. She saw the need and found a way to fill it!You can connect with Alison -Her website - https://linktr.ee/alisonavayuInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/alisonavayu/We mentioned the books Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés https://amzn.to/42Ju7yWand The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson.https://amzn.to/3XaiBvw I'm Sarah - a wife, homeschooling / unschooling mom, and a neurodiverse woman who has battled autoimmune disease my whole life. I am fiery and fierce and have a passion for helping other mamas learn to trust their gut and learn to be the best advocate they can be for themselves and their children!I became obsessed with helping other moms have what they need to be the best advocate they could be! So I created a FREE PARENT ADVOCACY TOOLKIT! I have packed it full of resources so you no longer have to spend hours searching for the best ways to handle a meltdown or why your child will not eat certain foods or what your state's special education laws are. I did the searching for you so all you have to do is click the link and it's yours!https://www.sarahyoungllc.com/parentadvocacytoolkitSupport the show Get my free Parent Advocacy Toolkit!https://www.sarahyoungllc.com/parentadvocacytoolkitI support moms of medically complex and neurodiverse kids. I have found that often special needs moms feel isolated and overwhelmed so I created the Calming the Chaos of Special Needs Motherhood Membership where you can feel validated, supported, and confident. You will get trainings from experts, support and connection in this amazing community. They say it takes a village and we would love for you to be a part of ours! Ready to check it out?!https://www.sarahyoungllc.com/calmingthechaos

Today I interview Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson about their new book, Reckoning (Iron God of Mercy, 2022). Reckoning is an encounter, not only of two people trying to make sense of how to be human—and humane—in what they call our “troubled times,” but also of how to live in a world that's larger than us, a world that has its own designs and aims and needs which surpass us and, if we don't attend to them, surprise us. Death comes to us, whether we're ready or not. Gods and ancestors appear, whether we recognize them or not. And, amid it all, sometimes we find ourselves alongside a companion who's willing to reckon with these larger truths, even as we're undone, even as our hearts break. That's the encounter of Reckoning, one Johnson and Jenkinson invite us to join. Stephen Jenkinson the author of six books. He is a worker, author, storyteller, culture activist, and co-founder of the Orphan Wisdom School with his wife Nathalie Roy. He is also the subject of the feature length documentary film Griefwalker, a portrait of his work with dying people, and Lost Nation Road, a shorter documentary on the crafting of the Nights of Grief and Mystery tours, which he undertakes with his band and collaborator Gregory Hoskins. Kimberly Johnson is the author of multiple books, including Call of The Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, And Use It For Good and the early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester: Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality published in seven languages around the world. Her work has been featured on the Goop! podcast, The New York Times, Forbes, Vogue, New York Magazine's The Cut, Harper's Bazaar, Today.com and many more. She is the host of the Sex Birth Trauma podcast. Eric LeMay is on the creative writing faculty at Ohio University. He is the author of five books, most recently Remember Me. He can be reached at eric@ericlemay.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Today I interview Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson about their new book, Reckoning (Iron God of Mercy, 2022). Reckoning is an encounter, not only of two people trying to make sense of how to be human—and humane—in what they call our “troubled times,” but also of how to live in a world that's larger than us, a world that has its own designs and aims and needs which surpass us and, if we don't attend to them, surprise us. Death comes to us, whether we're ready or not. Gods and ancestors appear, whether we recognize them or not. And, amid it all, sometimes we find ourselves alongside a companion who's willing to reckon with these larger truths, even as we're undone, even as our hearts break. That's the encounter of Reckoning, one Johnson and Jenkinson invite us to join. Stephen Jenkinson the author of six books. He is a worker, author, storyteller, culture activist, and co-founder of the Orphan Wisdom School with his wife Nathalie Roy. He is also the subject of the feature length documentary film Griefwalker, a portrait of his work with dying people, and Lost Nation Road, a shorter documentary on the crafting of the Nights of Grief and Mystery tours, which he undertakes with his band and collaborator Gregory Hoskins. Kimberly Johnson is the author of multiple books, including Call of The Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, And Use It For Good and the early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester: Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality published in seven languages around the world. Her work has been featured on the Goop! podcast, The New York Times, Forbes, Vogue, New York Magazine's The Cut, Harper's Bazaar, Today.com and many more. She is the host of the Sex Birth Trauma podcast. Eric LeMay is on the creative writing faculty at Ohio University. He is the author of five books, most recently Remember Me. He can be reached at eric@ericlemay.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

¡Hola! ¡Adriana Vázquez está bien dura! Literal y metafóricamente. Adri es mamá de tres niñas, esposa, hija, amiga, masajista y entrenadora de Pilates y MamaFit. Por si fuera poco, trabaja ayudando a sus clientes a encontrar bienestar y salud a través del ejercicio específicamente en las etapas del embarazo y posparto. En este episodio hablamos y aprendimos mucho sobre la importancia del movimiento como ejercicio, la terapia física para el piso pélvico (¡sí, existe!) y la importancia de tener una rutina de ejercicios personalizada; pues a cada individuo responde a estímulos distintos. Gracias Adri por tu tiempo, candidez y, sobretodo, por tu trabajo. ¡Qué disfruten! Libro recomendado por Adriana: The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, Por Kimberly Ann Johnson.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, yoga teacher, postpartum advocate, birth doula, and single mom. She is the author of Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power and Use It for Good as well as the early mothering classic, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, The Fourth Trimester Cards, and The Fourth Trimester Journal. For a decade, she has been helping women heal from birth injuries, gynecological challenges and sexual boundary ruptures. She is the creator of Activate Your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering thousands of women into their full voices and sexual expression and the host of the Sex Birth Trauma podcast.See more about Kimberly at: www.kimberlyannjohnson.comShe did a podcast with me last year that really helped many people understand the impact of difficult births and how to heal them. She works hard to help women through her podcast and online courses, and her Book Call of The Wild (my review) is a game changer for women to understand their nervous system responses. She is joining me at the upcoming Birth in Pieces event. 

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated  and edited each selection in this playlist of the most popular episodes. It's a tailored  introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of Birthful's 300+ shows.Somatic practitioner and author Kimberly Johnson shares the lessons she learned while writing about “the fourth trimester” and what it takes to fully recover—physically and mentally—after giving birth, including paying attention to what you eat, who supports you, and more.Here's the original episode in full.For more Birthful, visit the show page. For new episodes, subscribe to Birthful. You can connect with us on Instagram @birthfulpodcast and email us at info@birthful.com

Get your Heart of Freedom T-shirt here Get your copy of the Heart of Freedom 1 recordings here   Join our email list here: http://thefuturegen.com Remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes and Follow us on Spotify Follow us on Instagram: @futuregenpodcast   In this episode, Kimberly Ann Johnson highlights the significance birth trauma has had on our birthing mothers and therefore the whole of the world. She talks about the importance of not only recognizing trauma at birth but healing it in the FOURTH trimester is so much more than what happens in conventional medicine. Her book has helped countless women navigate this process in the most profound way healing our world at the root.  Kimberly Ann Johnson is the author of the classic early mothering book, The Fourth Trimester Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality published in seven languages around the world. A sought after practitioner and lead authority in postpartum health, Johnson has been working in integrative women’s health and trauma recovery for more than a decade.  Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Vogue, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Harper's Bazaar, Today.com and many more.   Stay Connected with Kimberly Ann Johnson:   Instagram: @kimberlyannjohnsonwrites Website:  For more information about Maga Mama here Pelvic Floor Mapping here Books:  Purchase the Fourth Trimester book here Purchase the Fourth Trimester flashcards here _________________________ Stay Connected with the Future Generations Podcast:  Instagram: @futuregenpodcast, @thefuturegensd  and @drstantonhom  Facebook: Future Generations Podcast and Future Generations | Clinic of Chiropractic  Website: Future Generations | Clinic of Chiropractic  Remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes and Follow us on Spotify!

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner, author, breath coach, entrepreneur, and educator. Her first book, The Fourth Trimester: Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, is about what happens after women give birth. It was a global success and has been published in seven languages. Kimberly just released a brand new book called Call of The Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken our Body and Use it for Good. It's packed with science and information about our nervous systems, how we can heal, and how to reclaim our own natural power after experiencing trauma. Kimberly is big on helping us heal our nervous systems so we can have more Vitamin Joy. Today's show talks about actionable things we can do to heal ourselves -- things that are accessible, like breathwork, cold immersion, orienteering, and making a blue sandwich. (You'll have to listen to find out what that is.) It's a great episode, and one I think you'll enjoy. Sponsors: Vuoriclothing.com/Shelby - for our listeners they are offering 20% off your first purchase, plus free shipping on any U.S. orders over $75 and free returns. Buy a pair of the joggers. You won't go wrong. Lazy Acres Natural Market - www.lazyacres.com for the best local natural grocery store with five locations in Southern California. Resources from this Episode: Call of The Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken our Body and Use it for Good - https://amzn.to/3my4Mon Wim Hof Connect with Kimberly: Website - kimberlyannjohnson.com Instagram - @kimberly.ann.johnson

Mark knows Kimberly from the yoga and meditation community. She is a somatic experiencing practitioner and a sexological bodyworker. She is also the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality and her newest book Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good. Today she is talking with Commander Divine about her book Call of the Wild and how aggression can be used in a healthy way. Learn how: Taking the stigma out of trauma is part of our human responsibility Our thoughts show our physiology—so there are ways to repair in the present moment Facial expressions are just as important as speaking when trying to communicate The flip-side to anger is healthy aggression—power, drive, and knowing what you what Listen to this episode to get a better understanding of the fact that we all have more power than we think.

Mark knows Kimberly from the yoga and meditation community. She is a somatic experiencing practitioner and a sexological bodyworker. She is also the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality and her newest book Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good. Today she is talking with Commander Divine about her book Call of the Wild and how aggression can be used in a healthy way. Learn how: Taking the stigma out of trauma is part of our human responsibility Our thoughts show our physiology-so there are ways to repair in the present moment Facial expressions are just as important as speaking when trying to communicate The flip-side to anger is healthy aggression-power, drive, and knowing what you what Listen to this episode to get a better understanding of the fact that we all have more power than we think.

Keli Garza has a Masters degree in International Development graduating cum laude. Garza is the owner of Steamy Chick the largest distributor of vaginal steam supplies in the United States. To further vaginal steam education Garza founded a branch of her company called the Peristeam Hydrotherapy Institute to train practitioners in the use of vaginal steam for menstrual and reproductive health and to further research on the gynecological benefits reported by hundreds of customer case studies. Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Pelvic Care, where she trained birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is the author of the bestselling book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. In today’s episode we’re talking about the Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study conducted and published through a joint effort between Keli Garza and Kimberly Ann Johnson. We talk about the benefits of vaginal steaming postpartum, and the implications of implementing vaginal steaming as a standard healthcare protocol for new mothers. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 8 week group coaching program! Click here  to register now!   Topics discussed in today's episode: Vaginal Steaming is a controversial subject Why it was necessary for Keli and Kimberly to take the reins and conduct The Vaginal Steam Study Challenges of having vaginal steaming looked at as a legitimate way to heal women post-partum The goal of the study was to craft questions for post-partum recovery Perimeters of post-partum heeling and how steaming impacts it The study compared women who vaginal steamed and women who did not steam days after giving birth and compared multiple health related measurements such as blood pressure, pulse, funda size, waist size, weight, labia damage, lochia, hemorrhoids, uterine contractions and breast pain Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study could only use vaginal birth and not cesarean birth Limitations that impacted Keli and Kimberly's Steam Study Unexpected and expected results of vaginal steaming Connect with Keli Garza and Kimberly Ann Johnson: You can connect with Keli Garza on her Website, and Instagram. You can connect with Kimberly Ann Johnson on her Website, Facebook, Instagram and Email. Resources mentioned: Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program Related podcasts & blog posts: FFP 268 | Postpartum Planning | What Really Happens After Birth | Adriana Lozada FFP 243 | The Fourth Trimester | Postpartum Care with Maga Mama | Kimberly Ann Johnson FFP 202 | Vaginal Steaming for Period Problems | Steamy Chick | Keli Garza FFP 195 | Ayurvedic Medicine | Managing The Postpartum Period | Stacy Claxton FFP 087 | Managing the Postpartum Period | Creating a Support System for New Moms | How to Transition Back to Work After Baby | Arianna Taboada FFP 043 | The Role of Birth and Postpartum Doulas in the Birthing Process | Placenta Encapsulation | Fertility Awareness | Sarah Moloney FFP 018 | Arvigo Abdominal Therapy | Vaginal Steaming | Traditional Maya healing for Fertility and Menstrual Cycle Irregularities| Dr Rosita Arvigo Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors: The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now. Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

Join me for a packed conversation with Kimberly Johnson: Vaginapractor, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Sexological Bodywork and author of The Fourth Trimester.BRAIN JUICE coming your way. We talk about:Her new book that is in the worksHow the trauma recovery world leaves out (re)building healthy sexual expressionHer work in facilitating pelvic mapping sessionsParenting teenagers during COVID19Authenticity in social mediaKimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Structural Integration bodyworker, yoga teacher trainer, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. Kimberly specializes in helping women heal from birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual boundary violations. She is the creator of Activate your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering thousands of women into their full voices and sexual expression and the founder of Magamama.com.Instagram @magamamasSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21191833&fan_landing=true)

Sobre a Cátia Pereira A Cátia e psicóloga de família, casais crianças e adolescentes, e coach parental, facilitadora de parentalidade consciente, e master practitioner de PNL. Esta neste momento a forma se em experiência somática. Trabalha com famílias para ajudar a criar vínculos seguros, conceito criado por ela. Temas abordados na entrevista - Percurso da Cátia - Vínculos seguros - Saber traçar limites mantendo a ligação - O corpo não mente - Comunicação não verbal - Observação do próprio comportamento / pôr em prática connosco - Parentalidade Consciente - As etapas de desenvolvimento das crianças - Na maternidade os desafios de relacionamento com os outros - Identificar e definir as nossas emoções e aprender a lidar com elas - A linguagem do corpo o que o subconsciente diz - O trabalho das questões na fertilidade e no pós-parto - A pressão perante a maternidade na sociedade / ambivalência ser ou não ser mãe. Livros recomendados “Educar com mindfulness”. Mikaela Oven “The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality”. Kimberly Ann Johnson "Disciplina Sem Dramas" Zangas para quê? Os segredos da neurociência para educar os filhos tranquilamente. Tina Payne Bryson e Daniel Siegel "It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. Mark Wolynn Links: http://catiapereiradias.com Instagram @catia.vinculosseguros https://www.facebook.com/clinicamedicinas/ Instagram : @clinicamedicinas

The shift from pregnancy to postpartum is unlike any chasm one will ever experience. And while there is often much care and attention being paid to the pregnant person’s well being, the new parent that emerges on the other side, is often left to wade through the turkey waters of parenthood with limited help. In our current culture, many people have lost the community that gathers to take care of the new parent. In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I speak with author of the book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, Kimberly Ann Johnson. Kimberly discusses her challenging postpartum experience and how she resolved massive pelvic floor and abdominal diastisis. She also shares valuable postpartum rituals and philosophies from other cultures and how we can adopt some of those ideas to better serve our postpartum people.  SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Go to stitchfix.com/KIDS/YBB and get an extra 25% off when you keep everything in your box! And as a bonus, Stitch Fix will waive the $20 styling fee when you use this shows special URL- stitchfix.com/KIDS/YBBFor FREE and EASY photo sharing with friend and family, visit family-album.com Get the most out of each episode by checking out the show notes with links, resources and other related podcasts at: prenatalyogacenter.com If you love what you've been listening to, please leave a rating and review! Yoga| Birth|Babies To connect with Deb and the PYC Community:  instagram & facebook: @prenatalyogacenter Youtube: Prenatal Yoga Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is vaginal steaming - and what can it be used for? I go over the history of vaginal steaming as a practice around the world, as well as signs you might benefit from a steam. Then I’ll get into how to perform a steam in the comfort of your home, and what you’ll need to get started.Dr. Rosita Arvigo - https://rositaarvigo.com/Keli Garza - https://www.steamychick.com/BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES TO VAGINAL STEAMINGCompiled primarily by Kristin GonzalezThe Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine, Edited and Translated by Monica H.Green, University of Pennsylvania Press 2001. 12th-15th century ItalyA New Method of Curing the Venereal Disease by Fumigation authored by Sir Peter Lalonette, Paris 1776Corpus Hippocraticum, Gynecological TreatisesMedicine and Health Care Among Chinese Ethnic Minorities, by Yan Yu and Ke RenReproducing Women: Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in Late Imperial China, the author Yi-Li WuDictionary of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume 1, by Zhibin Zhang and Paul U. UnschuldEarly Chinese Medical Literature: the Mawangdui Medical Transcripts by Donald J. HarperThe Divine Farmer's Materia Medica A Translation of the ShenNong Ben Cao ling by Yang Shou-zhongHuang Di Nei Jing Su Wen : Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text, with an Appendix, the Doctrine of the Five Periods and Six Qi in the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen by Paul U. Unschuld (pp. 313)Hawaiian Herbal Medicines by June GumantisThe Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson, 2017

Most mothers-to-be spend their time and resources preparing for the birth of their baby— but new mothers are so often unaware of the potential realities awaiting during the Fourth Trimester.Postpartum Doula Katy Collins of Birthways speaks with Nyssa's Mia Clarke regarding her work in the postpartum sphere, including current momentum surrounding the cultural awareness of the postpartum reality, postpartum parties during Colonial times, loss, and art in the context of transformation and transition. Do you have questions you'd like Nyssa to explore with our network of experts? Stories that you'd like to share? Leave us a message!(336) HI - NYSSAAnd please visit Nyssa's Website for fun events and happenings in our community._________________________________Recorded at Strange Magic in Chicago ILProduced by Robby Haynes & Tony Lazzara'Enter Laughing' used with permission from Electrelane_________________________________References and links include:Birthways, INC: https://birthwaysinc.com/The Doula Is In: http://www.thedoulaisin.com/The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily OsterBeyond the Baby Blues by Rebecca Fox Star Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen HugginsSafe Sleep by La Leche League ----

In this episode, we speak to Kimberly Ann Johnson about the journey to Motherhood and the postpartum period.Kimberly is a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Resolution Practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, Structural Integration Practitioner, yoga teacher, and single mom. She is the creator of Activate your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering women into their full voices and sexual expression, and the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.Find Kimberly on Instagram @magamas and online www.magamama.comFind me, Maria Banobre, on Instagram @calmmutha and online www.calmmutha.comSend a screen shot of your review to maria@mariabanobre.com to receive my FREE Heart Chakra Meditation as a thank you.

It feels good and respectable to take care of others. When it comes to taking care of ourselves we often feel selfish, spoiled or undeserving when we spend our limited time on ourselves. Well, back up and rethink that. Do not feel guilty taking time for yourself. There is a reason that the airlines tell every person on every flight to “put on your own oxygen mask first, before helping your children or others needing assistance”. Here are some quotes to ponder:1. Self-care is a priority and necessity, not a luxury in the work that we do.2. Self-care means giving the world the Best of you, instead of what is left of you.3. True self-care is not about a life of bath salts and chocolate cake, it is making the choice to build a life you don’t need to regularly escape from.4. You cannot pour from an empty cup.5. Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few seconds, including you!6. Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean “me first” it means “me too”.Choose one of those quotes that really speaks to you and write it down where you can see it as a visual reminder that You Are Worth It.In her book “Famous in Heaven & at Home”, Michelle Myers reinforces this with a simple rule: Our health routine should enhance, not hinder our lives. Taking care of yourself, when done with the correct motives, should best equip you to take care of others.Journal Questions:1. Do you have any areas in your health life that you battle guilt?2. What are some of your excuses or barriers when it comes to nutrition and fitness?3. If someone could grant you an extra hour in your day, how would you spend it?Kelly Brown is a friend who is the owner of Mom Camp, a marketing specialist and certified Birth Doula and Lamaze childbirth educator who is currently in training to be a postpartum Doula. She and her husband also own a small family farm called “French Broad Valley Farms”, where they are raising 150 chickens and ducks along side of their 3 young children.Kelly opens up and talks honestly about the struggles she has faced, allowing us not to feel alone in our own imperfections! Despite her knowledge and expertise as a birthing coach, Kelly was not prepared for what it was like to suffer from Postpartum Depression (PPD) or what is now called Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorder. In retrospect she had a mild case of PPD with her first two children but with the birth of her son she suffered tremendously, in silence. She was ashamed to admit it and afraid no one would trust her as a birth doula if she couldn’t handle the aftermath of her own childbirth. After 10 months she finally looked for help. Since then she has trained to become a postpartum coach to help other mothers in the same situation.Look for a postpartum specialist to guide you during the weeks after you bring home your newborn. She can help you to understand the changes in your body and what to expect (and what not to expect). Proper nutrition after the birth of your child is extremely important for both you and your baby. Your specialist can teach you the appropriate foods for a nursing mother. Use your resources to your advantage. Reach out and accept help from all those people who offer it and share with them the guidelines given to you by your specialist.Resources:The 4th Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson.Ms Johnson has studied other cultures that have practices that honor and nurture new mothers helping them to focus only on themselves and their newborn. She has taken what she learned and shared it in her book:The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, by Heng Ou.Heng Ou, a Chinese American, describes the Zuo Yuezi Tradition of rest and recovery for new mothers in her book. She shares traditional recipes for healing soups; replenishing meals and snacks; and calming and lactation-boosting teas, all formulated to support the unique needs of the new mother.Resources:Famous In Heaven And At Home: A 31-Day Character Study of the Proverbs 31 Woman by Michelle Meyers.Mom Camp is coming April 27, 2019 To Gahanna Ohio.Why should kids have all the fun!. A full day guaranteed to help you reset, relax, and rejuvenate We have an amazing lineup of speakers and movement plus the time for great food!Register now at: https://www.momcamp.me/Speakers:Lindsey House, Accountability Coach, AuthorAmy Koechlin, Yoga Instructor: https://www.burnwithin.com/Kim Rice Wilson, Author of Feminine GeniusKelly Gurich, Artist and EducatorHomework:From Kelly:Write down 3 ways that you can ask for help and accept it. Be specific and give it a time frame.Goal setting will always be part of your homework. Once a week write down your focus or goals for the week. Every Friday reassess them, tweak them or change them to fit your needs. It’s “Your journey, your way”.Links:Direction Not Perfection, Accountability and Coaching from your Wine-loving Dietitianwww.healthaccountabilitycoach.com https://braughlerbooks.com/store/books/direction-not-perfectionKelly Brown:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.l.brown.338Homegrown Babies: Asheville Childbirth Education & Doula ServicesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twobraids/Mom Camp: https://business.facebook.com/MeetMeAtMomCamp/

Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Pelvic Care, where she trained birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is the author of bestselling The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. In today’s episode we talk about the fourth trimester, and why postpartum care is essential for both mother and baby. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. The Fifth Vital Sign is available for purchase on Amazon, and you can head over to thefifthvitalsignbook.com to download the first chapter for free.

#094 — Trauma, Sex, and Somatic Experiencing: How to Better Understand Birth and the Postpartum Periods It seems obvious that sustaining a wound the size of a dinner plate would merit extensive physical therapy and a long period of rest and healing. But because new mom wounds are unseen, we push ourselves to ‘get back to it’ as soon as possible. And foundational postpartum care (like having someone cook healthy meals or getting regular bodywork) is seen as an unnecessary luxury.  Kimberly Ann Johnson contends that the first six weeks after childbirth are critical to a woman’s long-term health, and the work we do recover from the physical and emotional trauma and connect with our bodies is a necessity—not an indulgence.  Today, Kimberly Ann joins me to talk about the experience of childbirth and the crucial postpartum period. We discuss the online imagery of childbirth and how it differs wildly from the experience itself. Kimberly explains the separation of body and mind in our culture and what we can do to reintegrate the two by getting to know the ‘language of sensation.’ I ask Kimberly Ann about her work as a somatic practitioner and birth doula, and she shares her take on childbirth as the domain of women. Listen in for Kimberly Ann’s insight around how to communicate your needs during childbirth and learn how to get the support you need in the fourth trimester!   FULL SHOW NOTES Get the complete show notes with episode quotes, photos, and time stamps at http://www.startuppregnant.com/094. EPISODE SPONSOR & SPECIAL OFFER  Thank you to the sponsor of this episode: Aeroflow Breastpumps. They are dedicated to making the hassle of getting your breast pump a little bit easier—actually, a lot easier! Head to www.aeroflowbreastpumps.com/startup to have them help you qualify for a free breast pump through insurance. All of our sponsor offers are available on our website for you to grab the perks and discounts offered to podcast listeners: http://startuppregnant.com/sponsors.   LEARN MORE ABOUT KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON Kimberly Ann Johnson is a birth doula, Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner and postpartum care advocate. She is also the founder of MAGAMAMA, an online community and resource for new moms who want natural empowering solutions to the physical and emotional pain that can accompany childbirth. Kimberly is the cofounder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care and the author of the groundbreaking book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality.  MAGAMAMA Kimberly Ann’s Podcast RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson Activate Your Inner Jaguar Moshé Feldenkrais Dr. Ida Rolf Institute Wilhelm Reich Dr. Peter Levine Dr. Levine’s Animal Study

Kimberly is a birth doula, sexological bodyworker, somatic experiencing practitioner, postpartum care advocate, and single mom. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where they train birth professionals, yoga teachers, massage therapists, somatic therapists, midwives, doulas and acupuncturists to help women prepare for and recover from birth. She wrote her first book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, so that new moms don’t have to go through what she went through and instead can have the most radiant and whole postpartum period possible. Follow Kim's journey at Magamama and on Instagram Visit journal.kyoapp.com for full show notes Take our daily reflection app KYŌ for a spin Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O13PpAoVdI

#087 — Birth as a Portal: An Invitation   We know that pregnancy and childbirth is a time of profound transformation for women. Beyond the physical changes we experience, giving birth affords the opportunity to let go of our past selves and emerge as something new. But could birth be just as powerful for fathers and co-parents? How about our communities at large? What if everyone could tap into the wisdom and energy of new life, using it as a source of power to let go of what no longer serves us and rise up as a new iteration of our creative selves? Today, I’m taking a deep dive into the idea of birth as a portal. I describe the new research by Ruth Feldman on the neuroscience of parenthood as well as Amy Henderson’s thought leadership around the transformative power of being a present and active caregiver. Listen in for my invitation to let go of old identity markers and embrace a new way of being, drawing on the power of birth to level up and welcome a new way to show up in the world. FULL SHOW NOTES Get the complete show notes with episode quotes, photos, and time stamps at http://www.startuppregnant.com/087. EPISODE SPONSOR & SPECIAL OFFER Community makes all the difference. So, at Startup Pregnant, we have launched a mastermind program for women who are interested in going deeper around questions about parenting, motherhood, and business. To apply for the Spring 2019 session and receive my free email series, go to https://startuppregnant.com/mastermind. All of our sponsor offers are available on our website for you to grab the perks and discounts offered to podcast listeners: http://startuppregnant.com/sponsors. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson Amy Henderson’s Tendlab Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience ‘Neural Plasticity in Fathers of Human Infants’ in Social Neuroscience ‘The Neurobiology of Human Attachments’ in Trends in Cognitive Sciences  THE STARTUP PREGNANT PODCAST & HOST Startup Pregnant Startup Pregnant Newsletter Email hello@startuppregnant.com Startup Pregnant on Facebook Startup Pregnant on Instagram Startup Pregnant on Twitter Sponsor the Podcast Review Startup Pregnant on iTunes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startuppregnant/message

If you've been thinking about working with a coach around your desire, relationship, body, or shame, I am now accepting new clients and my rates are increasing January 2019. Learn more at dawnserra.com/work-with-me. The Fourth Trimester with Kimberly Ann Johnson Kimberly Ann Johnson is here this week to talk about birth injury and birth trauma, postpartum healing and nurturing, what cultures from around the world do to tend to folks after giving birth, and so much more. We explore changing bodies, cultural myths about "pre-baby body", and sex after baby. We also dive into her work around activating your inner jaguar - which is all about tapping into both prey and predator energy, healthy aggression, and shifting your relationship with anger. As I note in the intro to the episode, most of Kimberly's work is with cis women in heterosexual relationships, so you will hear that in the language she uses throughout. To help supplement that, I want to offer this article in the Advocate, "I'm Pregnant and I'm Not a Woman". Plus, Patreon supporters, this week's bonus chat with Kimberly is FANTASTIC. She talks about sexological bodywork training and how to find a practitioner who meets your needs. We also talk about the myth of the tight vagina and why tightness is actually the last thing we want. We explore sexual pain, why it takes most folks with a vulva 35-45 minutes to become fully aroused, and a few other tidbits. TUNE IN if you support the show at $3/month and above. Hear it all at patreon.com/sgrpodcast Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Kimberly Ann Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, postpartum care revolutionary and single mom. She specializes in helping women hands-on, hands-in prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.  You can read more about her work and become a part of the Magamama movement at www.Magamama.com.   Check out the Activate Your Inner Jaguar Course here and follow along on Instagram.  Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

Find Evryman on: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter When asked what one thing would she like men to know, author Kimberly Johnson shared "...your arousal is not a problem."  Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma.  She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women's health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality published by Shambhala Press in December 2017. She is the creator of Activate your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering women into their full voices and self-expression. On this episode Dan and Kimberly discuss how to be better translators of another person, being honest with yourself and your own system, and how sex can benefit your relationship further than the physical aspect.  You can find Kimberly on her website magamama.com, on her Facebook, and on Instagram. Also if you want more of Kimberly in your life she has a MagaMama podcast! Want to give back?  We have a generous donation that we are raffling off to raise money for the Veteran Integration Expedition (August 19 through 26). Help us get these Vets to the City of Bozeman and buy a raffle ticket for a 2018 Kawasaki KLX 140L. You can find all the information and buy a raffle ticket here. All rallied proceeds go toward getting these Veterans here and making sure their experience is impacting and profound. Want to get in a room with us and change your life?  We're returning to the Berkshires December 7-9 for another Open Source Retreat and hosting a MELT Training in Petaluma, California October 5-7. We're almost sold out of spots for the MELT Training. The sign ups are live on our website so get in while you can! Also be sure to subscribe to the Evryman Podcast to stay up to date on our weekly episode. You can find us on most podcast listening sites such as Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and more.

Kimberly Ann Johnson, a sexological bodyworker, birth doula and author of “The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality,” joins August to explore ways postpartum time provides an opportunity for better sex, female arousal and more! Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener experiencing vaginal itchiness after masturbating. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner extras at augustmclaughlin.com and pre-order “Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment” on Amazon. 

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Sex. Scar Tissue. Orgasm. Pelvic Floor. Shame. Birth. Vulva. Do these words have any charge for you? If you are like most women, these topics can hold a loaded mix of curiosity, pain, and delight. Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of the recently published book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, has an incredible gift of breaking down these topics with a wealth of expertise, grace, and grounded-ness that is truly unparalleled . They way Kimberly speaks to all things sex, birth, and women’s health is a breath of real talk fresh air - dialogue that makes you feel safe, enlivened, and deeply relieved all at the same time. It was truly an honor to have Kimberly on the show. She speaks to this important terrain of embodiment for women that is often overlooked, yet incredibly essential.  I hope you enjoy this episode - it’s a life changer. In this episode we discussed: The meaning of the word “Maga” & a new archetype of women How and why sexuality is an integral part of embodiment Why only spiritual framing of sexual trauma doesn’t actually lead us to full healing, integration, & embodiment The normalcy of emotion in orgasm What uninhibited sexuality and birth can look like & give us Why post birth injuries & sexual challenges aren’t a life sentence First step to unraveling shame with our sexuality The polarization of the vagina as the mundane, most normal human experience AND also the most powerful sacred part of life. Kimberly’s journey of healing her postpartum scar tissue & prolapse after the birth of her daughter The role of scar tissue in postpartum health & healing The important role of predator energy in our nervous system Kimberly’s response to the metoo movement RESOURCES website: http://www.magamama.com instagram: @magamamas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.johnson.796   ABOUT KIMBERLY Kimberly Ann Johnson is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where she trains birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She conducts workshops and trainings internationally and online, teaching thousands of women and birth professionals about postpartum care, self-care for new mothers, and sexual health. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester, A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.   +++ SHARE THE MEDICINE WITH YOUR SISTERS +++ If you were served by this episode, please share with your tribe, subscribe, and leave a rating or review by clicking HERE   +++ CONTRIBUTE +++ Embodied Empowered Engaged is a one woman show. Yup, every part of the process from the recording, editing, building, and uploading is a free offering & labor of love directly from my heart. If you feel inspired to support the cause, you can send a financial contribution HERE  

In this episode, Dr. Elana interviews Kimberly Ann Johnson who is a sexological bodyworker and somatic experience practitioner. Kimberly shares how she helps her clients transform and redefine the meaning of sex. She discusses female orgasm and the benefits of slowing down, strategies for overcoming emotional and physical blocks from past traumas, and so much more!  Topics Discussed: What a sexological bodyworker and somatic experience practitioner does Scar tissue remediation Healing after sexual trauma Understanding vaginal anatomy Why slower sex is better Female orgasms Redefining the meaning of sex And more! Kimberly Ann Johnson's Bio  Kimberly Ann Johnson is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where she trains birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She conducts workshops and trainings internationally and online, teaching thousands of women and birth professionals about postpartum care, self-care for new mothers, and sexual health. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester, A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. Enjoy the listen! Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher! Shownotes: Kimberly's Website Magamama  The Fourth Trimester - Kimberly's Book on Postpartum Healing The Fourth Trimester Book Video Trailer Scar Tissue Remediation Women's Anatomy of Power by Sheri Winston Nourish Kids Medicine Kit and Ebook Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook Dr. Elana’s Medical Center: Nourish Medical Center   Disclaimer Please remember that the views on this podcast and website are not meant to be substituted for medical advice, shouldn’t be used to diagnose, treat or cure any conditions, and are intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of Well, Actually... Margo interviews Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of the newly released book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality.

In this episode of Well, Actually... Margo interviews Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of the newly released book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality.

What does restoring your vitality after birth even mean? Is restoring the same as getting your body back? What are the 5 universal needs towards restoration? How can you prepare for the profound experience of codependence that’s coming your way, within a culture that’s obsessed with self-sufficiency? Kimberly Johnson shares the simple answer. Check it out. Get the most of this episode by checking out the resources and links listed on the “show-notes” page at: birthful.com/podcastpostpartumvitality Support our sponsors: Go to Sun Basket.com/BIRTHFUL today to learn more and get $35 off your first order. Go to Fullscript.com/birthful to learn more about streamlining the delivery of any and all of your supplements.   If you enjoy what you hear, make sure to leave your rating or review. It really helps! And if you want to connect with Adriana, reach out at: facebook.com/birthful twitter.com/birthful instagram.com/adrianika   Title music: “Vibe Ace” by Kevin MacLeod, at freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/ (©CC BY) Sponsorship music: “Air Hockey Saloon” by Chris Zabriskie, at freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ (©CC BY)

Today’s show is super juicy, super uncomfortable to talk about yet super important to talk about! We are talking about post-partum. More specifically postpartum sex! Remember yourself in the bedroom (or anywhere else for that matter) before having kids? Remember how wild and free you were? How you always found the time and energy to be intimate, how quickly and easily you got turned on? Remember the smell of your partner and how madly in love you felt after being intimate? I get goosebumps thinking back and recalling how different things were before kids came into the picture. For me, after three vaginal births (and three extra mouths to feed) things are much different now. Now we pretty much have to schedule a time in our calendars to make it happen, otherwise, there is just no time! With three young kids, sex is sort of like a chore or a to do. Now by the time kids go to bed we are exhausted and prioritize sleep over sex. After kids, I feel like we, women, sort of feel like we do our partners a HUGE favor for being intimate? Now your desire and passion for sex are not as acute as it used to be. Your hormones have changed, you have changed, your partner have changed and now is the time to go through the process, I call “adulting” which is when you realize that, although things are different now, you can still experience joy, ecstasy, pleasure and yes orgasm like a virgin! You probably won’t be able to scream like a virgin, so go ahead put a hand on your mouth, do it in the basement, laundry room or simply wait for kids to be at school, but for the love of God do not give up on sex! It is such an important and crucial piece of your mental, emotional and physical health! Today on the show I am talking with Kimberly Johnson, who is a certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, doula, post-partum recovery specialist and retired yoga teacher. She has taught workshops on the intersection of women’s sexuality and spirituality throughout Brazil, Portugal, and the United States. She is the author of the book “The Fourth Trimester: A post parturm guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.” She specializes in birth injury, birth trauma, and sexual healing and currently works in private practice in Solana Beach, California. Here’s what we covered on the show: Kimberly’s story and how she healed herself from a pelvic prolapse after birthing her daughter The definition of ‘sexological bodywork’ and why is it helpful for women who have experienced birth trauma The definition of a ‘somatic experiencing’ and how she uses her training to help women post-partum How to prepare for sex postpartum so both sides don’t feel disappointment? The importance of learning to orgasm from a place of connection. Nutrients and supplements to support healing post-partum. Show Notes magamama.com The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality Forging a Feminine Path: Women’s Sexuality and Spirituality Get Your Free Audio Guide for Truly Effective Kegels  

Karly and Ali talk with the incredible Kimberly Johnson about the importance of women being nurtured and supported throughout the ‘fourth trimester’, or the postpartum period. Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom who specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma.  She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where she trains birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is also the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. Kimberly talks with the Birth Kweens about her own difficult postpartum experience and how that led her down the path of birth work and trauma healing. Here’s what you’ll learn about in this episode: Kimberly’s own birth and postpartum experience with her 10 year old daughter, particularly how unprepared she was for the postpartum period How the physical trauma she experienced from her birth resulted in years of pain and pelvic floor dysfunction which ultimately led her down a path of seeking out alternative, non-surgical modalities of healing The huge gaps that exist in postpartum care, particularly regarding the lack of training and knowledge that midwives and obstetricians have about treating scar tissues and pelvic floor dysfunction The importance of addressing the mind AND the body to achieve complete postpartum healing The reason Kimberly was driven to write her book and what she’s hoping to accomplish with it A few other helpful books about postpartum healing that Kimberly used in her journey to healing: Click here for Natural Health After Birth: The Complete Guide to Postpartum Welless by Aviva Jill Romm Click here for The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou  Click here for Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood - and Trusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi Cohen  The 5 universal needs of every postpartum woman and why meeting these needs will heal us on a societal level. Click here to buy Kimberly’s wonderful new book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality Click here to see the promo video for the book. Click here to listen to Kimberly podcast MAGAMAMA Thanks for listening to another episode of the Birth Kweens Podcast! --- Did you like this episode? Please subscribe, rate, review, and share! The Birth Kweens get down to the nitty gritty of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health. For more from us, visit birthkweens.com. Follow us on Instagram @BirthKweens and email us at birthkweens@gmail.com with your questions, suggestions and feedback.

Guest: Kimberly Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She is also the author of The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. In this episode, we will cover: The common misconceptions of how the postpartum period should be for a new mom and what the reality is What the "elephant in the room" is for new parents and how to handle it best How to set yourself up for a postpartum time that is healing, supportive and enjoyable Resources mentioned in the conversation: Kimberly's website: www.MagaMama.com  to get her book, The Fourth Trimester on Amazon About Kimberly Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She works at the intersection of birth, sex, and trauma, specializing in birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual healing. She created a process called the Birth Rehearsal to help women somatically prepare for birth. She is the author of the from Shambhala Publications: The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. Through Sexological Bodywork, hands-on hands-in work, together with SE and Birth Story medicine, she helps women find full health and recovery during postpartum in body, mind, emotions, sexuality and spirituality. She helps women discover their new identities as mothers.

Guest: Kimberly Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. In this episode, we will cover: Why sex changes so much after baby arrives and how to redefine it for yourself and for partner so you're both happy the relationship between sex, connection and intimacy - how they are related and how they are different and what it means to your new sex life the 3 components that any conversation with your partner about sex must have in order for it to go the way you want it Resources mentioned in the conversation: Kimberly's website: www.MagaMama.com  About Kimberly Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She works at the intersection of birth, sex, and trauma, specializing in birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual healing. She created a process called the Birth Rehearsal to help women somatically prepare for birth. She is the author of the upcoming book from Shambhala Publications: The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, that will be released in November 2017. Through Sexological Bodywork, hands-on hands-in work, together with SE and Birth Story medicine, she helps women find full health and recovery during postpartum in body, mind, emotions, sexuality and spirituality. She helps women discover their new identities as mothers.

How can we remain vital and healthy as we grow older? The ancient system of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, has a deep understanding of our body's natural aging process. We can utilize the medical science of Ayurveda to age naturally, remaining robust and vigorous throughout our entire life. Cynthia Copple, author of Know Your Blueprint: The Ayurvedic Secret to Restoring Your Vitality and Passion in 30 Days, joins guest host Dr. Laurel Trujillo for a discussion about Ayurvedic practices that help us stay healthy, energetic, and passionate as we age. Tune in and find out how!    

Kimberly Johnson is a yoga teacher trainer, Rolfer, women's health care advocate, mother, and doula. Much of her most recent work focuses on postpartum care. She's the author of the soon-to-be released book, The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother's Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. Motherhood is more complex than ever with women attempting to juggle career, family, and their own health often without the support of family or community that has been so much a part of the human experience up until recent times. To make things more challenging, pop-health images of pregnant moms with their baby bumps dead-lifting huge weight or doing handstands on the beach only add to the pressures on moms to try to be everything. On this week's Yoga Talk Show, Kimberly Johnson shares her personal and professional experience working with both expecting moms and new moms on their own health. ---------------- Listen & Learn: Why WHO research suggests a 8-12% C-section rate to be appropriate while USA has 32% rate and countries like China and Brazil have rates as high as 80% Why postpartum care is practically non-existent How rest is the secret ingredient missing from pre- and post-partum care How it came to be that non-mothers have become authorities on yoga for pregnancy Simple self-care and mindset shifts for mums-to-be and moms today Yoga Practice Tip of the Week: How to: Box Splits Links & References from the Show: You can find her work online at: www.KajYoga.com or www.Magamama.com Got Questions? Write to us podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor: Yoga Trapeze Teachers Course, Yoga Teachers College and New Year's Retreat: Your Best Year Ever! First Ever Yoga Trapeze Teachers Training Course in Barcelona! The Yoga Teachers College combines new technology and age-old apprenticeship to deliver a level of education previously unavailable anywhere. We train students not just teach, but to become local business leaders in the mind-body wellness industry Now accepting applications: www.YogaTeachersCollege.com

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a dear friend and colleague, and she has been an expander and inspiration for me ever since inviting me to be on her podcast! I joined her just four days before I gave birth to Goldy Wolf, and I was in the “birth zone” so I loved sharing what it was like to be in that portal and what my hopes and dreams were for my birth (spoiler: they came true!). That was my first ever podcast interview, so really, you can think of Kimberly as my “podcast mom!” Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, a birth doula, and a single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of the bestselling book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, an incredible book that I recommend to any new mom or mom-to-be! She is also the creator of Activate Your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering women into their full voices and sexual expression. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com Resources: Learn more at (https://www.magamama.com/) IG : @magamamas Podcast: MagaMama with Kimberly Ann Johnson Read: The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality Mother the Mother is a production of Crate Media