The BIRTHFIT Podcast

This episode is for the mama building a business with a baby on her hip. She feels pulled between being fully present and chasing the calling she can't shake. Dr. Lindsey shares what a real week of mothering and building looks like, why the "slow down vs. quantum leap" tension is a nervous system conversation, and how faith reframed her work as an act of love for her family rather than time stolen from it. In this episode: What entrepreneurship really looks like with a little one: pivoting time blocks, tilting the screen to nurse, and toddler cameos mid-Zoom Why flexibility is a skill you train with reps, and why needing to pivot doesn't mean you planned wrong The "time illusion": wanting to slow down and quantum leap at the same time, and how regulation helps you hold both Proverbs 31 read with entrepreneur eyes, and why presence and purpose are part of the same assignment from God What Lindsey wants her daughter to see: a mom who shows up, builds forward, rests, and trusts God with what she can't control Four simple practices for keeping work and motherhood in balance ★ JOIN THE FREE MONTHLY WEBINAR ★ Stop Guessing: 3 Real Pregnancy & Postpartum Cases, Solved Live Fourth Tuesday of every month, 11am Central Next webinar: Tuesday, Dec 15th at 11am CST Live only, no replay. Save your seat HERE.    Mentioned in this episode: Proverbs 31:10–31 The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30) Work with BIRTHFIT: Coach Accelerator Program BIRTHFIT Certification waitlist  

Mom and baby don't have two separate stress systems. They share one, with the placenta as the gatekeeper. Dr. Lindsey walks through how the placenta buffers mom's cortisol, the "placental clock" that helps set the timing of birth, and why chronic stress matters more than a hard day. Then she brings in midwife Robin Lim's Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra, along with her own take on cord timing and honoring the placenta as baby's guardian angel. Sources: Togher KL et al. Epigenetics. 2014 McLean M et al. Nat Med. 1995 Sandman CA et al. Peptides. 2006 ACOG Committee Opinion No. 814, 2020 Lim R. Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra   Get Involved Get the BIRTHFIT newsletter: Weekly education, science meets hippie, straight to your inbox. BIRTHFIT Coach Accelerator: For coaches and practitioners ready to start supporting pregnant and postpartum women with confidence. BIRTHFIT Certification Waitlist: Our Lifestyle Medicine Certification for Practitioners opens again in February 2027. Join the waitlist to be first in.

"Keep your heart rate under 140" is still one of the most common things pregnant women hear. In this episode, Dr. Lindsey covers where the number came from in 1985, why ACOG dropped it in 1994, and why it quietly showed up again in 2020. She explains why heart rate is a shaky gauge in pregnancy and shares four better tools: the talk test, perceived exertion, heart rate trends, and HRV.   Sources: Evenson KR, Hesketh KR. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2021 ACOG Committee Opinion No. 804, 2020 Bauer PW et al. J Womens Health. 2010 2019 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity Throughout Pregnancy, Br J Sports Med   Get Involved Get the BIRTHFIT newsletter: Weekly education, science meets hippie, straight to your inbox. BIRTHFIT Coach Accelerator: For coaches and practitioners ready to start supporting pregnant and postpartum women with confidence. BIRTHFIT Certification Waitlist: Our Lifestyle Medicine Certification for Practitioners opens again in February 2027. Join the waitlist to be first in.

The Village Used to Be the Default For almost all of human history, no mother raised a baby alone. Grandmothers, aunties, neighbors and other mothers all pitched in, and cultures around the world built rest and care into the postpartum season. Somewhere along the way, the village became optional, and then it disappeared from view. The need for it never went away.   In this episode, Dr. Lindsey covers where the village went, what isolation costs mothers in pregnancy and postpartum, and four practical ways to rebuild your village on purpose, starting this week.   In this episode: Why humans were built to raise babies with many hands Postpartum traditions from around the world that protected new mothers How isolation affects a mother's stress, sleep, healing and mood How to map your village and make specific asks before you need them How chiropractors and gym owners can cultivate the village where they work Join the BIRTHFIT Newsletter Get on the Certification Waitlist

In this episode, Dr. Lindsey discusses three case questions that were submitted recently. She gets into a career change into birth work, round ligament discomfort, and pain in feet at the top of the second trimester. Listen to this episode to hear how Dr. Lindsey approached these cases.    Certification Waitlist

How Full Is Your Cup, Really? You're doing all the "right" things: the workouts, the supplements, the birth prep. So why do you feel wired at night, drained all day, and one spilled cup away from tears? In this episode, Dr. Lindsey breaks down the difference between your load (everything being asked of you) and your capacity (what your body and nervous system can actually hold right now). You'll learn why pregnancy and postpartum change your capacity week to week, how to tell adaptive stress from overreach, and a simple three-question check-in you can do every Sunday using the BIRTHFIT 7 Pillars. Small adjustments, made consistently, help you build forward instead of burning out. Your body isn't failing you. It's telling you the truth about your capacity. Coach Accelerator Program BIRTHFIT Certification Waitlist Newsletter PDF Freebie

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In this episode, Dr. Lindsey talks about a critical inventory checkin that every practitioner and coach must do with their clients. This one inventory question will determine how you show up for women on your table or in your gym.   The BIRTHFIT Certification Waitlist Free Inventory Checklist Sacred Season eBook Prenatal Training eBook

"Your earned range of motion" is a cue you've probably heard from me a hundred times — today I'm breaking down what it actually means, and why it's not the same thing as flexibility. In this episode: Why flexibility alone gets you into a position but won't get you out of it with control The nervous system's role in range of motion, and why some ranges never feel "earned" no matter how much you stretch Why fear-based caution — keeping everyone in a tiny, restricted range — doesn't protect capability, it just delays building it A simple three-step process for actually earning range: find your edge, train at it, progress it slowly Why pregnancy and postpartum are seasons to keep building this, not seasons to pause it Grab our free PDF, Interventions List: What You Need to Know Before Labor Day. If you're a coach or practitioner, check out A Coach's Guide to Prenatal Training and The Sacred Season ($33 each). BIRTHFIT Certification enrollment opens twice a year — spring and fall —  join the waitlist.

Grab our free PDF, Interventions List: What You Need to Know Before Labor Day. If you're a coach or practitioner, check out A Coach's Guide to Prenatal Training and The Sacred Season ($33 each). BIRTHFIT Certification enrollment opens twice a year — click HERE to join or jump on the waitlist.