643: Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo: Overcoming the Societal Neglect of Moms in Their 4th Trimester

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo the co-founder of Fourth Phase aftercare boxes that support women in their 4th Trimester after giving birth. She is a social entrepreneur and seasoned humanitarian with a strong commitment to advocating adequate and accessible health care for all under-resourced women, children, and families. Fifteen years prior, after her dad suffered a heart attack in Ghana, Nana founded African Health Now (AHN), a global public health organization, to provide information and access to primary and maternity health care to women, children, and families living across Sub-Saharan Africa. To date, her work with AHN has serviced over 30,000 people in Ghana and Nigeria who are in need of basic health services readily available in America. Before AHN and entering the world of non-profit work, Nana had a successful career in media, working for women's titles such as Honey, Suede, Essence, and Seventeen. Over the years, she has been repeatedly recognized for her philanthropic efforts, garnering multiple global awards. Nana speaks English and Twi, the latter a language native to Ghana. She and her husband are the proud parents of a beautiful, eight-year-old girl. When she’s not working on Fourth Phase, she is in DIY heaven making balloon garlands, resurfacing furniture, and watching HGTV. I immediately hit it off with Nana and want to go do DIY HGTV projects with her now! This conversation is as real and raw as they come. If your entrance into motherhood was not the stuff Instagram photos are made of, you will be able to deeply relate to Nana. Listen in to hear Nana share: Her journey into motherhood that defied every Instagram photo she had ever seen How her non profit in Ghana inspired her work in maternal health care globally How “fourth trimester” got added to the dictionary and why this is so important What the fourth trimester is in definition The massive gap of care for moms in the year after they give birth The missions of Fourth Phase as a social impact maternal wellness brand that helps moms heal, feel, be heard in their 4th trimester How Black moms are treated differently during and after childbirth How she courted her co-founder, Marcia Cole, and how they started Fourth Phase as a team Links mentioned: Shop Fourth Phase: fourthphasebox.com Fourth Phase on IG Nana on IG Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 643 with Nana Isson Akiwowo.
0:06.6	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 643.
0:18.2	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:22.2	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:28.1	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:34.2	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:37.2	So be sure to join us in our
0:38.5	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.8	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
1:02.0	Nana Isson Akiwo is the co-founder of Fourth Phase Aftercare Boxes that support women in their fourth trimester after giving birth. She is a social entrepreneur and seasoned humanitarian with a strong commitment to advocating adequate and accessible health care for all under-resourced women, children, and families.
1:12.2	15 years prior to starting fourth phase, after her dad suffered a heart attack in Ghana,
1:17.4	Nana founded African Health Now, a public global health organization to provide information
1:23.7	and access to primary and maternity health care to women, children, and families
1:28.4	living across sub-Saharan Africa. To date, her work with African Health Now has serviced over
1:34.0	30,000 people in Ghana and Nigeria who are in need of basic health care services readily available
1:39.8	in America. Before African Health Now and entering the world of nonprofit work, Nana had a successful
1:45.4	career in media, working for women's titles such as Honey, Suede, Essence, and 17. Over the years,
1:52.4	Nana has been repeatedly recognized for her philanthropic efforts, garnering multiple global awards.
1:59.6	Nana speaks English and Tui, the latter, a language native to Ghana,
2:03.8	and her husband and her are the parents of a beautiful eight-year-old girl. When she's not working on
2:08.7	fourth face, she is in DIY heaven, making balloon garlands, resurfacing furniture, and watching
2:14.2	HGTV. And I have to tell you, after doing this interview, I want to just
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