Just This Amanda Scharpf and Jennifer Renee

Pregnancy, birth, and newborns are often the most popular topics in new motherhood discussion, but today we're going to navigate a less-often mentioned timeframe: five to seven months after birth. 

This timeframe presents its own set of challenges, but we're not afraid to face them head on and discuss ways to overcome them and offer support to new moms that continues well past birth!



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


settling into a whole new identity
the challenge of expecting a routine when it doesn't exist
energy/connections shifting
changes in milk supply 
the importance of reaching out for support
scheduling connection time with whoever supports you
integrating more touch from others than the baby in your life (to sooth your nervous system) - hugs, massages, snuggles, etc.



Resources:


Guilt as a Tool for Growth episode
Kindered Spirits: Finding Genuine Friendships in Motherhood episode



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Today is a very special episode! It’s officially our podcast’s solar return. We birthed this baby podcast into the world on the Gemini New Moon in 2023 and today we are taking a moment to celebrate officially being podcast ‘parents’ for one full journey around the sun. To say how full our hearts are from starting and being in this project is an understatement. We are excited for many more years ahead. Thanks for being with us on this journey as a listener. 🤗



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


different ways of looking at age (including a fun trick and play on words)


why it’s important to take a pause and reflect on milestone moments


what we’ve learned in our year of podcasting


how much of what we are working through and learning as podcast co-hosts/parents is reflective of things we we going through in our first years post birth


releasing the out come and enjoying the journey 


what happens when we enter a project or goals driven from a place of love instead of fear or desire


what we’ve learned about communication, friendship and partnership in our first year as pod parents



Resources:


Allison’s Wake The Talk Up Communication Course
Episode: Solstice Gratitude, Love and Magic



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Guilt - specifically parent guilt - can be such a heavy emotion. In this episode, we acknowledge and sit with this uncomfortable emotion and look at the gifts we can receive from truly allowing and being with our guilt.



You'll hear some of our own experiences and examples of parent guilt as well as strategies we've used to cope with it. Let's celebrate that love is at the core of guilt, and we're all doing the best we can!



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


what guilt is and the different types we might experience
the balance between feeling the emotion and nurturing yourself and relationship/situation
finding community so you don't feel alone
societal pressures
reframing guilty thoughts + perspective
guilt as part of growth and expansion as a parent
our own parental guilt experiences



Resources:


Post Partum Depression help
Episode: "Taking Extended Solo Time and Separation from Our Babies (of all ages)"
Episode: "Co-creating and Finding Spaces To Play (without your children) While Being a Parent"



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The saying "as within, so without" is one that many people know. Today we flip that saying and look at how our home and surroundings can energetically impact our inner lives and how we can make simple adjustments to find more flow and balance. Tune into this inspiring chat with Feng Shui expert Patricia Lohan, who has helped thousands of people change their life and through the practice of Feng Shui. We talk about how how to use and integrate this tool as a parent and how powerful it can be for children in our lives as well. Listen in to see how simple changes around your home can become life changing.



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


the principles of Feng Shui, and how is not just about esthetics. It is so much more than that.
how simple Feng Shui can help you conceive, improve relationships, finances, health, and even make your postpartum life more balanced.
how our environment effects us and simple things we can do to improve all areas of our lives.
what you can do today to get started "Fun Shui-ing" your home
as within so without and how the without can be a reflection and impact of energies within
the first thing to look at (super simple) when calling in a baby
simple changes for the bedroom you can implement today
starting with gratitude for what exists and adding on top of that
the difference between normal daily mess of life/living and clutter
Chinese astrology and cycles related to your home
how to start with just one small space and how this will make a huge difference



Resources:


Patricia Lohan's Website
exercise you can do today called ‘fresh eyes’ (⁠this video talks more about it)⁠
Feng 101 - $9 Mini Course
Powerhouse Membership
Patrica's Facebook & Instgram



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In the last couple of years there have been lots of spaces and people emphasizing the 'being' before 'doing'. But what does this actually mean? How does it relate to parenthood or life with a newborn?



Jen and I have a casual convo about this topic inspired from her own personal life navigations. We touch on the doing/being balance both in parenthood and in life in general, give some examples and laugh about the paradox of 'doing' something to get to the 'being'.



As always thank you for BEING an amazing pod listener... enjoy this fun convo. 💬 🍵



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


doing all the things but nothing is working


the dance of doing and being and how these are woven together


releasing the outcome and how when you ground in 'being' it is easier to release the outcome in your 'doing'


intention behind what you are doing - tuning into what is in alignment for YOU in the moment


what exactly is doing and being - how do you define it


parenting advice and when do we act from the noise of advice vs. our inner guidance


reaction vs. response and how this relates to doing vs. being


relating the 'doing' and 'being' to labor and how life phases are like birth cycles


"who do I want to be and what's my intention in doing this"


the act of self-care as doing



Resources:


our intentions workbook and intentions meditation recording - sign up on this page to get these for free
Kathrine Zenkina's podcast episode that had the quote we mentioned + is a great follow-up episode to this on when to take action and doing/being balance -- her quote "I always laugh at that question whenever someone asks me what they need to do to be. If there is a doing that leads to a being when they have to be a being... so there is no doing to the being, it's just the being."
our episode on parent rest and sleep (we talk about taking the edgy actions to BE a person that prioritizes self care)
our episode about unsolicited advice (also can lead to 'doing' first)



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As parents (especially new ones) we are always trying to do what is best for our kiddos. Many of us have heard the term "breast is best" and know the many benefits of breastmilk.

However, what isn't promoted as much is the beauty and balance of the use of formula, donor milk or some other supplemental option as a tool that that can be incredibly beneficial. Jen and I want to start a new saying that came out of this conversation: "Fed with love."

We talk about how intention and love in whatever way you feed you kiddo is really what is best for everyone.



Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:


finding balance with supplemental milk and formula
how to balance modern society parenting with ancient/cultural ways
the sayings "Brest is Best" vs "Fed is Best"



Resources:


Episode on Breastfeeding
Episode on Elimination Communication
study of water molecules and words/intentions



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