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She ditched her therapy license to save mothers (and it's working)

Aug 27, 2025
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In Today's Issue:

  • Why a licensed counselor walked away from traditional therapy to serve mothers better
  • The courage it takes to create what doesn't exist (and how you can too)
  • My 40th birthday gift to you: Advanced Training Vault unlocked!!

Ja'Neen Jenkins did something most providers only dream about: she walked away from the safety of traditional practice to create exactly what mothers need.

As a licensed professional counselor specializing in maternal mental health, she was watching the same heartbreaking pattern play out in her office every day. Mothers arriving with "diagnoses" that insurance would cover, when what they really needed was education, nervous system regulation, and someone who understood that their exhaustion might be iron deficiency, not depression.

"I stepped out of the therapy room so I could treat women holistically," she told me during our conversation this week. "There were so many things I wanted to do ethically that I could not do in traditional practice."

Listen to Ja'Neen's Full Story: How She Created Her Own Lane →

Ja'Neen didn't just complain about the broken system. She became the bridge between the village and the medical system — the trusted person that both mothers and providers can rely on. She meets with OBs and lactation consultants to understand what they can't say due to professional constraints, then translates that into plain language for the mothers in her community.

The result? She's created what she calls the "2025 version of the village": comprehensive support that addresses nervous system regulation, nutrition, birth prep, and emotional healing all in one place.

What strikes me most about Ja'Neen's approach is that she didn't abandon her clinical training. She leveraged it. She uses her expertise to have credible conversations with medical providers while offering mothers the holistic care they're seeking. She's proof that you don't have to choose between being clinically sound and addressing root causes.

Click Here to Hear How She Navigates Provider Relationships →

Ja'Neen's story reveals something crucial: sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is create what doesn't exist rather than trying to fix what's broken.


 

Celebrating Four Decades (With a Gift for You)

This week I turn 40, and honestly, I'm reflecting on how much has changed in maternal health during these four decades. When I was born, postpartum depression wasn't even in the DSM. When my son was born 15 years ago, it was still taboo to talk about postpartum depresson.

Now we have a growing movement of providers like Ja'Neen who understand that true healing addresses the whole woman.

To celebrate, I'm doing something I've never done before: unlocking my entire Advanced Training Vault for just $97 this week only.

14 comprehensive trainings covering everything from postpartum thyroid health, maternal health and newborn eczema, postpartum gallbladder dysfunction, ADHD, veganism in postpartum, my herbal guide book, and so much more. Normally these would cost over $2,000 if purchased separately.

Get the Complete Advanced Training Vault → Available through Friday only

Because the providers who are willing to learn, grow, and sometimes step outside traditional boundaries? You're the ones changing everything.

 


Listen to Ja'Neen's Complete Interview Here
Get The Complete Advanced Training Vault Here


 

Stay fierce, stay rooted,
Maranda Bower
CEO & Founder of Postpartum University®
www.PostpartumU.com

 

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