Unfold Motherhood and Wellness

My favorite book to help you prep for postpartum.

Haven’t thought about that yet? Do not forget, planning for postpartum can help you have a better experience overall.

What event will I see you at?!

Visit the workshop@page of the website to register. 💛

I am thrilled that my long awaited Pregnancy + Postpartum Kit is almost ready for you!

I have put together a few of my favorite things to help you have a more easeful pregnancy and postpartum journey.

The kit includes:

✨Tea of your choice (3rd Trimester Tea, Calm Tea or Milk Tea for Postpartum).

✨ Sitz bath to help heal your perineum after birth.

✨ Yoga Tune Up Therapy Balls (my all time favorite) to reduce tension anywhere in the body. These things are game changers! And are way cheaper than a massage. They are helpful during pregnancy, postpartum & beyond.

✨ Unfold Affirmation Deck to give you daily inspiration and reminders to pause & breathe. You got this!

✨ A gorgeous heat pack, to help with general body discomfort (hello low back pain or shoulder tension!), postpartum cramps or breastfeeding discomfort.

✨ A pregnancy + postpartum handbook & E-Course. (More details on this coming soon!)

These kits will be available very soon! If you would like to get on the list to be the first to get one, just message me and I will send you the details. There will be a limited number of kits available.

I am very excited to be hosting Natalie from here at the Unfold! She has some great events lined up for March.

These offerings will bring you into a space or connection on your journey.

Let’s talk about postpartum.

Do you know that I (like everyone and their mom 😂)had a podcast?! It on hiatus but I wanted to share this episode where I am talk with a mama of 3, who also became a postpartum doula on her journey of motherhood.

She is sharing all about postpartum.

You will get some inspiration, education and if you have already been there, you will definitely resonate with some of these conversations!

Prepare for postpartum. Set yourself up to have a better experience.

Share your experience. What one thing did you wish you knew before you got to postpartum?

This Monday at 9:30am. . .

Gentle movement.
Breath work.
Mindfulness.
Crystal bowls.
Calm.
Ease.

7 years ago today I had such a healing birth with my amazing midwife

My prior birth caused so much trauma but launched me into the work I do today.

I wish that with my first that I was more educated and prepared. (And supported!)

But with my 2nd, nearly 6 years later, I sure was! I had an amazing birth team, a birth doula, an acupuncturist who really helped things along, I was prepared for postpartum, and I had done the work to mentally be ready for birth.

It was a great, lovely, sweet, empowering experience.

I am not saying you have to have a home birth to have a good experience but you have to do the work and find your people. You need to trust your care providers and know your options.

Do the work, it will make your experience so much better. And your experience during pregnancy, birth and postpartum matter. They shape your pregnancy journey and who you are and what you carry with you.

Looking to cultivate more ease in your life?

Need a few hours to get away and just connect to yourself and what it is you really want?

Grab a friend, and join us this Friday for a night of Desire Mapping, getting clarity on your goals and desires while starting to understand how you can easily create more ease in your life. Because honestly, it can be easier? And why can we not just let it be easy more often than not?!

Massage me to get $5 off!

Just a little reminder.

Tag *that* friend 💛💛

Image from the new Unfold Affirmation deck. Available oh so soon!!

Last month of the year.

Here is your reminder: find your calm even in the chaos.

From the Unfold Affirmation deck

Preparing for the New year as a business owner can be both really exciting and really daunting. I created this group so it can feel energizing and exciting. Having support, accountability and guidance from a group of like minded businesses owners can help you begin the new year with a bang while also helping you foster real connections that can help you and your business grow.

Visit unfoldmotherhood.com/mastermind for more details or message me.

A reminder.

From the Unfold Affirmation deck available soon!

A gentle reminder.

From: the Unfold Affirmation Deck 😍
Which will be available soon.

As a birth partner or support person it is your job to ask all the questions. A lot of times mom is not in the head space to really understand what is being said or happening.

➡️ Ask lots of questions, get clarity and dont be embarrassed to keep asking questions until you understand.

➡️ Not sure what to ask? Use your BRAIN
Benefits?
Risks?
Alternatives?
Intuition...
Need more time to decide?

➡️ It can also be helpful to repeat things the care provider says or what they want to do (“the nurse is here she would like to check your temperature”), to mom.

➡️ And do not ask mom questions during a contraction. Wait till it is over to ask questions or have her do something.

✨ Want more tips on how to support mom during labor? ✨

➡️ My next Prenatal Partner Workshops are Saturday, November 5th and December 3rd. Space is limited and these workshops will fill up. You can take them anytime during pregnancy.

This is my mantra.

We tend to make everything so much harder than it needs to be.

Keep it simple. Let it be easy and there you can also find some ease.

How can you apply this to your life?

Ps: this is a future affirmation card too!!!

10 years ago….we were putting down the flooring in the yoga studio! That feels bitter sweet, but it is also pretty amazing to have literally built an amazing community out of nothing. An entire decade of Unfold! A simple space that blossomed into so much more.

I love that this community still exists, is still growing and flourishing in its owns ways. I am leaning into the fact that I do not need a space as I start to navigate what the next year has in store.

I am just proud of what I have created and how this community has used these offerings to grow, flourish and find connections.

As I look back on a decade of my work and forward to a new year and so many new adventures, know that I am really thankful for you, your support, your energy and your friendship. 💛

I hope you find inspiration and follow your goals and dreams and trust your gut. Who knows where it will lead you!

No matter what life stage you are in, you are your own best advocate.

Advocating for yourself is so important. During pregnancy and in all phases of life, for yourself and for your children.

Education is key. Because if you do not know your options you do not have any.

How have you had to advocate for yourself or someone close to you?
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Take a deep breath, and as you exhale let it all go.

Release, tension, tightness, worry.

Let go with each breath you take.

Repeat as many times as you need, any time you need.

Can’t take the whole series?! Drop-in is now available!! Save your spot for a very relaxing evening. Tuesdays at 7pm in September.

This was a great chat about empowered motherhood, pregnancy and birth! Highly encourage that you check this one out. We talked pelvic floor and the yoga of motherhood.

Things look different during motherhood, we have to adapt and modify but also keep taking care of ourself and be our biggest advocate on this journey.

The video can be found on our page.

Affirmations are powerful tools for all life phases. They are also exceptional tools for pregnancy or birth.

With practice they bring a sense of calm, ease and peace. They can help you Reduce fear and tension so you can have a better pregnancy and birth experience. I also love to encourage my postpartum clients to use them. (They are just pretty great!).

What is your favorite affirmation? Birth related or not.

This is important.
Do not wait to figure it out when you get there.
Prepare before you get there so you can have a smoother transition into parenthood.
Cause postpartum is soooo challenging, you cannot wing it.

Feel like you need extra help? I offer an online course to help you prep or we can do a 1:1 with you and your support person.

Done it before? What tips do you have to share?

2 years…. 2 years ago I closed the yoga studio after 8 amazing years. Looking back it was the best decision for the times but it was one of the hardest things.

So much has shifted in the last 2 years and honestly it has felt like so much longer than 2 years 😂 for me, closing those doors opened many other doors (almost too many!).

While I miss this space and all the lovely people who filled it, I am thankful so many of you are still a part of what I do 💛

This is your reminder that you can do hard things. 💪

As a support person. Taking a childbirth is great, but most of them are missing a little something. This class fills in that missing piece and gives the support person confidence in supporting the birthing person throughout pregnancy AND birth.

I have been offering my prenatal partner workshop for a decade and it is always my most popular workshop. It is fun, hands on and a great way to connect to your partner as you move through the journey of pregnancy.

Next one is July 23. Message me to get on the wait list for August.

Im back!! We took a work trip, I turned 40, got Covid and then sprained my ankle. 😂 that is enough for one month in my book.

As I am feeling better on all fronts I am left thinking what’s next? I have been doing this work for 10 years and am having an itch to try other things, expand some offerings, let go of others. But I’m just not sure of anything yet. And that is okay. I am going to be in a space of in between for a bit. We all end up here sometimes. My goal is that I don’t force myself into anything that I do not want to be doing. I hope that’s your goal too.

My current mantra is: let it be easy. I’m not going to make anything harder than it needs to be and I am going to work on finding flow.

Flow is where it’s at! Let’s go find our flow together!

My kiddo is starting a reading club this summer. She is leading it herself (with a tiny bit of help from me 😊) she will be leading short meditations and they will be discussing a book. If you have a kid who wants to join email me and I will send you the info. 🥳