Hi Mama,
Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, I know many of you are reflecting on how to feel more balanced, supported, and nourished this Winter. Over the past few months, you shared your struggles through polls, and I’ve crafted this first-ever Monthly Essentials newsletter just for you.
This month, you’ll find:
A free guide with Quick & Healthy Postpartum Meal Ideas
A brand-new Postpartum Survival Kit packed with practical tools
Winter insights to ease the dryness so many of us feel this time of year
Here’s to starting the year with intention, nourishment, and care. 💜
January Monthly Resources
Quick & Healthy Postpartum Meal Ideas
When your energy feels stretched thin, the last thing you want is to stress over meals. This guide is full of simple, nutrient-dense recipes that are quick to prepare and focus on what your body truly needs postpartum.
✨ Download it here: Quick & Healthy Meal Ideas
Practical Tools to Navigate the Day-to-Day: A Postpartum Survival Kit
I get it—things can feel overwhelming. Sleepless nights, emotional highs and lows, and the constant demands of a growing little one can make it hard to keep your footing. That’s exactly why I created the Postpartum Survival Kit. It’s packed with simple, practical tools to help you find more balance, clarity, and confidence as you navigate this time.
Inside, you’ll find actionable strategies to help you… (listed below)—everything you need to reclaim your sense of self and move through this transformative season with strength and grace. This isn’t just another collection of tips; it’s your roadmap to thriving through one of the most important seasons of your life.
Managing Your Time: Prioritizing tasks and creating balance with energy mapping and time-blocking
Physical Well-Being: Quick movement rituals, nourishing snacks, and simple rest strategies
Emotional Support: Grounding practices, building your support network, and daily joy rituals
Mental Clarity: Decluttering your space, simplifying decision-making, and mindset shifts for the tough days
Navigating Relationships: Clear communication with your partner, teaching kids to help, and setting boundaries with well-meaning relatives
This kit is everything you need to support your mind, body, and spirit throughout your postpartum journey.
💼 Learn more and grab your kit here: A Postpartum Survival Kit
Winter Insights & Mindset Shift
Winter is a season of restoration in Chinese medicine, a time to build reserves and protect your body from the elements. For me, Winter dryness has been a real struggle postpartum—made worse by breastfeeding. Dry eyes, throat, nasal passages, and skin are common signs of Blood Deficiency during this season. Here’s what’s been helping me stay nourished and balanced:
Bone broth and soups: Hydrating, nutrient-dense, and warming
Evening foot soaks: Add Epsom salts to soothe and rehydrate
Butter, quality meat, and good fats: Essential for rebuilding and moisturizing from the inside out
Daily oiling rituals: I use homemade goldenrod-infused olive oil to nourish my skin and calm the nervous system, but sesame oil and tallow are some of the best!
Electrolytes: Staying hydrated is key—I love using LMNT electrolytes (and here’s my discount code to try them: LMNT)
Remember: slow down, keep warm, and focus on nourishment this season. 💜
I’d love to hear from you!
For February, you get to decide which resource I’ll create for next month’s newsletter! These are two options that have come up in conversations lately. Pick one or add another option!
1️⃣ Seasonal tips for postpartum recovery
2️⃣ Postpartum menstrual care
Reply to this email or vote in my Instagram stories this month to have your say! And if you know another mama who could benefit from these newsletters, feel free to share this sign-up link: The Monthly Essentials.
Thank you so much for being part of this community and supporting me as I begin an entirely new chapter of my own journey. Our healing matters, and supporting one another makes so much of a difference—never take it for granted. Please take what serves you from this newsletter and know I’m here to support you every step of the way.
Big hugs,
Shelby
