Ep235: Demystifying Parenting with Sharon Mazel
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The blessing and curse of living in the digital age is the overwhelming amount of information. How are you supposed to know what’s reliable and what’s not? It can feel paralyzing to have every fact at our fingertips. Fortunately, you’ve got experts like myself and Sharon Mazel to help cut through the noise.
Sharon is an internationally recognized parenting and pregnancy expert, author, journalist, speaker, parenting coach, and mom of four with over 25 years experience in the field. She wrote her new book, Bite-Size Parenting: Your Baby's First Year, to distill all of that content down to what you really need for baby’s first year!
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- Why modern parenting feels so overwhelming
- How to tell if information is trustworthy
- What to expect from baby in the first few weeks
- Which parenting rules are actually myths
- How you can stimulate baby’s growing mind
- When to start reading to your baby
- How to balance your personal identity and your role as a parent
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| 0:00.0 | You are going to learn some great parenting advice in this episode with Sharon Mazzle. |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board |
| 0:18.3 | certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years. |
| 0:22.6 | I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm here to help |
| 0:28.0 | you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth. |
| 0:34.3 | Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for |
| 0:39.3 | medical advice. Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer. |
| 0:45.2 | Now let's get to it. |
| 0:50.5 | Pregnancy can be overwhelming, but your inbox doesn't have to be. |
| 0:56.0 | The Birth with Power Brief is my free weekly newsletter with expert tips, real talk, and |
| 1:02.4 | support you can actually use. |
| 1:05.7 | No pressure, no preachy advice, just a breath of fresh air in your inbox every Thursday. |
| 1:12.9 | Come join me at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. |
| 1:18.3 | Hello there. |
| 1:19.5 | Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:21.9 | This is episode number 235, whether you're a new listener or a returning listener. I'm so glad you're spending |
| 1:29.4 | some time with me today. Sharon Mazzle is an internationally recognized parenting and |
| 1:35.9 | pregnancy expert, author, journalist, speaker, parenting coach, and mom of four with over 25 |
| 1:43.4 | years experience in the field. Sharon reaches |
| 1:47.1 | hundreds of thousands of new and expected parents with her popular parenting and pregnancy |
| 1:52.7 | guidance on social media, parenting coaching, digital resources, and parenting courses. |
| 1:59.1 | Sharon's social media has been called one of the most educational IG accounts for new |
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