109: Body image issues many moms face & how to accept your own beauty with personal trainer mom Meghan Barrett

109: Body image issues many moms face & how to accept your own beauty with personal trainer mom Meghan Barrett
 

Episode Description

So many mamas I've spoken to since I began this motherhood podcast have dealt with body and confidence issues since becoming a mom.

It is common, but do we all have to put ourselves through it?

What can we do to accept our bodies postpartum? 

Meghan Barrett, today's guest mama and personal trainer, is going to speak to us about her own struggle with body acceptance and

how she's gotten on the other side of it.

She is also going to share her experience with a bladder prolapse and how that affected her physical and mental wellness postpartum. 

 

 

Take-aways:

  • Working from home during a pandemic

  • How Meghan is juggling entrepreneurship and two kids under 4 during a pandemic

  • How Meghan and I can both relate to being hard on ourselves in regards to body image postpartum

  • How being a stay at home mom can be hard on our former identity

  • How we don't all fit into one box 

  • Things we have done to accept our body

  • Meghan's experience with an unknown bladder prolapse

  • Some signs to look for if you may have a prolapse

  • Personal training and why it is so fulfilling for Meghan 

  • How to get motivated to work out during a pandemic

  • Why we should lift each other up as mamas no matter what position we find ourselves in 

Connect with Meghan:

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https://www.instagram.com/barrettfitnesscny/?hl=en