EP54: Heng Ou, author of the First Forty, on Slowing Down and Embracing Discomfort to Find Growth.

What She Shares:      Her varied birth and postpartum experiences      Learning about nourishing food from her family      Becoming a single mom of three and reweaving herself What You'll Hear:      The importance of practicing receiving and recognizing when we're depleted      Ways to slow down and reflect on your feelings so they don't accumulate and overwhelm      Approaching life from a point of maintaining vitality and attending to yourself      Embracing the simplicity of care      Respecting the true pace of the body and nervous system to truly be resourced      How different postpartum experiences affect your health      Caring for yourself during your menstrual cycle can help fortify your health      Finding her medicine and following it      Reconfiguring the meaning of 'family'      Embracing passions outside of our jobs to bring fulfillment      Recognizing that we cannot attend to every need or desire      Allowing space and flow in postpartum, and knowing that re-opening takes time and patience      All our stories are unique, but many of the feelings are similar