It takes a village

In this episode, Anja talks about the importance of the village — about the blessing of being carried through the first tough weeks of parenthood, when the baby is teething, feverish, or sick, and why parenting was never meant to be a task for the nuclear family alone. She shares her own experience of being surrounded and supported after birth and connects it to cultural traditions from around the world where mothers are intentionally carried and cared for.