Valerie Lynn is one of the leading New Motherhood Experts in the United States. She resided in Asia for 16 years with 12 years spent in Malaysia.

Valerie, known as The Mommy Planner, has been a major force in introducing and modernizing traditional after birth recovery practices, more specifically the Malay traditions, and treatments to women globally. She researched wrote and published her first book, The Mommy Plan, in Malaysia through the Malaysian Ministry of Health, Traditional Complementary Medicine department where she conducted interviews in hospitals and in the field. Her subsequent cookbook, The Mommy Plan Recipe Book: Healing Meals: Simple Recipes for New Moms are recipes based on the postnatal nutritional guidelines in her first book. The Mommy Plan is endorsed by several leading childbirth educational organizations in the U.S. and internationally with it being required reading for postpartum doula courses.

Valerie is Postpartum Support International Country (PSI) Co-coordinator for Malaysia and unofficially for APEC; an international organization in 138 countries. She is on the Board of Directors for YASNITA, 'Women's Path to Success' a Malaysian NGO that trains women entrepreneurs in several areas including 'postnatal care'. Valerie is also a Board Member of the International Maternity Institute and the After Birth Project in the U.S. She is also an approved speaker for Johnson & Johnson. Valerie resides in Brooklyn, New York and regularly travels to Malaysia.

Valerie worked in the corporate world for many years holding positions such as Executive Director of the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Principal of VLM Consultancy where she was provided strategic consultancy services for foreign companies entering the Malaysian and APEC markets.

THE MOMMY PLAN RECIPE BOOK - HEALING MEALS: SIMPLE RECIPES FOR NEW MOMS