Dayna Kurtz: Universal Mother Rights

Dayna M. Kurtz, LMSW, CPT, is a leading authority on the subject of women transitioning to motherhood and serves as Director of the Anna Keefe Women’s Center at the Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan. She is a writer, licensed social worker, and Certified Personal Trainer.

Dayna is the author of The Female Body Fix and a contributor to The Doctor’s Book of Natural Remedies. She also serves as a Real Answers expert on TheBump.com. She has written or been consulted on articles for The Huffington Post, The Today Show, Pregnancy & Newborn, Pop Sugar, Big City Moms, Pregnancy Corner, Women’s Running and numerous other outlets. A sought-after speaker, Dayna regularly presents on the subject of Mothercare. She lives in New York City with her family.

Dayna and I immediately hit it off in this conversation and I couldn’t be more excited to share her brilliance with you all.

Listen in to hear Dayna share:

Her confidence in mothering prenatal vs the reality of mothering postnatal
How to thrive rather than just survive in the drama and trauma of the first year
The importance of using exercise as a healing modality
Other healing modalities during postpartum recovery
Her powerful philosophy around Mothercare: The universal right of every woman to have access to safe, cost-effective, reliable, evidence-based tools to make motherhood more joyful and enhance her experiences in mothering

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