Motherhood isn’t easy. It comes with a lot of hard work, mentally and physically. The essential part is, you have to admit all the weaknesses and vulnerabilities that come with it because it’s the most important thing you can do for your child and for yourself. This week’s episode of the Curious Women Podcast features Amanda Radan, the herbalist at Tree Mama Herbals. She is a postpartum advocate who is passionate about natural and organic health and healing. She started the company in 2015, shortly after her first son was born. After experiencing postpartum depression and lasting postpartum anxiety, she turned to herbs to help herself heal. She now shares her herbal knowledge and helps other mothers through the postpartum stage. Throughout the conversation, we discuss Amanda's background, the postpartum phase, the shadow side of a mother, postpartum herbs, and more.
[01.40] Amanda’s background – Starting the conversation, Amanda briefs about her and what she does in Tree Mama Herbals to help mothers.
[06.55] Becoming a different person –Motherhood transforms you into a completely different person. Amanda shares how being a mother can change you physically and emotionally.
[13.52] Postpartum – Amanda explains postpartum according to her perspective and how she practices with her clients to figure out whom they are from the inside after becoming mothers.
[19.26] The shadow side of yourself – Amanda walks us through how you see the shadow side of yourself after becoming a mother.
[25.18] Merry Mother Concept – Amanda shares society’s expected mother role and how it cages mothers, not allowing them to show their emotions.
[30.19] Be vulnerable and honest – Amanda shares how normal it is to feel rage after being a mother and how to get help from people you love in that phase of life.
[36.11] Becoming beautiful and valuable – Amanda shares the way of becoming a whole new person of beauty and value by embracing all the broken parts after giving birth to a child.
[44.31] Herbs – Amanda recommends raspberry leaves, nettles, milky oat tops, fennel, and adaptogens as herbs that will help women in their postpartum phase, how to use them, and what effects they have.
Resources
Connect with Amanda:
Website - treemamaherbals.com/
Instagram - instagram.com/treemamaherbals/?hl=en
Podcast – podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holistic-life-for-moms/id1555186477?uo=4
Quotes
“Motherhood and mattresses in general, really kind of blows the top off of whom you thought you were and make you really see who you are.”
“The more you see it, the less scary it is.”
“Feelings come and go but you have to let them feel.”
“Becoming a mother is not an overnight sensation. It's a process.”
