Postpartum University® Podcast
Top-Ranked Podcast for Postpartum Care Providers in Nutrition + Holistic Care
The current postpartum care model is failing—leaving countless mothers facing postpartum depression, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, and autoimmune issues. For providers, the call is clear: advanced, root-cause care is essential to real healing.
The Postpartum University® Podcast is the trusted resource for professionals committed to elevating postpartum support. Hosted by Maranda Bower—a medical researcher, author, mom of 4, and the founder of Postpartum University®—each episode delivers powerful insights into functional nutrition, hormonal health, and holistic practices for treating postpartum issues at the root. This podcast bridges the gaps left by Western medical education, empowering providers to support their clients with individualized, science-backed, and traditional-aligned solutions.
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Episodes
241 episodes
Postpartum Gut Health and The Mother-Baby Microbiome | Anu Simh EP 239
Postpartum providers, let's be direct: Your clients are exhausted, anxious, and let down by the current system.This episode with functional health expert Anu Simh gives you the unfiltered truth about postpartum recovery. We're des...
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The Invisible Mental Load - Why Mothers Are Breaking Down EP 238
Your postpartum clients aren't just "busy"—they're breaking down. Here's the truth your assessments are missing: The invisible mental load is a chronic state of cognitive overload that's hijacking her body. This isn't ...
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Making Postpartum Beautiful | Courtney Boylan EP 237
This episode rips into the postpartum care crisis and why the current system fails new mothers. Maranda hosts Courtney Boylan, founder of Le Lolo, a brand dedicated to transforming sterile, clinical postpartum essentials into beautiful, functio...
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When It's Not Depression - Misdiagnosed Mental Health in Postpartum EP 236
There is a massive blind spot in perinatal mental health: the failure to investigate root causes. This episode is a fierce wake-up call. Postpartum professionals, stop watching new moms get a PPD/PPA label when their body is ...
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From Isolation to Collaboration: Building Your Postpartum Provider Community | Brooke Harmer EP 235
In a world of fragmented perinatal, postpartum and maternal care, collaboration is a radical act of healing. This episode challenges the status quo by diving into a conversation with perinatal nutrition expert Brooke Harmer, ...
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The 5 Sciences of Postpartum Nutrition (It's Not Just Nutrition) EP 234
The truth about postpartum nutrition goes way beyond kale smoothies and multivitamins. For too long, women's healthcare has failed mothers, leaving them to seek answers from online influencers and fads. But as a provider, you're ready to...
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Is It Postpartum or Perimenopause? | Lauren Tetenbaum EP 233
As a postpartum professional you've likely seen the confusing overlap between postpartum and perimenopause, especially with women having babies later in life. Our conventional medical system treats these two distinct phases a...
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Sacred Meets Science: The Real Reason Providers Enter Postpartum Care EP 232
For so many postpartum care providers—from doulas and lactation consultants to doctors and therapists—the journey into this field is less of a convenient career path and often, more of a spiritual calling based on deeply personal expe...
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5 Things Every Postpartum Provider Wishes They Learned in School EP 231
If you’ve ever felt like your professional training left you unprepared for the realities of postpartum care, you’re not alone. This episode tackles the massive gaps in our education system that leave perinatal professionals—...
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Regulating the Postpartum Nervous System | Ja'Neen Jenkins EP 230
What if the current "broken" postpartum care system isn't really broken... but just incomplete?Maranda sits down with Ja’Neen Jenkins, a licensed professional counselor, certified childbirth educ...
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We Took the Postpartum Nutrition Certification & Here’s What Happened EP 229
What does it really take to be a postpartum professional who delivers results? In this powerful behind the scenes episode, Maranda sits down with 2 CPPNS, Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialists; Brooke Harmer and McKayla ...
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The Postpartum Restoration Method™ EP 228
If you've felt the current postpartum care system isn't enough, leaving new moms struggling with postpartum depression, anxiety, or autoimmune conditions, this episode is for you. Maranda unveils her Postpartum Restoration Method™. It's not a q...
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Does Breastfeeding Cause Postpartum Depression? EP 227
Let's get real about a conversation that's been making waves and honestly, stirring up a lot of confusion: Does breastfeeding cause postpartum depression (PPD)?If you've been working with new mothers or navigating the postpartum j...
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The Link Between Labor & Birth Medications and Postpartum Depression EP 226
This episode cuts straight to the core, revealing how common birth medications—Pitocin, epidurals, and antibiotics—are directly connected to this surge in postpartum mental health crises. Postpartum providers and advocates: You know...
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Postpartum Truths: Transforming Care When Modern Medicine Fails Moms | Janelle Lara EP 225
As postpartum providers, we're seeing it: new moms are struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety at epidemic rates—now affecting 1 in 3 women. This isn't normal; it's the number one complication of childbirth, and our current pos...
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The Postpartum "Mom" Brain: Understanding & Supporting The Rewiring Process EP 224
Ever wonder why your postpartum clients feel like they're in a fog, forgetful, or just plain different? It's not just "mom brain" as we know it. In this eye-opening episode, we’re completely shifting th...
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Healing the Healers: Stories of Motherhood, Burnout & Postpartum Mental Health | Corina Fitch EP 223
If you're a postpartum provider, you know the juggle: supporting new moms while often navigating your own intense motherhood journey, battling burnout, and feeling stretched thin. This episode gets real with midwife Corina Fitch & Maranda w...
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The Truth About Postnatal Supplements: What to Recommend or Avoid EP 222
As a postpartum provider, functional health practitioner, and perinatal nutritionist, you're likely being asked daily: "What's the best postnatal vitamin?" But here's the uncomfortable truth: the supplement market, especially for postpartum nut...
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The Neurological Impact of Birth Trauma | Dr. Maya Weir EP 221
Ever had a gut feeling that your client's postpartum depression or anxiety wasn't just about hormones? What if the real root is an unspoken birth experience, a wound that's been hiding in plain sight? This episode ...
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What Happens to Dads After Baby? The Science Behind "Dad Brain" EP 220
Dad brain is real: Men's brains change after baby arrives too!Ever wonder what happens to dads when a new baby enters the picture? We all know about the wild ride moms go through, but what about the silent, powerful trans...
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26:39
The Science of Matrescence | Jessie Harrold EP 219
As a postpartum provider or professional, it can feel like the standard "bounce back" narrative after birth just doesn't quite capture the profound shifts your clients are experiencing and you sense a deeper transformation happening beyon...
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The Link Between Hormonal Birth Control and Postpartum Depression EP 218
Providers, let's challenge the standard 6-week checkup and the conversation around "default birth control". What if it's not just "standard care" but a MAJOR factor in the rise of postpartum depression and anxiety we're seeing? Is <...
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The Urgent Reality of Postpartum Psychosis | Aaisha Alvi EP 217
Think postpartum psychosis is just a scary headline? Think again. This powerful episode pulls back the curtain on a condition too often misunderstood and dangerously dismissed. Join us as we listen to Aaisha Alvi, a postpartum psychosis awarene...
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Postpartum Depression Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis EP 216
What if postpartum depression isn’t the problem itself… but a symptom of something much deeper? This episode is going to make you rethink everything you know about postpartum depression. Something fixable? I'm breaking ...
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How to Differentiate Between Postpartum Anxiety vs. Normal Motherly Worries | Kathryn Lopez EP 215
Ever wonder if what a new mom is feeling is just "mom worry" or something more like postpartum anxiety? Maranda and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and perinatal mental health specialist, Kathryn Lopez, break it down i...
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