Your New Assessment Tool!!!!, The Best PMAD Training, and When Depression is a Symptom

In Today's Issue:

🚨 It’s HERE: The Assessment Tool That Changes Everything in Postpartum Care!
🇺🇸 What I Witnessed in DC Shook Me to My Core

⛓️‍💥 Postpartum Depression Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis

🚨 It’s HERE: The Assessment Tool That Changes Everything in Postpartum Care!

This is it. The thing I’ve been dreaming of, working toward, and refining for YEARS…

And today, I finally get to hand it to you.

Introducing the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool — the first-ever comprehensive postpartum recovery assessment that identifies root causes of struggle (not just symptoms) and helps you guide mothers into true healing.

And it’s 100% FREE.

Yes, really.

Why did I create this?
Because the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale misses over half the women who are silently suffering. Because you can’t treat what you don’t see. Because our clients deserve more than a one-size-fits-none checkbox form.

I wrote about this in my book Reclaiming Postpartum Wellness. I’ve taught it inside my certifications. And now, for the first time, I’m handing you the full assessment framework that has completely transformed outcomes for thousands of mothers and providers.

💥 The Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Tool includes:

✔️ 46-page validated tool to assess five key components of postpartum wellness
✔️ Scoring + categorization guides to pinpoint root dysfunction
✔️ Client handouts to explain results clearly and build trust
✔️ A step-by-step implementation guide for using it immediately

🧠 What does it assess? Not just depression. Not just mood.
It walks you through five interconnected layers of postpartum health:

1. Physiological Restoration

2. Nutritional Foundation

3. Neurological Regulation

4. Rhythmic Recovery

5. Identity Integration

This is true whole-body care—and it’s been years in the making.

✨ What providers are saying:

“After years of feeling like something was missing, this finally gave me the framework I needed.”
— Janae Werner, Doula

“This has completely transformed my clinical practice. My patients are recovering faster than ever.”
— Dr. Maya Richardson, MD

💻 It’s a PDF. It’s plug-and-play. And you can have it in your inbox in under 60 seconds.
👉 Download the Postpartum Restoration Method™ Tool Now »

And for my Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialists…
Hang tight. Your advanced version is coming and it is next-level 🔥

This is the moment we stop guessing.
This is the moment we bridge the gap in postpartum care.
This is what you’ve been waiting for.

P.S. We built this for everyone—therapists, doulas, midwives, OBs, coaches, chiropractors, lactation consultants, and beyond. If you work with mothers in any capacity, this tool will change how you practice forever.

I can't wait to hear what you think!

🇺🇸 What I Witnessed in DC Shook Me to My Core

When I attended the Perinatal Mental Health Conference in DC this March, I didn’t expect to cry.

But I did—because despite a room full of compassionate, committed professionals, one message rang loud and clear:

We don’t have the training.

Therapists are left Googling screening tools.
OBs are told to “leave it to mental health,” with no idea how to spot the signs.
Birth and postpartum professionals are holding the emotional weight of their clients daily—without being given the tools to do it safely.

And science? Still catching up to what we’ve known for decades.
(Yes, women who feel unsupported, unsafe, or forced back to work early are more likely to suffer from PMADs. Duh.)

We know the pain. We see it daily. And still—we’re told to manage symptoms with medication and waitlists.

That’s why I created the Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Training.
And right now, it’s available—and better than ever.

When you enroll now, you’ll get instant access to the full training plus a never-before-released bonus video library, featuring raw, real, groundbreaking conversations you won’t find anywhere else:

🎥 Generational Mental Health & Genetics
How family patterns shape perinatal mood—and what you can actually do about it.

🎥 When Providers Face Postpartum Depression
Honest talks with clinicians who’ve “been there” and come out stronger.

🎥 Mental Health & the Infant Microbiome
Cutting-edge research on how mama’s gut health influences baby’s brain and emotional regulation.

🎥 …And So Much More
From cultural humility in trauma care to integrative nutrition protocols, this bonus vault goes deep.

You’ll also get:

✅ Self-paced, bite-sized modules (5 hours total)
✅ Tools you can use in your very next client session
✅ Root cause care that goes beyond symptoms
✅ Lifetime access—no hidden fees or membership renewals
✅ Just $297 to transform the way you support mental health

This is the training I wish existed when I started. It’s what I created when I realized no one else was going to.

👉 Get instant access and claim your bonus video vault »

Because we don’t need more data—we need direction.
And it starts with you.

⛓️‍💥 Postpartum Depression Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis

What if everything we’ve been taught about postpartum depression is missing the point?

In one of the most powerful (and yes, controversial) podcast episodes yet, I share the truth that no one is saying out loud: Postpartum depression isn’t the problem. It’s the symptom.

We’ve been trained to treat depression like a standalone illness—to diagnose, label, and medicate without ever asking why it’s happening. But what if depression is actually the red light flashing on the dashboard, warning us that the engine underneath—the mother herself—is breaking down?

💥 I’m pulling back the curtain on the six root causes that are driving today’s skyrocketing rates of postpartum depression (and why “more mental health screenings” and a bottle of Zoloft won’t solve this crisis).
💥 I’m sharing my own story—my journey through postpartum depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder—and what finally brought me to healing.
💥 And I’m unpacking the science, the silence, and the broken systems keeping mothers in the dark.

This episode is raw, real, and long overdue.

🎧 Come hear the full story, the six roots, and why we must stop treating symptoms like diagnoses.
Because when we change postpartum care, we change everything.

👉 Listen to the full episode now

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

Current Ways You Can Work With Postpartum University®
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🎒FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit
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