Therapy For Moms (Formerly Healing After Birth)

In today's episode I interviewed Jennifer Lang. A mama of two and a mindfulness coach. Although it had been a while since I have recorded a podcast episode, I felt eager to share this one with all of you. Jennifer reached out to share her Regulated Mama course with me. I was immediately drawn to Jennifer's down to earth, approachable, and relatable content.

I've been wanting for moms to have access to a program that helps them learn foundational skills for emotional regulation to support mental health. Hence why I was drawn to The Regulated Mama.

I decided to record my interview with Jennifer so that you, the listener, can get a good sense of the quality of instruction and presence that Jennifer brings.

We talk about her journey to becoming a mama and how she 'lost access to her tools' as a former dedicated yogi who had a solid meditation practice. She lost this practice after the birth of her children. We spoke about birth trauma and her journey of recovery.

As well, Jennifer guided me through a practice to identify your 'baseline breath'. This practice is something you can do and in 5 min, I felt regulated and calm.

Full transparency: I decided to partner with Jennifer Lang to help her promote her course. You can purchase her program at 50% using the link below.

Her course is affordable (less than a therapy session), digestible, and offers bite-sized exercises that any mom can do throughout the day (with baby and child in arms).

The Regulated Mama is a mindfulness and self-regulation program tailored specifically for mothers, designed to empower them with practical tools to support mental and emotional well-being.

With a background in trauma support, mental health, chronic pain management, brain injury rehabilitation, yoga, and meditation, I developed this course to offer mothers accessible, trauma-informed practices that can be easily integrated into busy routines to help manage anxiety, lift mood, and cultivate a sense of calm and presence.

Here’s what the course provides:

• Self-regulation and grounding tools to support calm during challenging moments,

• Mindfulness practices to help manage anxiety and elevate mood,

• Simple techniques to create moments of presence amidst the demands of motherhood.

In this episode Jennifer walks you through a Loving Kindness meditation from ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) that was adapted from the Buddhist Loving Kindness meditation. You are encouraged to drop into a calm quiet space to let this guided process increase qualities of compassion and friendliness towards others, self, and those you have difficulty with. Jennifer closes with a small challenge: To practice this meditation everyday for a week and pay attention to the quality of your relationships afterwards. 

In this episode of Fearless Friday Jennifer shares with you why ASK Therapy removed their presence from social media.

Jennifer highlights 4 points that informed this decision, and how it was also about mental health. Choosing an unconventional path to build a business and market, without social media, is a fearless decision to make during a time when social media is touted as the dominant way to market and grow your business in today's technocracy.

In today's Mindful Monday episode, Jennifer guides you through a mini teaching about the foundational R's that help you 'do life well'. She prepares you to connect with your breath by introducing you to an orienting exercise to build emotional safety and she closes with a mindful exercise to tune into your breath as your friend.

In today's Mindful Monday episode Jennifer discusses what Dan Siegel calls 'flipping your lid' and the somatic experiencing acronym TIMES for emotional and mental regulation. You will be guided through a we exercise of TIMES. Even though you are invited to pay attention and notice each 'letter' as a separate embodied experience, the idea with this exercise is to practice changing 'channels'. So if you find yourself distracted and activated in one 'channel' of awareness you can learn how to dial into another area of focus, to shift attention.