We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Heidi McDowell . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Heidi below.
Alright, Heidi thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard.
Unfortunately, in the US everything is a business and monetized, including the support and care we receive on our journeys to and through motherhood.
The MINDBODYBABY Collective is shifting the way mamas and mamas-in-the-making are supported in a country that doesn’t offer the resources, support, benefits, or care that other countries are entitled to.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
My background is in healthcare and legal management. For my own selfcare I became a yoga teacher.
After three years of struggling to conceive my daughter under a vail of shame I became pregnant via IVF in February of 2020. COVID during my pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum left my isolated and so alone. I didn’t have the support, the village, the friends I thought I would.
I decided no one should have to travel their journey through motherhood alone. In 2022 I opened Mind Body Baby in Eastown. I’m the summer of 2024 we will upgrade parenting by opening an 8,000sf facility.
Any stories or insights that might help us understand how you’ve built such a strong reputation?
We offer speciality services for mamas and mamas-in-the-making. My business is owned and operated as a Mama first. Our team of teacher is composed of Mamas too. Then we’ve layer in expertise to ensure we can offer resources and reassurance to support on the next level. We educate ourselves to be able to educate our community.
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
We are a woman owned and operated business. I’m a mom of a toddler. The business model has never been done before. Everything we are doing on this industry is working against us and is exactly the reason we are pushing so hard to exist.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://m.facebook.com/
- Instagram: @mindbodybaby_collective
- Facebook: @mimdbodybabyyoga