Taking Up Space Postpartum

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03/14/22 • 20 min

There’s so much pressure after having a baby to look like you didn’t have a baby. Even though you definitely just had a baby. We are supposed to bounce, snap, fit right back into our old jeans and our old lives when everything about us is new. In this week’s episode Alissa shares about how we can reframe our experience of taking up more space, being held more fiercely by gravity, and owning our mom bods can change our experience. And hopefully influence societal expectations, pressures, and ideals placed on women’s postpartum bodies. To learn more about Alissa, what she does, and why she does it, visit www.alissaalter.com and follow her on IG: @alissaalter

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