Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, the struggles, surprises, joys and exhaustion, and - holy cow - you’ve become a parent! WHAT NOW?! Mom Of 18 DOULA BLOGGER SINCE 2011, BECOMING PARENTS PODCAST SINCE 2017, AUTHOR SINCE 2016, MINIMALIST, RV LIVING, RUNNER https://linktr.e ...
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The Place We Find Ourselves podcast features private practice therapist Adam Young (LCSW, MDiv) and interview guests as they discuss all things related to story, trauma, attachment, and interpersonal neurobiology. Listen in as Adam unpacks how trauma and abuse impact the heart and mind, as well as how to navigate the path toward healing, wholeness, and restoration. Interview episodes give you a sacred glimpse into the real-life stories of guests who have engaged their own experiences of trau ...
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Inside Eyes is a podcast that focuses on the use of psychedelics & entheogens to heal from sexual trauma. This show looks at healing and trauma through a spiritual & political lens.
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Conversations about the challenges we face, as women, on the path of recovery. The women in these interviews share their life experience, tips and tools, and resources to inspire, motivate and support women who are healing from trauma or painful experiences. We share our stories as medicine, to make the controversial uncontroversial addressing topics such as addiction, depression, anxiety, sexuality, relationships and much more.
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Welcome to the Beyond Fear Podcast. We are your hosts, Alexa Sardina and Alissa Ackerman. This podcast is a labor of love, created by two friends and criminologists who have spent their entire careers studying everything about sex crimes. The twist? We are also both survivors of sexual violence and as "survivor scholars" we approach our work with both hats on. Join us as we take you Beyond Fear. Check out our website at www.beyondfearpodcast.com and follow us on Twitter @fearcrimes and Insta ...
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In A Richer Life podcast, we will be exploring courageous people's journeys to A Richer Life. We will move from breakdown to breakthrough, trauma to triumph and pain to purpose. Even though it can feel like it, nobody is alone in their journey and our challenges are common as we all do this 'human' thing together. Together, we are stronger and in community and collaboration, we thrive. No subject is off limits as we dive deep in our interviews and encourage you to journey towards your own Ri ...
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Harvard Grad to Homemaker of 6 Children with Bracha Goetz - S6 E63
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1. Mom of six wonderful parents :) 2. Why would a Harvard grad become a homemaker? 3. Why do people overeat? 4. How can we fill the emptiness within? 5. The Pleasure Ladder as a guide to finding lasting pleasure in life 6. Helping our children become more grateful people Bracha is the author of 41 picture books and a candid memoir about her journey…
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Dad who prioritizes active play and communication with kids with Dr. Jim Van Allan - S6 E61
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-My background is in communication - as I teach it at the university level and speak professionally across the country -Relational communication is a big topic I like to discuss: communication between partners, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, how we value time, etc. -I have 2 boys: ages 6 and 8 & we focus on being very active …
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Freebirth an Abusive Partner, Surprise Gender & Train4Birth with Monika Patel - S6 E60
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Concurrent care (OB and midwife of different organizations)Preparing for birth with an abusive partnerHome Birth - no birth workers presentPrecipitous LaborGender Surprise (was told to expect a girl by 2 different providers, with ultrasound, 4xs, and--Boy!) MORE ABOUT I'm the founder and course creator for Train4Birth, a great way to help prevent i…
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How Reading Transforms Children PLUS Putting An End To Cyberbullying with Dr Danny Brassell - S6 E59
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My passion is reading, and now I help parents transform their children from struggling and/or reluctant readers into more passionate and proficient readers.(1) How did reading become your passion?(2) Why don't kids read?(3) How can parents get their kids to read?(4) What do you do as a parent to get your own three kids reading?(5) What does every p…
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138 How To Heal From Sorrow and Grief Part 5
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Fellow therapist Mary Ellen Owen joins me today to share her journey with sorrow. Like many people with trauma, it took Mary Ellen years to find her tears, years to befriend her sorrow. Although she cognitively knew that grief was necessary for healing, something within her said “hell no” to feeling the unfelt sorrow. In this final episode in a ser…
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23 Years Married, Entrepreneurs, Speakers, Filmmakers, and Best-Selling Authors with Christina & Edward Sledge - S6 E58
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We have been married for 23 years and have been parents for 22 years. We managed two careers and two daughters while completing four degrees between us. We are now parents to a teenager and a young adult. MORE ABOUT THEM: Married couple, entrepreneurs, speakers, filmmakers, and best-selling authors Edward and Christina Sledge wrote and published th…
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Conversation, Education, and Empowerment for Women who are still on their way to Motherhood with Beth Rivelli - S6 E57
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I personally missed motherhood which is why, as a Motherhood Story Coach, I am creating a movement of conversation, education, and empowerment for women who are still on their way to motherhood. The status quo silence of our culture contributes to a mindset that we are just supposed to know how to become and be moms and that we have to do it alone.…
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137 How to Heal From Sorrow and Grief Part 4 with Heather Stringer
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I am joined today by Heather Stringer, who has lots of experience creating rituals that heal. Heather begins by describing two rituals: one focused on recovering from sexual assault and the second focused on preparing for a double mastectomy surgery. Heather and I talk about why ritual is so unfamiliar to many of us, and the healing that occurs whe…
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Single Mom Using Anonymous Sperm Donor, & Children’s Author Of Her Own Story - S6 E56
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* At 38, I decided that having kids was more important to me than finding a partner. * This started my journey of becoming a single mom by choice, using an anonymous sperm donor * At 40, I gave birth to my daughter! * Now, I am raising my 4-year-old, working full time, writing, and trying to find time for hobbies. * A large part of my focus has bee…
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How Nursing Aversion and Struggles Breastfeeding Past 1 Led to an Online Breastfeeding Support Event - Samantha Radford, Ph.D. - S6 E55
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Stress from moving Going from thinking she didn’t want kids to falling in love with being a Mom Tandem nursing Nursing aversion How she realized those breastfeeding / chestfeeding past the first year need more support After her experience with nursing through pregnancy, tandem nursing, and nursing aversion, she founded Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood…
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Genetics and Epigenetics, Mindfulness, and 5 Foundations with James Goodlatte S6 E54
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James and I have another fantastic conversation!PAST EPISODES:His story: https://youtu.be/LzD1IOMG83wToxins in the home: https://youtu.be/iP0yqW3VUYY5 Part Exercise Series:https://youtu.be/rbuWE-L-vbEhttps://youtu.be/rcFi7unrqishttps://youtu.be/Aioudsjgqrchttps://youtu.be/qwpaErMK7_Ihttps://youtu.be/V9prlDaF3A4SOME OF WHAT WE COVERED TODAY:GENETICS…
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136 Engaging Another Person’s Story: Why It’s Important and How To Do It
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I am joined by Cathy Loerzel to talk about how to engage another person’s story. Effective story engagement is not a magical skill that some people have and some people don’t. It can be learned. Today we give a preview of some of the principles and tactics of effective story engagement. If you want to learn more, consider joining us on Saturday, Ma…
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135 How Your Story Affects Your Sexuality
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Jay Stringer joins me to talk about the relationship between our current sexual difficulties and our story in our family of origin. Sexual struggles are rooted in our stories—and, very often, our stories of attachment to our primary caretakers. As Jay puts it, “When it comes to sexual struggles, there are always two story lines at play: there is th…
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Stay At Home Dad, Entrepreneur of 2 Businesses, & Multiple #1 Bestselling Author with Naresh Vissa - S6 E53
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I'm a stay-at-home dad to two boys under the age of 4 years. To manage my stress, I place an emphasis on mental and physical activity - basketball, beach volleyball, tennis, yoga, meditation, chess, and sleep. I do one of these activities five out of seven days a week. How I stay focused and provide a formula to this practice. How I can accomplish …
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Second Interview on Three Second Trimester Miscarriages & A Growing FB Group with Tiffany Alvarez - S6 E52
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Today we took a deeper dive from our first interview and discussed faith, how God gets us through, helping others, the growing FB group and lots of insight on how we can help women more. Three 2nd-trimester losses Navigating blood clotting disorders and having an incompetent cervix Scared to try again and worried as hell when I am pregnant Sharing …
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When Becoming A Parent Overwhelms a Pediatrician, She Writes a Book - Rebekah Diamond - S6 E51
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Even as a pediatrician, I was completely overwhelmed when my daughter was born. I struggled with both the everyday chaos of being an exhausted new parent and some of the deeper pains of physical recovery and postpartum depression and anxiety. At each turn, with each new challenge, I found myself unable to find a source of guidance and support that …
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134 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 3
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In order to heal from sorrow, we need to move our bodies as we participate in rituals of honoring and releasing our sorrow. A ritual is a sequence of bodily movements and symbolic actions performed with emotion and intention for the purpose of healing and transformation. By the end of this episode, I hope you have a good understanding of what a rit…
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Single Mom, SAHM, Losing Identity In Motherhood, Depression to Discovering Purpose - Shelley Meche'tte - S6 E50
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I was a single parent with my oldest Decided to become a SAHM when I married 7yrs later Lost my identity in motherhood and fell into depression Realized that while I loved my children..."motherhood" wasn't so great You CAN actually love your children, but hate motherhood (oxymoron...right...) Discovered purpose and ended self-sacrifice Became the w…
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Infertility, Foster Care, International & Domestic Adoption, & Orphanage Ministry with Katie Smith - S6 E49
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* TTC after two years of marriage * Discovered infertility issues * Pursued foster care, international adoption, and finally, domestic infant adoption * Have adopted three children from the same birth mother (all at birth) and fostered 10 more * Wrote children's book on adoption to help fund the last adoption (but was unable to get it published at …
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133 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 2
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This is part 2 in a series of episodes on how to engage our sorrow and grief in a way that brings healing. The focus today is on the four conditions needed to allow us to work with sorrow and grief. First, we need to own that our sorrows and griefs matter and should be taken seriously. Second, we need to gradually move from a posture of contempt to…
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3 Miscarriages, 3 Daughters, Infertility, Divorce, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Migraines & Healing - Lois Hollis - S6 E48
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I had three miscarriages. One lost pregnancy was at 7 months. Finally, I birthed three beautiful girls Healing from my miscarriages How to become pregnant when ovulation is only a few times a year The emotional impact of infertility Divorced children at three years, four years, six years Maintaining the father figure for my girls after divorce Expe…
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132 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 1
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For most modern people, the place we find ourselves is in a land where grief and sorrow are unwelcome. Most of us do not feel like the people around us can bear the depth of our sorrow and grief. And since we don’t want to risk our sense of belonging—our sense of acceptance—we hide our sorrow and grief. But sorrow and grief are real. In today’s epi…
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2 Abortions, Finding Christ, Married 25 Years & Her Healing Journey with Crisis Pregnancy Center - Jen Fruechting - S6 E47
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Jen grew up in dysfunction, and at 14 had her first abortion, at 15 she had her second abortion. She started dating her husband of 25 years in her Junior year of high school and married at 22. She took Jesus as her Savior about a year after they were married, and started her healing journey from those abortions. Jen now counsels through Crisis Preg…
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131 Engaging Your Family of Origin Story with Dan Allender
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This episode is a joint release of The Allender Center podcast and The Place We Find Ourselves. We have all experienced hurt, abandonment, or disappointment at the hands of our parents or caretakers, whether it was intentional or not. So much of our beauty and brokenness — so much of what makes us human — is tied to our family of origin. In today’s…
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Mate Fertility’s Inclusion-First Approach with LGBTQ & Single Parent Infertility - Traci Keen - S6 E46
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Traci Keen is the CEO of Mate Fertility, one of the fastest-growing, venture-backed fertility startups in America. They're on a mission to bring high-tech clinics to every underserved market in the US— while delivering care for a fraction of the traditional cost. While 30% of traditional clinics won't even serve the LGBTQ+ community, or single wome…
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