Coming Back To Yourself In Motherhood: Postpartum Fitness & Mom Community w/ Brooke Pereira (EP #69)

Jul 6

2 min read

Rebel Rootz Show Episode #69 with Brooke Pereira.

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Brooke Pereira is a single mom, Pilates instructor, postpartum coach, and creator of The Momilates Group in Wilmington, North Carolina.

In this episode, Evonne Varady sits down with Brooke to talk about motherhood, postpartum anxiety, fitness, community, and what it feels like to finally come back to yourself after having a baby.

Brooke shares how one postpartum workout helped her feel like she was finding herself again. That moment turned into a bigger question:

How can I help other moms feel this too?

What started as mommy and me Pilates grew into stroller walks, mom workouts, and a community that went from 3 moms to 30 moms, then to 90 moms signed up for a Mother’s Day walk in the rain.

But this conversation is about more than fitness.

Brooke opens up about postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts, the nervous system shock of new motherhood, and the quiet pressure moms feel to figure everything out while still holding everything together. She also talks about starting messy, letting go of perfection, and why confidence comes from consistency.

This episode is for the mom who loves her family but knows she needs support too. The mom who wants to feel strong again. The mom who wants to move her body, find her people, and stop waiting to feel like herself again.

Brooke’s story is a reminder that motherhood may change you, but it does not have to erase you.

Sometimes coming back to yourself starts with one walk, one honest conversation, and one brave decision to start before it feels perfect.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer + Intro

[02:20] Meet Gina Gellings

[03:30] Sudden Vision Loss

[04:51] Retinal Stroke Scare

[07:07] Invisible Disability

[09:55] Brought to Her Knees

[12:29] Asking for Help

[13:27] Gina’s Early Life

[14:43] Broken Engagement

[16:07] Taking a Chance on Love

[20:38] Infertility and Motherhood

[24:43] Finding Modeling

[27:36] Feeling Whole Again

[31:30] Lessons from Hard Seasons

[32:00] Growth in the Uncomfortable

[33:23] Saying Yes

[34:38] Your Story Matters

Key Takeaways:

• “There’s always a story behind a story.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “I’m healthy, I’m young, I’m active, I’m fit, and yet here I am navigating vision loss.” ~ Gina Gellings

• “I have a disability, but it’s not one you can see.” ~ Gina Gellings

• “We can lose parts of ourselves along our journey, but it doesn’t make us not full.” ~ Gina Gellings

• “Growth happens in the uncomfortable.” ~ Gina Gellings

• “Push forward through the discomfort, because that’s where growth happens.” ~ Gina Gellings

• “I wish so many more women knew that what they had to share was so worth hearing.” ~ Evonne Varady

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