What if postpartum wasn't about "bouncing back," but about becoming someone new?
This week on Sensitive Matters, Christina is joined once again by the wise and soulful Lianne Schwartz—midwife, intuitive healer, and guide through life’s sacred thresholds. Continuing the tender, paradigm-shifting conversation from part one, this episode gently leads us into the heart of postpartum healing—a time often overlooked, yet deeply transformative.
“The biggest myth that I would love to bust through around the postpartum is that women are supposed to bounce back within minutes, hours, or days in every culture throughout time that we know of, other than subsistence cultures where you're gathering food to eat every day.”
Together, they explore the raw truths and quiet beauty of life after birth—where the mother, too, is born anew. With grace and grounded wisdom, Lianne invites us to see postpartum as a sacred window: a time of emotional, spiritual, and somatic change that deserves reverence, softness, and collective care. Christina also shares from her own experience, offering a compassionate and honest look at the joys, challenges, and evolving identity of new motherhood.
“She thought birth was about the baby until she realized she was being born too."
- Christina Zipperlen
Here's what you’ll discover in this episode:
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The hidden power and potential of the postpartum window
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Nervous system imprints and the emotional waves that follow birth
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Breastfeeding truths, myths, support, and the instinctive wisdom of our bodies
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Understanding postpartum depression, prevention, and support
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What it really means to care for a new mother
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Birth as metaphor, and the transformation it awakens within us
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The healing power of storytelling and shared birth experiences
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Why “bouncing back” is a myth—and how honoring rest is a radical act of self-love
For mothers, families, birth workers, and anyone walking beside a new parent—this conversation is a gentle, yet powerful guide to honoring the real needs of postpartum and embracing the sacredness of a mother’s rebirth.
Let it be a reminder: you are not alone, and this season deserves to be met with tenderness and truth.
Inspired by her own powerful postpartum initiation, Christina introduces her new jewelry collection, “Unbroken Light”—a tribute to the goddess Akilanda, the embodiment of beauty through brokenness and transformation. As a token of gratitude, listeners receive a 15% discount with code Unbroken15.
More about Lianne Schwartz
Meditating since age three, Lianne embodies what most spend lifetimes seeking. Raised by a doctor and psychologist immersed in inner healing, she navigates life's sacred thresholds with extraordinary presence. With nearly three decades as a midwife and facilitator of transformation, she creates spaces where the hidden and frozen finally thaw.
Her unique methodology — blending energy psychology, somatic intelligence, Internal Family Systems, and nervous system wisdom — guides people back to their essence when they've lost their way. Clients don't just heal with Lianne; they remember who they are.
In a world pulling us constantly outward, Lianne offers the most powerful invitation of all: the journey home to yourself, where life becomes not just manageable, but magical.
Related Episode
46: Spirit Babies, Conscious Birth & Healing with Lianne Schwartz
Connect with Lianne Schwartz
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Connect with Ananda Soul
Website | New Collection: Unbroken Light | Instagram for Ananda Soul | YouTube Channel | Instagram for Sensitive Matters
About the Sensitive Matters Podcast
Sensitive Matters is a podcast that features gentle conversations on sensitive, important matters such as mental health, conscious consumerism, sexuality, spirituality, ethical business, and more.
The conversations are hosted by Christina Zipperlen, a highly sensitive person, the founder and designer of the Bali-based jewelry brand Ananda Soul, a psychology student, and a mental health and LGBTQAI+ advocate.
Join her as she brings other empaths, perceptive people, creatives, unique projects, and sensitive matters into the spotlight for these insightful conversations recorded from her home in Bali.
About Our Host: Christina Zipperlen
Christina is the designer and founder of Ananda Soul, but her journey doesn’t end there. She is now a mom to a beautiful daughter named Jaya Ariel, and also a writer and counselor, helping others to heal trauma, find their authentic self, and feel safe and whole as they walk through this life.
She uses a somatic approach combined with Compassionate Inquiry to form a deep understanding of how the body, mind, and soul are undeniably interwoven.
Interested? You can learn more by visiting www.SensitiveMatters.com
