The Bloom After Baby Podcast

I wish Zack’s information and insights had been available to me during my pre adoption preparation days and my later pregnancies (over 40 years ago!). Lamaze, Parenting Classes, La Leche support groups…. All so helpful, but none of these addressed the issues surrounding mental load and the inequalities prevalent in the division of domestic labor. This type of awareness training should be included in all prenatal education programs, maybe even in those mandatory high school family living classes. Pre natal and post partum days in our household would likely have been less drama-filled, for sure, if we had known the work of Zack Watson! Thanks, BAB, for an episode easy to understand, devoid of the psychobabble that often dominates important discussions about mental health . For what it’s worth, I think you have reached your target audience, though I am certainly many years past that demographic!

I just listened to the episodes on mom rage and feel so relieved to know that I am not alone and not crazy. I couldn’t understand what was happening and even my therapist was not hearing me when I tried to get help, I felt very isolated and ashamed of my behavior. Very grateful for this podcast as a resource for all things parenthood and postpartum.

This podcast is the Bible for ALL new parents, in navigating this crazy wild journey that we call parenting. Rachel and Dr. Jen are both incredibly intelligent, well spoken and empathetic to the needs and feelings of all moms & dads - new and old. Their platform on Instagram, and this podcast addresses the needs that so many new moms and dads do not have met, and they provide resources to help them get the care they need. I am so glad I found their channel. They are vulnerable in having hard conversations around parenting and marriage with their own personal struggles - and are not afraid to “go there” when addressing their struggles with mental and physical health. It’s the only podcast I know that addresses the scientific reasoning for WHY we as parents feel what we do, while providing therapeutic practices to deal with those reasonings. I recommend starting from the beginning to get an introduction for each host. I especially love the episodes where they have conversations with their husbands on what they wish they had known before becoming fathers. Thank you Dr. Jen and Rachel for creating such a wonderful place for parents to tune in weekly!

The episode with Dr Jen and her husband is so raw and beautiful. Love these dad episodes so much as they really highlight the impact of fathers stepping into their full power at home so they can support their birthing partners and also support their own mental health and legacies as fathers to their children. Thank you dads for your involvement and vulnerability in th is generation of parenting!