ANNIE CREE- Staying Active as Mom in the Mohawk Tribe

Send us Fan MailToday I speak with Annie Cree, a mother of director of outdoor programming for Iakwa'shatste Youth Fitness, and a member of the Mohawk Nation. Her goal is to to help encourage and motivate families with little ones to try new things. She created an activity book for Indigenous Sports and Wellness Ontario, in addition to providing an in-school running program to prepare students for the Ottowa Kids Marathon. Annie is a member of the Akwesasne Suicide Prevention Committee, and offers her services and support to their programs.  We chat about the differences between having kids in your 20’s versus your 30’s, and how finding activity, like hiking can be helpful for self-care and mental health in the postpartum period.  We talk about: -growing up in the Mohawk Nation -breaking cultural norms -self-care through activity -struggles with breastfeeding -growing a hiking group -carrier options for hiking  Time Stamps 1:00 introduction 3:55 generational pregnancy advice 6:45 differences with later pregnancies 9:10 finding hiking 11:53 reaching out after postpartum struggles 16:25 finding happiness in hiking 20:53 helping new hikers 26:25 rapid fire questions  CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com  CONNECT WITH ANNIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/anniecree/ Email: [email protected] Active Mom Podcast — a real mom's guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond, for active moms and the professionals who help them get there.Quick-hit conversations with moms, providers, and researchers... because you don't have a lot of free time (you're probably listening at 1.5x right now).Follow so you don't miss an episode. Rate & review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — it's how the next mom searching for these answers actually finds them. Share it with the friend who needs it.Questions or topic requests? DM me 💌