Connecting with Your Postpartum Culture: Ep73

“Bounce back” culture has failed us terribly.

Although the signs that this isn’t working are everywhere, where do we look when stepping outside of the modern norm?

It is this crossroads where we’re given the opportunity to come home to the traditions and cultural practices that have been lost across generations.

The secret to a better way of experiencing motherhood rests in this wisdom.

The way back, however, requires a deep process of discovery and digging back to our roots. Today, we’re here to share our best advice and what we’ve been working on at Postpartum University to help you get started.

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Some of the cultures that we’ve collected rituals and recipes from on the blog include…

• Chinese 
• Korean
• Indian
• Jamaican
• English 

Related Episodes:

• Malaysian Postpartum Care: A Gift to the World with Valerie Lynn: Ep78

In this episode, I am sharing:

• Digging back into our own culture for information can be difficult

• Conversations with our elders usually include many hardships that shifted the way we had to show up as mother

• For traditional practices and wisdom, we have to go back deeper

• Why we desperately need to move away from the modern “bounce back” culture

• Using tradition to get back to the root of who we are

• Where can we go to find this information

• Finding community and asking questions