New Ways Parents Can Find a Village for Support and Well-Being

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode of the Gentle Parenting Show, Kim is joined by Amanda Gorman. Amanda is a wife, mother of two, and the host of the “</span><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-your-village/id1497787709"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding Your Village</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” podcast. She is also a childbirth educator and is passionate about birth, postpartum, and parent mental health. Kim and Amanda discuss how to find your village as a parent, and how a village is more than just people around you. They discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What it means to find a village</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Finding a village through pregnancy and birth </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Using a village in parenting </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How a village support the mental health of the family</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, you won’t want to miss Amanda sharing her life-changing “cheat-sheet” idea when it comes to self-care and mentally recharging. Our favorite quotes from the episode were “birth and the intro into parenting is all about figuring out what to do when you don’t know what to do.” and “you can create a village not by people who are by you, but you can also add to your village by information and resources that are out there.”</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Connect with Amanda </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to Amanda’s podcast “</span><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-your-village/id1497787709"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding Your Village</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” and connect with her on</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/findingyourvillage"><span style= "font