A Letter to the Mother Who Has a Love/Hate Relationship with Her Postpartum Body
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Hi friends. I hope your week is off to a great start. It has been a week here at the Langr house. Between three specialist appointments, six different therapies, preschool, and grocery shopping, I’m looking forward to a beautifully quiet weekend, a craft beer with Joseph, and some introvert time that I have on the calendar Saturday morning.
I’m sitting here in a shockingly quiet house with both William and Ada snoozing away (after they got up at 5:50am this morning 🤪). In a few minutes we’ll head to pick up Maeve from preschool. But before I wrangle two two-year-olds into car seats and ask Maeve what snack she ate today, I wanted to send a new episode of Letters to Women your way.
But first, thank you for your support that makes moments like this possible for me. It’s such a gift and privilege to be able to work during this rare nap time doing what I truly love.
Paid subscribers get early access to episodes of my podcast, Letters to Women. Instead of waiting for the episodes to come out every other week, you get to press play as soon as I finish editing.
Today, I’m sending you early access to an episode won’t release until next week: “A Letter to the Mother Who Has a Love/Hate Relationship with Her Postpartum Body” featuring Shelby Hirschman! Shelby a nutrition therapist who specializes in intuitive eating, body acceptance, and recovery from chronic dieting and disordered eating.
In this first episode of the Letters to Mothers season we’re talking about a topic that so many of us are familiar with—body image. It’s a topic we’ve talked about on the show, but I wanted to revisit it with a specific focus on that experience as mothers.
Shelby and I are talking about postpartum discomfort, the societal pressure to “bounce back” and why that isn’t helpful for us as women, and some actual practical behaviors and tools to put into place that I think can be a huge help.
If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and felt frustrated, uncomfortable, disappointed, or unattractive, this letter is for you.
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