Ep #43 | A Mom’s Journey: Finding More Joy Is About Living with Less with Meghan Telpner
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Joining me today is Meghan Telpner the founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition, to talk about the journey of becoming a mother, from preconception, carrying a baby, birth to postpartum months and years. As an entrepreneur, Meghan shares the choices she had to make around business as well as taking care of her body and the relationship with her husband, to achieve a good level of joy and play and to live the life she dreamed.
Meghan also shares how to achieve a healthier life and body, she gives useful culinary tips and talks about how to get children involved in cooking and learning how to nourish their bodies. Unfortunately nowadays, children are not sufficiently educated about how to do the simplest things regarding cooking and taking care of their bodies neither how real nourishment looks, feels and tastes like; Meghan provides a solution for this with the programs offered at the Academy of Culinary Nutrition.
These are the topics you will hear in this amazing episode:
- Meghan shares the experience of being a new mom.
- The postpartum months.
- Releasing the expectations about the mother you thought you were going to be.
- Healthy at Home Program.
- Preparing to have a baby at home.
- Prepare the positive practices before the baby comes.
- Nourishing yourself as a woman.
- Focusing on what works for you.
- What to eat during the postpartum phase.
- Taking care of your physical health after giving birth.
- Enjoy the exercise you do and be consistent.
- How healthy postpartum feels like.
- You always have choices.
- Seeking quality of life.
- Learn to nourish your child.
- Teaching children how to cook and the foundations for a right nourishment.
- Meghan talks about the programs at the Academy of Culinary Nutrition.
Hoping that this episode helps you understand that we don’t have to make things so complicated, we can live more with way less! Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Learn more about Meghan Telpner:
Meghan Telpner is a Toronto-based best-selling author, speaker, nutritionist, and founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. Her humorous, engaging and real approach to living an awesome, healthy life has garnered her a world-wide audience. Meghan’s Academy of Culinary Nutrition is growing a global tribe of vibrant living advocates, and her bestselling books, UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health and The UnDiet Cookbook, are creating a revolution in how people think about their health. Meghan has been featured in Forbes, ranked as one of the top 100 female entrepreneurs in Canada, and named Best Holistic Nutritionist in 2017 and 2018 with National Nutrition. Meghan lives in Toronto with her husband Josh Gitalis, a functional medicine practitioner, and their son Finley. For more visit MeghanTelpner.com.
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Quotes:
“Your job is to take care of the baby, everyone else needs to take care of you.”
“New isn ́t better and more is not always more.”
“Your children will follow your lead.”
“It is not about having the right gear, babies do not need that much.”
“The key word for exercising is consistency.”
“Anything you do for yourself, you have to enjoy it.”
“The first thing you do in the morning sets the tone for your day.”
“We can live more with way less!”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium and Juice Plus.
Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.