In this episode we covered：
My aunts background in Iran
What it’s like to age beyond years my aunt thought she would live
What it was like in Iran after the revolution
Who are Baha’is and what are their beliefs?
How my aunt was personally affected by being a Baha’i after the revolution in Iran
What it was like for my aunt to mother after grief and a traumatic event
What it was like for my aunt to live in a third world country
What it was like living and mothering in Malawi as an expat
What it was like to mother without a mother
Dreams that my aunt had of her parents during her mothering
My aunt sharing her experiences as a therapist
The one client that just couldn’t kick out of her office
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Quote A Mom shared about motherhood
The unique relationship I have with A Mom
The challenges that ensued after birth
Statistics of perinatal mood disorders
What got A Mom hospitalized for perinatal mood disorder
The shocking number of hospital beds available for perinatal mood disorders
How do you know you have a perinatal mood disorder
The important lesson of learning to drop breastfeeding in favour of moms mental health
What it was like for A Mom to be in a 7-day perinatal mood disorder program
When A Mom realized she was back
The yoga class that changed A Mom life
How loving yourself during hard times is what brings you back to centre
How no body focuses on the mom after birth
What A Mom message is to other women who have perinatal mood disorders
How A Mom prepared for her second birth
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What it was like for my sister-in-law to be a first-time mom
The best decision she made about breast feeding
How I learned to get on board with my sister-in-law’s decision
How my sister-in-law coped with lack of sleep
The trade-off people make during motherhood
What it was like for my sister-in-law to have a second-baby
The incredible birth story of the second birth
What breast feeding was like second time around
How my sister-in-law instills virtues in my nephews
Activities you can do with your kids to instill virtues
My sister-in-laws perspective on how to raise boys that will become gentlemen
What I learned about healing my own inner masculine
One of the most un-conventional decision’s my sister-in-law made after second baby came
Our relationship with the male counterpart
How do masculine and feminine energies come to the fore with toys
The advice my sister-in-law had for me
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How I almost died when I was one years old
Importance of knowing your Human Design energy types
Why my parents decided to put their kids in a Chinese local school
Why my mom put me in kindergarden after starting Grade 1 in China
How my brothers adapted in Chinese school compared to me
That time when the principle called my mom to come to the school
How my siblings and I were when we were teenagers
The only time I lied to my mom
How I shaped my mom as a mother
The timeless yogic principle about parents
How we helped each other see the purpose of our lives
What my mom has found the most rewarding being a mother
What my parents decided before they had kids
My mothers advice to other moms about believing in their own intuition
Perspective on why some women are miserable in motherhood
Bonus of my mom reading my favourite children’s book for my audience :)
Read moreThe YAM Podcast was born out of a request from 31 one interviews that we did with women from around the world for a product we wanted to create called The Mama’s Daily Comfort Toolkit. These women interviewed were from 12 countries and 25 different cities, nearly one woman per new city, where we ask them the question of “What brings them comfort?”
Read moreThe YAM Podcast is a podcast dedicated to mothers, mothering and their journeys. It launched on September 9th, 2022. You can expect a new episode every Thursdays! Feel free to e-mail us at yogiavecmoi@gmail.com to let us know any topics or guest speakers you'd like us to have on!
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