Pre- and Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition with Susan Staley

You can purchase the recording of Susan’s knowledge share on Pre- & Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition on Earth Body!

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Welcome to Earth Body Podcast. Each week, we feature conversations, stories, and essays exploring cyclical wisdom in the modern world.

Today, we're talking about pre- & postpartum herbs & nutrition with clinical herbalist Susan Staley.

KEY MOMENTS:

0:39 - What brought Susan to this work
2:18 - The nutritional goals for those looking to conceive in the next few months versus the next few years
3:26 - Guiding principles for building up vitality
5:10 - Herbs for pre- & postpartum
8:56 - Herbs & emotional life through the pre- to postpartum journey
10:12 - Key foods for pre & postpartum
13:57 - What do you wish more people knew about pre- & postpartum nutrition?

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Susan Staley is a clinical herbalist with a focus on relationship to food and nourishment in today’s world. Her work is informed by the human experience, traditional wisdom, contemporary literature, and of course, the earth. Tea is Susan’s absolute favorite way to share and work with herbs. She believes tea can change a person’s life. With over 10 years of clinical experience, she began formal study of herbs and plant medicine in 2009 and nutrition in 2004. She is a founder of Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT. Susan lives outside of Portland, ME with her husband and toddler. She has a love for the ancient world and days past, eating with loved ones, being outside and the wisdom of the human heart. You can find her improving her meal prep skills, trying to make time to paint and washing dishes. Susan hopes to build a hoop house for winter greens and help increase interest and accessibility of herbs in her community.

Relevant links:

• Standing Land

• Lily Nichols, RDN CDE

• Recording of class available for purchase: Body of Abundance: Pre- and Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition with Susan Staley

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Episode recorded, mixed, and produced by Kate Douglas

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.