Today I speak with Holly Brooks, a 2-time Nordic Ski Olympian, twin mom, licensed therapist working at the intersection of performance and mental health. She is also the co-founder of Moms Matter Now, a group focused on empowering, educating, and supporting women from pregnancy to early motherhood so they don’t lose their minds, selves or relationships. Her two passions are athlete & maternal mental health. Holly’s goal is to give moms tools to be models, not martyrs in their motherhood journeys!We talk about:-life after professional sports-the athlete mindset-preparing for the uncontrollable-educating to empower-matrescence-knowing when to pivot-navigating mixed messages of returning to sport-maternal gatekeeping-RED-S in momsTime Stamps1:00 Introduction6:08 combining her interests to serve more people9:17 athletes and first time moms11:29 ways to guide a mom through pregnancy17:20 knowledge without anxiety21:23 dedication and perseverance for athletes and moms26:30 when to return to sport31:50 being a mom with goals36:40 maternal gatekeeping43:20 be a model, not a martyr45:30 RED-S51:12 rapid fire questionsCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH HOLLYInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollybrooksllc/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momsmatternow/Website: https://www.momsmatternow.com/The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)