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April 15 2022

Postpartum Mindset, Crossfit & Running with Meredyth El-Amine

Carrie Pagliano Active Mom Podcast Meredith El-Amine, new mom advice, postpartum, Postpartum Pro, postpartum program, postpartum running

Today I am speaking with Meredyth El-Amine, a former behavior analyst, she is now the owner of South Arlington Fitness and Nutrition. She shares her experience about what she sees with moms returning to CrossFit after having a baby and they problems they may face. With her background in nutrition and fitness, Meredyth shares her top tips for postpartum professionals for how they can best help moms safely return to exercise postpartum.

With her background in movement and yoga, she has a unique perspective on the postpartum mindset. You don’t want to miss this interview!

We talk about:

-returning to CrossFit after having a baby

-adjustments to make when completing WODs

-commons is not always normal

-the athlete mindset and pushing to hard too fast

-fear in postpartum athletics

-staying within your scope of practice

-motivational interviewing to encourage collaboration

-taking ownership of your journey

Time Stamps

1:00 biggest problems with coaches and CrossFit postpartum

4:14 common mistakes moms make

6:28 having conversations pre-baby

7:20 top 3 tips for postpartum professionals

11:00 holistic coaching

13:28 looking for resonate voices

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH MEREDYTH

IG: https://www.instagram.com/liveloveyolifit/

Website: https://www.brazenfitness.com/

The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms’ Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you’re like me, you don’t have a lot of free time (heck, you’re probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)

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leveling up with brianna battles active mom postpartum podcst

April 8 2022

Leveling Up & Practicing Brave in Postpartum Coaching with Brianna Battles

Carrie Pagliano Active Mom Podcast Brianna Battles, community, new mom advice, postpartum, Postpartum Pro, postpartum program, postpartum running, Pregnancy a& Postpartum Athleticism

Today I am speaking with Brianna Battles, the Founder of Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism. She teaches fitness coaches and practitioners how to understand the needs of their pregnant and postpartum clients (and sometimes their own bodies) so they can go out and be the expert in their community. As a strength and conditioning coach, she realized there was a need for more resources for pregnant and postpartum athletes. She believes the biggest impact can be had when coaches are trained how to help moms regain their athleticism and is doing that through her coaching certification.

Brianna speaks how her experience as a mom and a coach has helped her reach coaches all over the world. You don’t want to miss this interview!

We talk about:

-Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism certification

-Spreading awareness of exercise during pregnancy and postpartum

-Embracing nuance

-Growing was a life-long athlete

-Adjusting training and expectations

-Surprises as an entrepreneur

-Evolving your game

Time Stamps

1:00 Introduction

3:05 business and motherhood