Well, that's a thing. I mean, yes, I mean, we're always searching for the next, right? We're always searching for the next goal. But really, what you've just accomplished and what you've just achieved, producing a human being

inside your body and giving birth to it

is the ultimate, ultimate role for a female.

So let's kind of take the time to celebrate that and be so grateful for that move like that grand gesture From the Westin A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for

Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the healing arts.

We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom

to help you achieve optimal health. Hey, Helda here! The first 40 days after childbirth are unlike any other. It's a time of amazing intensity and massive

adjustment. In many cultures around the world there are wise traditions to

help the young mother and baby navigate this time period.

This is episode 259 and our guest today is Han O, the author of the first 40 days and awakening

fertility and the founder of Mother Bees, a food and lifestyle

company dedicated to nourishing a woman through conception, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

Today Han gives us insights on how to best nourish the postpartum

mom in every sense of the word nourish. She discusses worldwide traditions for the first

40 days that include foods to rebuild the mother's life energy,

creating a safe place for warmth and rest, the power of ritual and much more.

Before we get into the conversation, I want to personally invite you to the Wise Traditions

Conference in Atlanta this November the 13th to the 16th.

I simply cannot wait for this conference.

I think it is one of the few alternative health

conferences taking place between now and the end of the year. So come join us. The

list of speakers is amazing. It includes Dr. Tom Cowan, Sally Fallon Morel,

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