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Hi! I'm Gillian, mentor for nutrition and fitness coaches navigating motherhood

I was in labor for 38 hours

Published about 22 hours ago • 1 min read

I trained until 40 weeks pregnant.

Did all the hip mobility.

Ate a silly amount of dates and drank SO much raspberry leaf tea.

Gained the 'right amount' of weight.

... and STILL had labor complications, a baby stuck in my pelvis that had to be delivered with forceps, an episiotomy and prolapse issues.

That was just how things went, and it wasn't within my control.

But consider this...

What if I'd had an easy labor and delivery, and decided to share that it was because I'd trained until 40 weeks, did hip mobility and ate dates?

Imagine if I used my 'easy birth' as a marketing tool for a coaching program.

I mean, I did all the things that a lot of women who DO have easy, healthy births and recoveries also do in pregnancy.

Would that be ethical?

Would it be a good marketing strategy?

Would it bring in the coaching clients I really want to work with?

Those are a few of the questions Michelle Carroll, PhD and I answer on this week's episode of Building A Coaching Business In Motherhood.​

Because I KNOW how hard marketing can feel when you're postpartum,

trying to figure out how to sell your coaching but feeling uncomfortable in your body, exhausted and scrolling Instagram for inspiration.

So Michelle and I cover:

  • the pros and cons of marketing using your postpartum body and experience
  • the difference between intention and how your marketing is received
  • how healthism shows up in post partum marketing
  • how to market your coaching to bring in clients you love to work with without making it all about 'how do I lose the baby weight'.

There is SO much in this episode- give it a listen and let me know your thoughts!

Talk soon,

Gillian Bennett

Instagram: @bitesizenutri ​

P.S. Feel like you're working as much as life allows you to at the moment, but not seeing the results you want in your business? Take my Strategy Audit​

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  • ​Capacity Call: one-off call for new clients feeling stuck in business to define what actually fits your capacity as a mother and moves your business forward ($99)
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Hi! I'm Gillian, mentor for nutrition and fitness coaches navigating motherhood

I help coaches learn how to work with their capacity as a mother while growing or building their businesses with strategy, tools and coaching that helps them be both the mother and the business owner they want to be.

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