In the eighth episode of The Embodied Mommy Podcast, Alyssa Knapp and season one guest host, Jayme Rose Gray, are joined by Melissa Bowley to discuss finding support and building a community throughout the Motherhood journey. Melissa is the founder of The Flourish Fund, the only experiential baby registry focused on wellness essentials for mom and baby, self-care and support. The women talk about recognizing needs as mothers and bringing together resources, tools, and support to meet them. This episode will teach you how to prioritize and take care of yourself throughout your Motherhood journey.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Flourish Fund
• Recognizing a mother’s need for support
• Birth experiences
• Next level consciousness: soulpreneurs and mompreneurs
• Identifying and finding resources, tools, and support in the community
• Improving access to wellness; making it simple for people to become aware of resources, access the right ones, and pay for them
• Remodeling existing structures and making an impact now
• Facing and learning from adversity
• Understanding various perspectives
• Call-in versus call-out cultures
• Keeping an open mind
• Putting your health and wellness first, including spending money on yourself without feeling guilty
• Preventing things on the front end to drive better outcomes on the backend
• Understanding that we’re all individuals and honoring everyone in their path of wellness no matter what that looks like
• Working together towards success
• Meeting the needs of the family

Offers:

• The Flourish Fund Registry: https://www.theflourishfund.com/my-account/
• The Flourish Fund Providers: https://shop.theflourishfund.com/
• Alyssa’s Sessions: https://shop.theflourishfund.com/Alyssa-Knapp/

Keep in touch:

Alyssa

• Instagram: @embodiedmommy
• Website: https://www.integrativewellnessjourneys.com/
• Links: https://linktr.ee/theembodiedmommy

Jayme

• Instagram: @jaymerosegray @trackingnorthco
• Links: https://linktr.ee/jaymegray

Melissa

• Instagram: @theflourishfund @mel.bowley
• Website: https://www.theflourishfund.com/