Learn how babies evolved to require an entire team of carers, not just one frazzled and exhausted mum! We dig deep into human evolution to understand why support is essential for new parents, and what we can to rebuild the village of support that has been eroded by the modern nuclear family structure.

I chat with Jenny Allison, acupuncturist and author of 'Golden Month, Caring for the World's Mothers after Childbirth'. Together we discuss the universal themes of postpartum care we have learnt through interviewing women all over the world. At the core of this conversation, we explore how community support in postpartum gifts mothers' empowerment, healing and transformation.

Rachelle Garcia Seliga is a Mother, Wife and Midwife. Rachelle's work is dedicated to midwifing a cultural shift - reclaiming personal authority, innate wisdom and the sanctity of life. Rachelle is the Creator and Director of INNATE Postpartum Care - Certification and Advanced Trainings, for birth and health care professionals globally. INNATE's trainings offer a template for the creation of postpartum wellness for Mothers and families, through holistically understanding postpartum physiology and psychology. All of Rachelle's work is mother-centered, because when Mothers thrive - families, communities and Planet thrive.

In this episode, I am joined by Entrepreneur and mother Layla B. Identifying as a soulful changemaker, Layla works as a traditional Moroccan postpartum trainer, business mentor, writer and philanthropist. Layla is dedicated to reviving, reclaiming and restoring sacred and ancient traditional Moroccan postpartum medicine. She supports heart-centred birth workers and women's wellness professionals to create impact, influence and income in a soulful business and life they love.