Postpartum University® Podcast

The End of the Postpartum University® Podcast + What's Next EP 250

• Maranda Bower, Postpartum Nutrition Specialist

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This isn’t a farewell, it’s an evolution.

Let’s be honest, if you’re listening to this podcast, you know basic postpartum protocols are falling short for clients battling postpartum depression, PPA, and autoimmune conditions, which is why we aren’t quitting, we’re going deeper in a different way. 

Maranda is pausing the podcast because the weekly format became a cage, limiting the essential unconstrained research and complex arguments needed for deep root-cause analysis. She's making a deliberate shift to a long-form writing platform dedicated to giving you what you really need: comprehensive functional health frameworks and searchable, in-depth holistic maternal health resources. If you're ready to stop relying on surface-level fixes and access the next level of dignified, research-based postpartum provider education that truly heals, the revolution is about to unfold.

Check out this episode on the blog HERE. 

Key time stamps: 

  • 0:15: Acknowledging the failing care system and the urgent need for holistic root cause care.
  • 2:00: The podcast format is too limited for sharing complex health arguments.
  • 4:00: Why long-form writing offers superior depth and unconstrained research.
  • 5:30: The shift to a new, searchable writing platform for comprehensive resources.
  • 7:15: The continued growth of postpartum nutrition certification and perinatal mental health training.
  • 8:30: The final, crucial message: Question everything and trust the mother's body knowledge.


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The postpartum care system is failing, leaving countless mothers struggling with depression, anxiety, and autoimmune conditions. I'm Miranda Bower, and I've helped thousands of providers use holistic care practices to heal their clients at the root. Subscribe now and join us in addressing what modern medicine overlooks so that you can give your clients real lasting solutions for lifelong well-being. Welcome to the Postpartum University Podcast. I'm Miranda Bauer, and today, this is different. This is my final episode for now. Let me start by saying this isn't goodbye forever. The podcast isn't disappearing. Every single episode we've created together over these years will remain available as a resource, a reference, a source of knowledge for providers and mothers who need it. But I'm closing this chapter, and I absolutely want to tell you a little bit about why. I started this podcast in April 2021. It's almost four years ago. And in those four years, I haven't missed a single week. Not one. Not one. Not a single week in almost four years. Every single week, without fail, I have shown up here to share knowledge and challenge broken systems, educate providers, advocate for moms. And the response that we've been, you know, creating has been anything beyond what I have ever imagined. We've reached the top 3% of parenting podcasts globally. At times we were in the top two, hundreds of thousands of downloads. But more importantly, the messages in my inbox, the emails from providers saying that you changed how I practiced, the messages from moms saying that you helped me understand what was happening in my body, the stories of lives transformed, practices revolutionized, mothers finally getting the care they deserve. And I am so, so deeply grateful for everyone who has listened, for every provider who's taken these messages and used them to serve mothers better. For every mother who has felt validated, understood, and empowered by something shared here. This podcast has been one of the greatest honors of my professional life. But here's what I have been discovering over the past year, especially as I've been deep in writing my latest book. I love talking. I really do. These conversations we've we've had, like they've been meaningful and important. But I'm a writer. I've always been a writer. And writing brings me a different kind of joy, a different kind of clarity, a different kind of depth. When I'm speaking on a podcast, I'm limited. There's only so much that I can say in 20 or 30 minutes or even an hour. There's only so much depth that I can go before my voice starts cracking and giving out. And I have to edit myself constantly. I have to scale back. I have to simplify. And I've been feeling this limitation more and more in my newsletter. I'm limited by format and length expectations on social media. I'm limited by the platforms and the algorithms and the attention spans. But when I write, like really write, I can go as deep as I need to go. I can include all the research. I can build complex arguments. I can share nuanced perspectives. I can give you everything, not just the highlights. So this latest book I'm writing has reminded me of all of this. The process has been massive. So much work, so many hours, so much depth. But the joy that I have felt, the absolute joy of being able to fully explore ideas and to build comprehensive frameworks and to share everything I know without having to constantly edit and compress. And I've forgotten how much I love this, how much clearer my thinking becomes when I write, how much more I can serve when I'm not constrained by time limits or format restrictions. And I've realized I want to give you more. I want to give you deeper thoughts and more complete research and fuller explanations, more comprehensive resources. And I can't do that adequately in a weekly podcast format. Not anymore. Not with how much I have to share with you. So I am moving to a new platform for my primary content, a writing platform where I can share long form content, in-depth analysis, comprehensive resources. And as I'm recording this, it's not quite set up yet. By the time you hear this, it should be. And I hope, I truly hope that it will serve you even better than this podcast has. It will be easier to reference, easier to search, easier to go back to specific topics and dive deep. And you'll be able to spend as much or as little time as you want. Read a little, bookmark it, come back later, go down rabbit holes of research, explore connections between topics. It is so much easier to do in written form than it is in a podcast form. And this format is going to just let me serve you the way I want to serve you completely and comprehensively and without holding back. This podcast is not going away, though. Every episode will remain available. All the interviews, all the solo deep dives, all the conversations we've had, they're still here for you. So use them as resources, reference them as much as you can, share them with colleagues and clients who need to hear specific messages. Of course, the postpartum nutrition certification continues. The perenatal mental health training continues. All of our educational programs continue to grow. They are growing significantly. And I'm so, so grateful for all of you for all of that. I am not leaving this work. I am just changing how I share the depth of it with you. I need you to know how much this means to me. Every single download, every review, every message, every time someone told me an episode changed a practice or helped them understand their own postpartum experience. You've trusted me with your time, your attention, your openness to challenge ideas and uncomfortable truths. You've shown up week after week, even when the topics were hard, even when I was calling out broken systems, even when I was asking you to completely rethink how you approach postpartum care. That's trust. The willingness to learn and grow and challenge yourself. That has been the greatest gift. So to the providers who have implemented what you've learned here, thank you for being willing to serve mothers better, even when it means doing more, more work, more complexity, more going against conventional wisdom, which is so freaking hard. And to the mother who has listened and felt validated, thank you for trusting your instincts, for demanding better care, for knowing that you deserve more than what the current system offers. Our mission has not changed. We heal the mothers, we heal the world. That's still what drives everything I do, every certification program, every training, every piece of content I create. It's all in service of that mission. And mothers deserve comprehensive, holistic, research-based care that honors both science and traditional wisdom and their own lived experiences. And providers deserve education that goes beyond this surface level crap and these little protocols that our our current society world accepts as the real thing. And we deserve better. We all deserve better. All of us deserve a system that recognizes postpartum as that sacred, transformative, critical period that is not just six weeks to bounce back, but years of profound transition that shapes a woman's entire life. That mission continues. It's just in a different format. Of course, you can find all of my work at postpartum you the letter you.com. That's where you'll find information about certifications, trainings, and my latest writings. And of course, all the resources I have. My new writing platform is going to be linked here as well. So subscribe here and you'll get the kind of depth and comprehensive content I am excited to share with you. And of course, I'm still on social media. I'll be using it slightly differently, more as a way to direct you to the longer form content, trying to share like little snippets and pieces rather than like trying to compress like everything into these tiny, tiny posts. So all of that work continues, the mission continues, the revolution in postpartum care continues. I'm just changing the medium to serve you better. If there's one thing I want you to take from these years of podcast episodes, it's this question everything. Don't accept that's just how it is, or that's what the research says, or that standard protocol. Dig deeper, ask why, look at the whole picture, science and tradition and wisdom and women's lived experience. Trust moms, believe them when they say something isn't right, honor their knowledge of their own bodies, and never ever accept that maternal suffering is inevitable or normal. When mothers tell us they're struggling, that's not a sign of weakness or failure. That's information. That's the body telling us it needs more support. Our job as providers is to listen, to investigate, to support, not to dismiss or minimize or pathologize. This is goodbye. This is see you in the next chapter. Thank you so much for the incredible years. Thank you for every listen and share and message and every life changed. Thank you for caring about mothers. Thank you for wanting to serve them better. Thank you for being a part of this revolution in postpartum care. I'll see you on the other side. I'll see you in a format where I can give you everything to share without limits, without constraints. I will see you in the certifications and trainings because the mothers deserve that depth. Providers deserve that depth. And this work deserves the space to be fully expressed. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. When we heal mothers, we heal the world. And that work continues. Thanks so much for being a part of this crucial conversation. I know you're dedicated to advancing postpartum care. And if you're ready to dig deeper, come and join us on our newsletter where I share exclusive insights, resources, and the latest tools to help you make a lasting impact on postpartum health. Sign up at postpartum you thetter you.com, which is in the show notes. And if you found today's episode valuable, please leave a review to help us reach more providers like you. Together, we're building a future where mothers are fully supported and thriving.

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Maranda Bower

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