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I finally figured it out. Over the past five years, I’ve been creating so many presentations and tracking so many ideas. I want to make these presentations accessible to more people, and I also want to keep creating new ways to share what I know and what I have learned. Learning from podcasts - from just listening to experts talk through things - has become such a huge part of my life, and I feel like it would be such a great way for others to learn and keep building their lactation knowledge. I have also been writing here on Substack for a while, and I love it! There is so much about this format that makes it a logical choice for someone with ideas and knowledge to share them.Which brings me right to the point…I’ve got notebooks filled with ideas of things I want to write for you AND talk through for you in audio format. I have created more than 20 separate CERP-level presentations over the past 6 years or so. Many of them have associated handouts and guides to supplement the learning process. I have published 24 “official” episodes of The Lactation Training Lab Podcast (which will now be transitioning to the Evolve Lactation Podcast and be available right here for you.) It’s time to bring them all together and make it easier for YOU!Using Substack as my platform, I can write for you AND record for you. You’ll have ONE place to find everything, and it will be organized. You can share ONE link with your colleagues when you want them to hear something you learned or that resonated with you. You can read things, and you can listen as well. You’ll get updated when there’s something new, and we can chat about it in the comments so that YOUR voice can be heard as well. I’m adding a Paid Subscription level ($8/month or $75/year) to ensure I can provide you with all of the rich background you need, like references from journals, links to related resources, and all of those downloadable handouts I mentioned above. This is my livelihood and my expertise, accumulated over more than 23 years in the lactation field, and I am confident it is worth the subscription price I am offering.I envision you listening while you walk or work out or do stuff around the house. I can see new IBCLCs listening in between consults or on their way to the hospital or clinic for their shifts. I can imagine IBCLC exam candidates listening in over the months/years they are studying for the exam. I want to be a consistent mentor to those who are in the process of becoming a lactation care provider. Clinical mentorships can be fleeting, but I’m going to be here, writing and podcasting as I continue to learn and gain insight as a lactation consultant. Social media is fun and exciting, but it disappears, and I don’t want to spend all my time creating things that hardly anyone sees. I’ll still be hosting the amazing Evolve Lactation Community membership because, well, it works. Members love it, I love it, and it’s a valuable learning opportunity. The most loved part of it is the coaching calls, and now members have the option of scheduling private coaching calls with me in addition to attending the bi-weekly group calls. (If you’re not a member and you are interested in a coaching call, check out this link here.) In A Nutshell:This Substack newsletter is going to get better and have more content, PLUS I am adding a podcast to it. It will be simple. Stick around. Love ya, Christine Get full access to Evolve Lactation at ibclcinca.substack.com/subscribe