After seven incredible years of sharing stories, wisdom, and support around pregnancy and parenthood, this is my final episode... for now. It's a moment of both celebration as we wrap up this chapter of The Pregnancy to Parening Show. 

From heartfelt interviews with experts to the real, raw conversations with fellow parents, The Pegnancy to Parenting Show has been a labor of love, and I'm beyond grateful for every listener, guest, and supporter who's been part of this adventure. As I transition my content, I share my why and hope you will join me on my website.

From my years of doula work and creating free content, I am creating a one stop shop on my website:

www.elizabehjoy.co

All of the podcast episodes will be organize here along with blogs, free education, resources and my Birth Plan Prep Course. Make sure to subscribe to my email list to stay in the loop on all the exciting things to come! 

While this is the last episode, the conversations we've started will continue to resonate, and I hope you carry them with you. Thank you for being part of this beautiful journey.

 

 

 

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Liz and Vito are sharing about one year with 3 kids, their views on gift giving for Christmas and believe it or not, paper verses real plates.

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Not only is getting pregnant and having healthy children more
difficult than it was for our parents’ generation, reproductive
anxiety is also on the rise. 

Alexandria's approach to pre-pregnancy wellness is revolutionary. She
suggests preparing for pregnancy with the same level of dedication and
planning as one would for a wedding.

Her book emphasizes that the steps taken to prepare the body and mind
before conceiving can have a profound impact not only on fertility,
but also on the lifelong health of the child. "9 Months Is Not Enough"
serves as a comprehensive guide for individuals at any stage of their
journey to parenthood, offering practical advice and empowering
insights.

In addition to writing the ultimate pre-pregnancy checklist,
Alexandria is a functional nutritionist who specializes in fertility
and preconception health. She is the founder and CEO of Poplin, the
first pre-pregnancy wellness company, and holds an MBA from Harvard
Business School, a master’s degree in nutrition, and has had extensive
training as a doula, yoga teacher and personal trainer.

Connect with Alexandria:

https://getpoplin.com/pages/about-us

https://9monthsisnotenough.com/

 

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We are wrapping up this year with Dr. Sasha Heinz,Ph.D., MAPP.  She is an academic who went mainstream, using her background as a developmental psychologist to become a mindset coach. Her private coaching practice is grounded in psychological science, and she teaches clients the tools to change their lives for good. An expert in positive psychology and adult development, Dr. Heinz has based her entire career on helping clients make real transformations, giving them the tools to develop their mental fitness by facing challenges and breaking our mind’s default modes for stress, self-criticism, and anxiety. She was one of the first 33 people in history to receive a degree in Positive Psychology. 

Dr. Heinz brings a fresh and desperately needed perspective to adult personal development. While all things “self-help” have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, more than 60% of adults are still not high functioning in terms of their cognitive framework. With the proliferation of personal development experts, it’s more important than ever to center the conversation about growth and development in adulthood around compelling theory and research.

Stay tuned for the new brand of the podcast launching Janurary 9th!

Connect with Dr. Sasha

https://www.instagram.com/drsashaheinz/?hl=en

https://mindyourmind.com/

https://drsashaheinz.com/quick-links/

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This week, Arianna Taboada is on the podcast. She is an entrepreneur, author, coach and health researcher who recently published The Expecting Entrepreneur: A Guide to Parental Leave Planning for Self Employed Business Owners. We dive into the importance of parental leave for the health of yourself, your baby and your business. Arianna gives us tips for building postpartum networks to support your physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

 

Connect here:

Theexpectingentrepeneur.com

https://mainstreetalliance.org/

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Each year on December 1-7, a coalition of organizations (including CURE Epilepsy) recognize Infantile Spasms Awareness Week, a critical opportunity to raise awareness and educate the public about infantile spasms.  Kelly Cervantes is on this episode sharing a mother's journey through epilepsy.  Kelly has a deeply touching personal story to share after loosing her daughter, Adelaide to infantile spasms. 

Since this life altering moment, Kelly has dedicated her time to helping other parents navigate having a child with Epilepsy as well as bringing more research, awareness and support.  Together with Cure Epilespy, they can not emphasize enough the importance to bring awareness to the incurable disease that impacts 1 out of 26 people at some point during their lifetime.

https://www.cureepilepsy.org/

https://www.instagram.com/kellygc411/?hl=en

https://www.kellycervantes.com/blog

Connect with Elizabeth:

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

 

Anais Goldberg is a home cook turned entrepreneur and the creator of Cook Intuitively with Anais.  Her passion for cooking stemmed from watching her Mexican and Cuban grandmothers in the kitchen at a young age. Their use of flavors and invigorated senses enthralled Anais as she intuitively absorbed every essence of what it meant to cook. But it was when Anais walked down her health journey after recovering from her two consecutive pregnancies and being left with a laundry list of inflammatory issues, which she attributed to motherhood wear and tear, that Anais’ relationship with food changed. She shares in this episode how to create healthy meals for yourself when you are busy and raising kids to be contientious of their food choices. 

https://cookwithanais.podia.com/

https://biologicyouth.com/

https://www.instagram.com/anaisgoldberg/?hl=en

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

 

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Nayanka Paul From Bloody Btches is on this episode sharing about the disparities menstruating people in our country face.  She has started a grass roots in her local community and an online communal space curated for Black menstruators to engage freely in conversations about menstruation, sexual health, pleasure, & liberation. We dive into period poverty, access to feminine hygene products and how change has to start with us. 

Period: End of Sentence ( Can be found on Netflix) 

https://www.instagram.com/bloodybtches/?hl=en

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This week I am sharing stories from pregnant Americans who are opening up about their dark emotions in pregnancy.  This is 1 of 4 epsiodes that are shedding light on new research around the mental health crisis among pregnant Americans.  This new research has been conducted by Nonfiction and is called The Invisible Weight that has been commission by Twill.  

The remaining three episodes can be found at 

https://www.twill.health/theinvisibleweight

 

 Amelia Kriss is a Drama Therapist and Certified Coach in private practice in the Bay Area, California, where she lives with her husband and two powerhouse daughters. She works primarily with recovering people-pleasers and "Nice" girls who are ready to deconstruct self-shrinking patterns, and find more ease & joy. Amelia is also deeply committed to Birth Story Medicine work--helping birthing parents integrate, and move forward from, unresolved issues connected to the experience of giving birth. She believes that supporting parents through birthing as a rite of passage is an important (and too often missing) piece of creating healthier & happier families.

https://ameliakriss.com/

https://www.birthingforreal.com/

https://www.instagram.com/akcollaborative/

Book a Birth Story Medicine session with Amelia at this link: https://ameliakriss.com/birth-story-medicine Newsletter for Pregnant People called Soft Cheese: https://ameliakriss.com/soft-cheese

Connect with Liz:

https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/

https://miraculousmamas.com/

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Meagan Heaton is the co-founded the VBAC Link in 2018. She really found her love for birth in 2014 after her second C-Section, and since has supported over 300 couples as a birth doula. Meagan's passion for VBAC started after her own experiences. She had two C-sections and then went on to have a VBA2C. Her drive is to help women like herself feel educated, supported, and empowered during their birthing time.

We dive into this episode the research, statictics and facts about vaginal and cesarean births.  The pros and cons of VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and what your providers may not be telling you. We also talk about the arrive trial which has increased the cesarean rate in first time moms. 

https://www.instagram.com/thevbaclink/?hl=en

https://www.thevbaclink.com/

https://www.thevbaclink.com/the-arrive-trial/

https://www.thevbaclink.com/vbac-provider/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-113-the-evidence-on-vbac/

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Kelley Nemiro is an entrepeneaur, health coach and pilates instructor sharing her story and expertise on this episode.

After years of health issues withou answers, Kelley was done accepting that as a standard way to go through life and set out on a personal journey to change the way she felt. After trying nearly every lifestyle diet, she turned to plant-based whole foods, low impact movement, mindfulness, and meditation and watched her life transform over time.

With the mission to help women know they are not alone and that they can feel better in their bodies and mind, Kelley completed her health coaching certification and launched Wellness by Kelley shortly after. Knowing how daunting it is to take your health into your own hands, Kelley provides help to her community in an affordable and sustainable way to set women up for success in their personal health journey! She finds her purpose and fulfillment in helping women find a sense of balance in their life and feel better than they ever have.

Connect with Kelley

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjx3kzksqnX/?hl=en

https://www.wellnessbykelley.com/

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

 

Holly Kohlmann is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician and Trained Babywearing Educator.  She is on this episode telling sharing her wisdom with us and answering questions on how to keep our babies safe while wearing them and driving them. 

Connect with Holly

https://www.instagram.com/mamagoose_oc/?hl=en

https://mamagooseoc.com/

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

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Spenser Brassard is a fertility expert, coach, popular podcast
host, and author of the new book, Fertile Ground: A Mind-Body
Approach to Getting Pregnant Without it Taking Over Your Life.
She is the creator of Fertility Mind-Body Mastery, a program
that shows women how to harness the power of the mind-body
connection that replaces restriction with expansion and shame
with compassion. 70% of the women who work with Spenser get
pregnant within one year, and those who don’t get pregnant (yet)
are living happier, more fulfilling lives.

Connect with Spenser:

https://www.spenserbrassard.com/

https://www.instagram.com/spenserbrassard

Get The Book!

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Karmel Garcia is on this episode sharing the story of her 3 year old, Zoe, who was born with Down Syndrome. She takes us from the beginning with a prenatal diagnosis, the birth and through her first three years of life. Karmel started to see a need for families to have therapuetic tools to work with their kids at home and has started Zoe's Tool Box.

https://www.instagram.com/karmelita16/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/zoes_toolbox/?hl=en

Non Profit

https://www.zoes-toolbox.com/

Every baby born with Down syndrome will have their own unique experiences and abilities. Some will have many medical procedures in their first year, and some will be born never spending a day in the hospital.  For any diagnosis the first year is the hardest to navigate, and we are here to be a box of sunshine to those families.

Books to check out:

You Are Enough

Different - A Great Thing to Be

What's Inside you, Is Inside Me Too

Hannah's Down Syndrome Powers

47 Strings

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Ameya Duprey is a postaprtum Ayurvedic doula that helps women achieve true health and balance through simple methods such as specialized Ayurvedic diet, lifestyle, massage, herbs and more. She shares with us what Ayurveda is and how to optimize postpartum healing and recovery.

Connect with Ameya

https://pages.shakticare.com/fhm-registration/ https://www.instagram.com/shakticare/ https://shakticare.com/postnatal-cookbook/

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Trauma and post-partum depression survivor, Ashley Bernardi, is on this episode sharing how listeners can own their authentic power and transform the mind, body, and spirit with hope. 

Drawing from practical techniques from over 20 healing luminaries plus her own personal story of surviving trauma, Lyme disease, and postpartum depression, Ashley shares the insights she’s gained and her personal story of adversity that taught her the power of prioritizing mental health.

She has since authored AUTHENTIC POWER: Give Yourself Permission To Feel 

Connect with Ashley

https://ashleybernardi.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bookerbernardi/

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**Trigger Warning: This Episode Contains Details of a Child Loss**

Nicole Hughes in on this episode sharing her passion for child water safety.  Nicole lost her 3 year old son to a drowning incident and has since become a huge advocate for sharing valuable, life-saving information.  She is on this episode sharing the story of her son, Levi,  and how we can protect our children. 

Connect with Nicole:

https://www.instagram.com/nicolehughes8/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/WaterGuardiansLevisLegacy/

https://www.levislegacy.com/?fbclid=IwAR0ibxbuwKkNYTeTs07eEedRAHvYQnC7AGaEKCqWZKiEKCZWYgHPl3rnLsQ

Connect with Liz

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https://miraculousmamas.com/

Dr. Marisa Franco is a psychologist and friendship expert. She identifies as a psychologist for the people as she is passionate about sharing research with the people that it could help the most.

Dr. Franco has studied friendship intensively, doing research on friendship all over the world. She is a professor and wrote the book on friends called Platonic.  This episode, we dive into how to help your teens make friends, building community and how to handle friendship break ups. 

https://www.instagram.com/drmarisagfranco/

https://drmarisagfranco.com/

Get the book, Platonic Here

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676695/platonic-by-marisa-g-franco-phd/

Take the Friendship Quiz

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Joanna Faber and Julie King are lifelong childhood friends who grew up with parents who practiced gentle parenting with them.  Coming from a family of parenting experts and authors, they teamed up to write a survival guide for parents with kids ages 2 to 7. They offer tips and advice this episode on how to deal with meltdowns, whining and every day tasks. 

Connect:

https://how-to-talk.com/

http://julieking.org/

https://www.facebook.com/faberandking

https://www.instagram.com/howtotalk.forparents/

Get the Books

How to Talk so Little Kids Listen

How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen

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https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/

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Dr. Julia DiGangi  is a neuropsychologist and focuses on the brain, emotional intelligence, and resilience. Through her work, she shows people how to work with their nervous systems so they can take the energy of their emotional pain--everything from stress to anxiety to trauma--and turn it into their emotional power. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and psychology, she focuses on practical, evidence-based strategies to achieve behavioral change that sticks. 

Connect with Dr. DiGangi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliadigangi/

https://www.instagram.com/drjuliadigangi/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/drjuliadigangi

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpCF_WwyjsFLBi_NR8iKjQ

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Emma Jean is a best selling author and on this episode sharing her knowledge of how to get published and launching the I'm An Author Academy, which empowers children to publish their own best-selling books!  We discuss how giving your child the outlet of writing can absolutely change both their world and yours!

Connect at:

imanauthor.com

4pigs2fly.com

Follow Emma Jean

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Andrea Haskins is a lactation counselor with Childbirth International and a La Leche League leader who focuses on fostering parent confidence and restoring mamas relying on their instincts to parent. Some of the topics we cover this episode are breastfeeding, bed-sharing, weaning and combo feeding. Andrea shares research, statistics but most importantly talks about following your instincts in mothering. 

Connect with Andrea:

https://www.instagram.com/instinctualmothering/?hl=en

Link to Empowered Breastfeeding Academy waitlist:

https://app.mailerlite.com/sites/preview/5552042   Link to Your Breast Sleep: https://app.mailerlite.com/sites/preview/5434922

SIDS Enzyme Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396422002225#!

Safe sleep seven

https://www.llli.org/the-safe-sleep-seven/

Paced Bottle Feeding

https://www.mamanatural.com/paced-bottle-feeding/

Weaning info

https://www.instagram.com/sebtheseries/?hl=en

Connect with Elizabeth:

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/

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Kaila Díaz is a liguist and language educator with her Masters in Linguistics.  She founded Bilinguitos from her passion to help families pass down & preserve their language.  At Bilinguitos their mission is first and foremost to cultivate and celebrate bilingualism, and to help others do the same in their home for their families. She is on this episode sharing her expertise and giving the listeners tips on raising bilingual children.

Connect and follow Kaila:

https://www.instagram.com/bilinguitos/?hl=en

https://bilinguitos.com/

Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.elizabethjoy.co/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/  

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With her oldest turning 4 this week, Liz reflects on what she would do differently in her past births. As she continually learns as a doula, there are a few changes she would make in hindsight. 

Connect with Liz

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Become a Doula!

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Jovie's Birth Story

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elizabeth-and-vitos-birth-story/id1343507855?i=1000491148189

 

Toula's Birth Story

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toulas-birth-story/id1343507855?i=1000556140023

 

Carlo's Birth Story

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-309-carlos-birth-story-with-vito-and-liz/id1343507855?i=1000646827942

 

Ann Gillagan's Guide:

https://www.gilligansguide.com/gilligansguide

 

 

Evidence on Due Dates:

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-due-dates/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/

https://www.ontariomidwives.ca/sites/default/files/2017-07/Postdates-pregnancy-English.pdf

 

Troy Duell has been in the pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years. He realized pharmaceutical companies were prioritizing profits over health and products that were expensive, ineffective, and often harmful.  He felt the pull to develop a company that put people and their health over profits.  Through his personal story and passion for helping others, he started to dive into what was really in our vitamins and how it affects our health.  In this episode he addresses folic acid verses folate, the MTHFR gene defect and vital nutrition for fertility and pregnancy. 

Check out Bump DHA

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Connect: https://www.instagram.com/bumpdha/

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Resources:

1.  American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. (2018). Folic Acid Exposure in Utero is Associated with Development of Food Allergy.  The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141(2). (Presented at the 2018 AAAAI/ WAO Joint Congress, Orlando, FL.).   2.  Servy, Edouard, et.al., MTHFR isoform carriers. 5-MTHF (5-methyl tetrahydrofolate) vs. folic acid: a key to pregnancy outcome: a case series.  Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-018-1225-2  

As an auto-immune disease fighter, Jessica's motherhood journey is postponed. She comes on the podcast to share why she decided to start Mamas in Training and her passion for learning all about motherhood before she actually becomes a mom. Jessica talk about 3 Pillars of Motherhood: Advocacy, Planning/Preparing & Community and how important they are throughout motherhood.  She has created an online platform through her podcast and facebook community to help other mamas in training. 

Website: http://mamasintraining.com/   Facebook Community: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/mamasintrainingpod   IG: https://www.instagram.com/mamasintrainingpod/   Episodes mentioned:  EP113- C-Sections https://www.mamasintraining.com/blog/ep113-what-to-expect-from-a-c-section-the-gentle-c-section-with-dr-george-mussalli/ EP74- Confidence in Formula Feeding: https://www.mamasintraining.com/blog/ep74-how-to-find-confidence-in-formula-and-baby-feeding-with-erin-moore/ EP71: Your Pelvic Floor: https://www.mamasintraining.com/blog/ep71-ladies-lets-learn-about-your-pelvic-floor-pregnancy/   Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.miraculousmamas.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/     30% off your entire order at https://mykitsch.com/mamas  

Macall Gordon is on this episode talking all about sleep. We have all heard about sleep training and gentle sleep approaches but both leave out the key to whether or not it will work.  The temperament of your child can majorly affect sleep.  Macall dives into what can affect temperament and how it can cause sleep issues.  

Between 20-and 30% of children come into this world wired to be more sensitive, more perceptive, more alert, more intense, more persistent and, as a result, have much bigger, more intractable sleep issues. Parents of these “livewires” are trying harder, struggling more, and are not seeing the progress promised in books. Almost without exception they are exhausted, overwhelmed and they think that maybe they just suck at parenting.

https://www.littlelivewires.com/

https://www.instagram.com/littlelivewires/

Connect with Liz:

https://www.instagram.com/morningchava/?hl=en

https://www.morningchava.com

 

Renowned social impact experts and mothers come on to talk about what it takes for parents to thrive as business leaders, partners, and citizens.  Monica Brand Engel, Lisa Neuberger Fernandez and Wendy Jagers joined forces to write the book,  Rebalance: How Women Lead, Parent, Partner… and Thrive.  They come on the podcast to share what they have learned and to give tips to thrive as mothers.

Get the book:

https://amzn.to/3Aq3k0o

Rebalancetothrive.com

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Liz Wolfe is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Author and Researcher.  She is passionate about diving deep into topics and the research behind them. This week, we are diving into safe sun exposure.  We discuss the health benefits of sun, the risks of too much exposure, the sunscreen industry and how should we approach this with our kids.  Do we lather them or not?  Listen to this episode to find out!

Connect with Liz Wolfe:

https://realfoodliz.com/

https://www.instagram.com/realfoodliz/?hl=en

Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.miraculousmamas.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/          

James Barry is back on the podcast sharing the story of his vasectomy procedure.  Vasectomies are common but not often talked about.  This episode is to help shift the conversation and destigmatize the emotional, physical and mental aspects of getting a vasectomy.  James opens up about how long it took him to be ready and how we can support our partners during this time. 

Connect with James:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvAbM3OfHu/?hl=en

 

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Nellie Harden is a family life and leadership coach helping parents lead their daughters through the good, great, hard and sticky parts of childhood to the greatest and strongest beginning of their adulthood.  Nellie founded the 6570 Project which is built around the idea that parents are truly the architects of the beginning of their child's life.  Everything we do as adults ultimately comes back to those crucial and formative first 18-20 years in some way and we as parents have the profound opportunity to build a strong foundation that will support them through it all. Nellie is giving us tips and support to help build this foundation.

Connect with Nellie: https://www.nellieharden.com/

Nellie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/nellieharden/

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Ria Safford, the go-to celebrity professional organizer and CEO of luxury home organization business, RiOrganize, is on this week giving us all of her tips.  Liz is not the most organzied person and picks Ria's brain on the basics of being organzied. Ria tells us where to start and how to stay organized!

Follow Ria:

https://www.instagram.com/riorganize/?hl=en

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Dr. Zabina "Zee" Bhasin, MD, is a Child Psychiatrist, mother of two, first-generation American, and diversity and inclusion (DEI) expert.
Her company, In Kidz, is a diverse toy company created to educate children about different cultures and ultimately foster inclusivity.
In this episode, we chat about how to teach diversity in your home and raise loving kids. 

In Kidz website: https://www.inkidzco.com

In Kidz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inkidzco

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Dr. Heather Evans is a pelvic floor therapist who has taken her experience as a NICU mama to help others. She shares her story of having premature twins needing a 4 month NICU stay and how her professional and personal life came together.  After 8 years of recovery from the trauma, Heather wanted to create a book to help guide NICU mamas specifically through their post-partum journey while never leaving their little one's isolette.

Heather's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherevansdpt

Learning to Breate book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningtobreathebook

Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Breathe-story-micropreemies-defied/dp/1543072151

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Dane is the founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle inspired by his life-threatening battle with Crohn’s/Colitis, which he reversed using natural practice. As a Board Certified Nutritionist and one of the most successful Crohn’s/Colitis coaches in the world, he has helped thousands around the world find their unique answer to IBD while building a community of supporters, doctors and healers!

connect with Dane:

https://crohnscolitislifestyle.com

https://www.instagram.com/crohnscolitis_lifestyle/

https://www.instagram.com/danejohnson1/

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Dan and Kay are the Co-Founders of Centseifinancial.com, a company that builds online programs helping couples and individuals with their personal finances and budgeting. Over 1000 people have gone through their online programs, and they've helped their clients save over 10+ million dollars (that they know of).  In this episode, they are giving us tips and advice on how to budget, save and take control of our finances.

Free Budgeting Class: https://www.centseifinance.com/free-budgeting-class/

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Jessica Elder is a mother of four and clinical social worker who lives in Scottsdale, AZ. She has spent many years professionally supporting children and families through a variety of life transitions. Jessica earned her master’s degree in social work from Columbia University and built her career in NYC focusing on child development, play therapy, and supporting families through illness and grief. After the birth of her second child, she reflected on the emotional experience of weaning and felt inspired to write My Milk Will Go, Our Love Will Grow: A Book for Weaning. She now offers a free gentle weaning guide to compliment her book. Jessica loves to educate about the power of connection and communication with children.

You can learn ideas for building and maintaining a connection with your child through her social media https://www.instagram.com/jessicaelderauthor

Get the book: https://amzn.to/3LRoQxD

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Being a mom was Megan’s dream. At twenty-seven, Megan was told IVF would be her only chance to have a biological baby. This started Megan and her husband on a four-year journey of waiting, hoping and inconceivable heartache. Tragically, after her first round of IVF, Megan did not become pregnant after transferring their only three embryos, and their savings was completely spent. This was the darkest time of her life. She wrote her book, Give Grace, and created a Sisterhood to guide women going through this season of life. 

Megan's website: https://www.megansmalley.com

Megan's book: https://www.megansmalley.com/givegracebook

The Infertility Sisterhood: https://the-infertility-sisterhood.mn.co

I Love Someone Facing Infertility: https://www.theinfertilitysisterhood.com/i-love-someone-facing-infertility

Megan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megansmalley

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Jenna’s extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Throughout her career in academia, Jenna has researched and published numerous studies that largely focused on citizens science, general health, and the impact of food consumption on a person’s well-being.  In this episode, she shares her expertise on toxins, the environment and the effects on fertility. 

Million Marker: https://www.millionmarker.com

Million Marker Starter Bundles: https://www.millionmarker.com/starter-bundles

Study on low fat dairy and fertility: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070228064902.htm

Toxic-Free Guide: https://www.millionmarker.com/toxic-free-guide

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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Nadine Levitt is an education thought leader and advocate, having spoken all over the world on the importance of social and emotional learning, and the power of music education.  In this episode she talks about what is an emotional toolkit and how it can help kids, teachers and parents.  Levitt also talks about how music can play a role!

My Mama Says website: https://www.mymamasays.com

WURRLY website: https://www.wurrlyedu.com

PD Reimagined: https://www.pdreimagined.com

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Priyanka Jain is the co-Founder and CEO of Evvy, a company that created at-home tests for your vaginal microbiome. Despite centuries of stigmatization, the vagina is truly incredible. Among many other things, it’s the structural connection between the outside world and the female body’s most powerful reproductive organs. Every day, the vaginal microbiome performs the equivalent of modern health miracles and Priyanka is sharing why it's important to know about it! Learn more about Evvy: https://www.evvy.com Evvy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evvy

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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In this episode, Liz and Vito are sharing the birth story of their daughter, Toula.  This birth experience was completely different from their first, including choosing a free-standing birth center instead of a hospital. 

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Ariel’s passion is breaking down taboos and giving parents & kids quality, body-positive education. Her leading sex educator and OBGYN approved 10 book series, Yoni Magic, has been featured in Entrepreneur and is lauded by parents as a solution to making ‘the talk’ easier and more approachable. Ariel gives us some tips and tools for talking to our children about their bodies and sex.

Yoni Magic: https://mylittleyoni.com/pages/yoni-magic

My Little Yoni website: https://mylittleyoni.com

My Little Yoni Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylittleyoni

My Little Yoni Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mylittleyoni/_shop

Sign up for the My Little Yoni newsletter at https://mylittleyoni.com/pages/sign-up & get their 13 Essentials Sex Ed Guide!

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Jen Fulwiler is a standup comic, bestselling author, and mom of six.  She self-produced her first standup comedy tour — booking theaters across the country with nothing more than a Google search and her personal credit card — and sold out almost every show. In this episode. Jen shares about finding your blue flame, pursuing your dreams as a mom, and building a support system.  Jen on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5415180

Get Tickets for Jen's Tour: https://jenniferfulwiler.com/tour

Jen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferfulwiler

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

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MONA DELAHOOKE, PHD. is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. She is the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges, and is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. In this episode, she addresses the neurological side of tantrums and how we can approach them as parents. 

Connect with Dr. Mona at monadelahooke@gmail.com 

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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James Barry is Back on the podcast this week! In this episode, James digs into ancestral eating, connecting with our food, helping picky eaters and connecting with ourselves through our daily habits.  

Chef James Barry is a celebrity chef, husband, father, founder of PLUCL and believer in eating as close to nature as possible. 

Connect with James:

https://eatpluck.com/

https://www.instagram.com/eatpluck/

https://www.instagram.com/chefjamesbarry/

 

Connect with Liz

https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en

https://www.Elizabethjoy.co

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Check out our other episodes with James:

Vasectomey episode 222: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep222-behind-the-scenes-of-getting-a/id1343507855?i=1000567084453

 

Organ Meats and Fertility episode 172:

https://podcasts.apple.com/tt/podcast/organ-meats-and-fertility-with-chef-james-barry/id1343507855?i=1000526225866&l=fr

 

This week we are having on listener, Shannon Perkins.  She shares her two birth stories with us.  They did not go quite as planned but Shannon had empowering experiences. 
She is a mom of two (Madelyn - 3 and Benjamin - 1), senior communications manager for a medical software company, and freelance writer. She resides in a coastal town in southeastern Massachusetts with her husband and children. When she's not mom'ing or writing, you can find her exercising, organizing, reading, or indulging in her favorite guilty pleasure — reality TV.

Connect with Shannon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonplasski

Shannon on Motherly: https://www.mother.ly/author/shannon-perkins

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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As the due date for Presta Baby #2 is approaching quickly, Liz and Vito are getting ready.  In this bonus episode, they are sharing their birth plan, answering questions and reliving what happened with their last birth.  They share what they are changing this time and what they are most excited about.  Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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Jessie Asya Kanzer is the author of Don’t Just Sit There, DO NOTHING: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching — a book in which she uses ancient philosophy to help us thrive amidst our modern chaos. Jessie shares her own story of healing and spiritual awakening, as well as her very human messes, to show others how to find their power no matter where they are on their journey. As a former reporter and actress who's appeared on television programs and podcasts all over the country, she brings high energy to her workshops and speaking engagements, leading participants in exercises and discussions that help them Heal, Chill, and Live better!

Jessie's website: https://jessiekanzer.com

Jessie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessiekanzer

Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com

Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas

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