Taking Care of You, with Mar Oscategui

The Birthful Podcast: Episode #65

When people say -with a glint in their eye- that after having a child “your life will never be the same”, they tend to leave out that being a parent is crazy hard! How can you prioritize your self-care in a simple and sustainable way, that will make everything better? Mar Oscategui has answers.

What we talked about:

• What are you modeling for your child?
• Setting down your support system while pregnant
• The importance of asking for help
• Getting creative within your budget
• Small time chunks are your perfect baby steps
• Less resisting and more accepting, especially when things suck
• Work with your breath!
• Your social nervous system: how are you influencing others, and how are they influencing you?
• Connecting with your child at a deeper level
• Training your mind for resetting and recharging
• Sleep support: not just for your child!
• How do you invite sleep?
• Bringing curiosity and playfulness to the first weeks with your baby
• Becoming a present witness, and being at peace with the “unknowing”

Resources, links, and other great info:

(may contain affiliate links)

• Use MeetUp! to create your own mommy or daddy groups.
• The Aikido Philosophy
• The Social Nervous System
• The Calm App
• The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, by Arianna Huffington
• Rei Castelino & Mary Jackson, Birth Psychology and Sleep Series
• One Family, Different Clocks (Video)
• Yoga Nidra Network

Courtesy of Mar Oscategui

[mark]About Mar Oscategui[/mark]

Mar Oscategui is a Holistic Health & Lifestyle Practitioner with 20 years experience & training in a variety of modalities. Mar provides inspiration simple & practical tools & solutions to transform your health, lifestyle and business challenges. She is the Founder of Physical Awakening,International Maternity & Parenting Institute, Association of Professional Sleep Consultants and Business Sanctuary. She is also the author of The Baby Planner: What Your Need To Know, Green Body Green Birth and Awakening Through Sleep.

Connect with her through her website at MarOscategui.com, or on Facebook (/babyplanner)