Dana, Lauren and Sophie discuss their journeys healing the father wound through reconnecting with their wombs, God, and learning from the union of Christ and Mary Magdalene.

If you've struggled with your relationship with your father (or lack thereof), this conversation provides an often overlooked path to healing your relationship with the masculine- through the womb and God.

Lauren Megan is a Wife, Mother, and Feminine Embodiment Guide. She is the Creatrix of Cosmic Rose, a year-long container to heal your relationship with God, money, and men through the womb.

Join Cosmic Rose here: https://www.laurenmegan.com/a/2147923630/LR6ZW9m7

Follow Lauren: https://www.instagram.com/iamlaurenmegan/?hl=en

Sophie Regan is a Childhood Trauma Healer and Somatic Practitioner, and the support coach inside Cosmic Rose.

Follow Sophie: https://www.instagram.com/sophie_regan_/?hl=en

Dana Drahos created Womb-Led Woman as a sanctuary for women to reclaim the sacred power of their womb and heal generational trauma through ceremony.

Get the free Womb Steaming Guide: https://wombology.thrivecart.com/womb-steaming-guide-2/

Work with Dana 1-1: https://wombology.thrivecart.com/1-1-symptom-breakthrough-session/

Follow Dana: https://www.instagram.com/womb.led.woman/?hl=en

Both conventional and alternative medicine view symptoms as bad, a sign of imbalances and needing to be fixed. But what if your symptoms were actually GOOD and a sign that you’re healing? 

What if the root cause of your symptoms has nothing to do with you not eating perfectly, but rather, a highly intelligent adaptive response to ensure your survival?

Our guest Abigail Puccioni, a German New Medicine Educator offers us a transformative perspective on health and disease that takes the fear, overwhelm and pressure out of healing.

She gives us a beginner crash course on what German New Medicine is, and takes us through the five foundational principles of GNM, which you can use as a lens to understand the real biological root of your chronic symptoms and how to approach healing differently.

Today we discuss:

• The basics of German New Medicine and how it flips the script on conventional and alternative medicine

• I share a personal story on how GNM helped me solve the mystery of “random” pelvic and bladder pain I was experiencing for months

• The emotional and biological root cause of women’s reproductive health concerns like PCOS, yeast infections and period pain

• Questions to ask yourself to gain clarity on the biological root cause of your symptoms

Connect with Abigail:

@ajpuccioni 

abigailpuccioni.com

Freedom from Fear podcast

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Whether you're just starting out on your fertility journey or have been trying to conceive for years, Tam can help uncover the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blockages that are preventing you from conceiving.

Tam Inspires is the empowering force behind black women in their 30s and 40s on their fertility journeys. With a deep understanding of unique challenges faced by women of color, she guides clients through spiritual fertility, connecting them with spirit babies and guides, while dismantling blockages.

We discussed:

• What is your "juju" and what does it have to do with fertility
• Tam's journey and why she feels called to this work
• What Tam means when she says "infertility is ancestral"
• Common physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blocks that are holding couples back from being able to conceive
• What are "spirit babies"
• How Tam works to create a safe and supportive environment for women of color
• Tips for increasing your chances of conceiving
• How you can work with Tam

Work with Tam:

⁠Instagram⁠

⁠Website⁠

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Our nervous systems are as ancient as life on Earth. They control much of what we do on a daily basis without our conscious awareness, and yet many of us don't know much about them (or the fact that they're the key to healing trauma and stress-related chronic illness!)

Aeryn O'Halloran went through years of trauma and a laundry list of chronic illness diagnoses as a result, tried all kinds of conventional and alternative interventions, but nothing transformed her health quite like nervous system regulation and somatic experiencing. Now, she is passionate about helping people recover from trauma, chronic illness and C-vid using food and nervous system regulation as the foundations to rebuild their health upon.

Join us to learn:

• Aeryn's experience growing up in a religious cult which resulted in disassociation from her body and chronic illness
• Signs your nervous system is dysregulated
• The different states of our nervous system and how to identify which state you're in
• What causes nervous system dysregulation in the first place
• Why you don't have to remember your trauma to heal it
• The path to healing our nervous system

Resources Mentioned:

Episode 28: Exploring the Impact of Religion on our Wombs (Aeryn's full story)

Anchored by Deb Dana

Havening Technique

Connect with Aeryn:

Email: Aeryn@wildhopeholistics.com

Website

Instagram

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Today we're talking all things vaginal health; yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis, candida overgrowth, genital herpes, HPV, and UTIs with none other than Adrienne, the Yoni Nutritionist!

Adrienne is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Sexual Health Advocate that specializes in holistic nutrition and wellness for vaginal and sexual health.

We discuss:

• Adrienne's personal journey with genital herpes and chronic vaginal infections and how she found healing
• Dispel some myths around herpes
• A deep dive on herpes: what it is, how its transmitted, how common it is and de-stigmatizing it
• Nutritional tips for chronic vaginal infections and herpes outbreaks
• Why a vegan diet isn't great for vaginal health
• How trauma plays a role in recurring vaginal infections

Learn from Adrienne:

Instagram

Website

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Mushroom medicine can be a powerful Earth medicine ally in your womb healing journey, birth and even motherhood. If you've been at all curious about incorporating mushrooms into your healing journey, this episode is for you!

Today I talk with Mikaela de la Myco, a facilitator of mushroom medicine and an educator of "mushWOMB consciousness", which is the intersection of mushroom education and womb wisdom.

We discuss:

• How mushroom medicine can support you at all points in the womb continuum- from periods, to preconception, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding & postpartum
• What is "mushWOMB consciousness"?
• What to do if you're worried about having a "bad trip"
• How to prepare for your ceremony with mushrooms so you have a transformative experience
• How mushroom medicine interacts with your body at different phases of your menstrual cycle and with the lunar cycle

Learn from Mikaela:

Instagram

Website

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If you and your partner are struggling with sex and intimacy, especially during postpartum time, or having the same argument over and over, this is a great episode for you!

Prairie Wolfe is a Certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and Somatic Sex and Relationship Coach. She was ushered into this work through a difficult birth and postpartum time that left her grappling with physical and emotional trauma, and searching desperately for answers.

Prairie has a thriving private practice where she supports folks to reconnect with their vibrancy, reclaim space in their own bodies, recover from pelvic issues, and develop healthy relating patterns with their partners and children. She also regularly hosts group pelvic-mapping workshops as well as relationship development for couples.

We discuss:

• The birth trauma that led her to this work
• Orienting to what somatics and somatic experiencing means and the benefits of it for healing from trauma
• The deeper layers that create disconnect in intimacy for couples
• Tools to revive intimacy and sex in postpartum or any other time you and your partner are struggling with this
• Much more!

Connect with Prairie:

Website

Instagram

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If you are someone who has struggled to attract good, healthy men and have secure, non-toxic relationships this episode will be a great one for you! Courtney Titus is an Intimacy & Holistic Health Coach. She has trained with some of the top intimacy coaches in the industry and helps men & women get tuned into their bodies and turned on to live their most liberated and pleasurable lives. She specializes in women's health, masculine/feminine dynamics, nonviolent communication, and sacred sexuality. Courtney has helped her clients heal their relationships to their bodies, connect deeper to their cycles, speak their truth and own their deepest desires.

We discussed:

• How re-connecting with your womb and cycle actually helps you improve your dating life, relationships & sex life
• What it looks like to be operating from a healthy feminine energy vs. a wounded feminine energy and how that could be impacting your relationships
• The importance of slowing down in your life and speaking your truth as ways to heal your feminine energy
• What's wrong with the feminist movement and how it actually cuts us off from our divine feminine energy

Courtney is available for public speaking, workshops, group & one on one coaching.

Connect with Courtney:

Instagram

Offers & Services

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By popular demand, here is an interview featuring me! Danielle Baker comes back to the Wombology Podcast, this time to swap seats and be the host and asks me the most beautiful questions.

We talk about why I started this podcast, how I got interested in womb health, my time living abroad in Vietnam, how I juggle a 9-5 job, another part-time job and doing all things Wombology and more!

You can listen to Danielle's interview How to Hold Women's Circles here.

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Do you have trouble connecting to your truest, most authentic self? Does your throat chakra feel constricted, like you're not saying what you really want to say? Do you want to feel wildly unapologetic in your self expression? Then listen to this episode with one of my favorite people on the internet, Michelle Etchison, a Self Expression Coach!

Michelle is truly the embodiment of relentless, wild, unapologetic self expression.

She shares every raw and real side of her self, and every step of her journey, and it's truly magical to witness.

We talk about her solo trip to Mexico and her unplanned break from sharing content during this time, and what she learned through only creating for herself.

We also talk about her journey of healing three autoimmune diseases and how self expression, pleasure and sensuality were what brought her soul back to life.

Connect with Michelle:

Instagram

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What comes to mind when you hear the word "ritual"? Elizabeth Tidwell, Cycle Coach and Founder of My Club Red, loves to define ritual as anything we do with intention, attention, and repetition. Elizabeth is on a mission to help women ritualize their period, through her monthly period self-care subscription box My Club Red. We discussed how re-connecting with your body and womb in this way helps to strengthen your intuition, allowing you to make aligned decisions in all areas of your life.

We also discuss:

• What diet and lifestyle changes Elizabeth made to heal her period
• What does it mean to "tune in to our body"? How do we actually do that?
• What your relationship with your body has to do with your love & dating life
• Elizabeth's background growing up in an orthodox Mormon family, and how that impacted her relationship with her body and womb
• How she re-connected with her body and her own version of spirituality after leaving the Church
• Elizabeth and Dana's favorite rituals during their monthly bleed
• How Elizabeth creates space for self-care as a mom and entrepreneur
• What you can expect in the My Club Red subscription box

Connect with Elizabeth:

Personal Instagram

My Club Red Instagram

My Club Red Website

Resources Mentioned:

Wild Power

The Power of Ritual

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This is about the spiritual aspect to preparing for pregnancy and birth. We're going beyond the physical preparations such as nutrition and birth plans, and diving deeper into how do we actually heal generational trauma and realize our ancestral gifts, to have a much more pleasant pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. This is not only for the benefit of the mothers and fathers, but for the spirit baby coming into the Earth as well. 

Lopa Visaveliya is a powerful multi-dimensional healer, clinical hypnotherapist, and divine fire alchemist. She witnesses POWERFUL and highly sensitive legendary souls as they step into their next iteration of pure love, pure intuitive clarity, pure divine connection, and pure personal power. She activates souls to enter into their next soul evolution of massive power, liberation, abundance and self-sourced expression of truth. She is here for those humans who refuse to settle, who were BORN to be iconic, and those who are ready to fall back in love with the allure of being themselves. Above all, she is in service to your soul & a Divine Scribe for the superconscious wisdom that wishes to flow through you. She’s the one you’re called to…. when you’re ready to burn everything that’s not you. Her name Lopa, in Sanskrit ~ means to destroy everything but the soul.

Connect with Lopa:

Website

Instagram

Resources/Other Practitioners Mentioned:

Dr. Liliana (episode 1)- Holistic Pelvic Physical Therapist

Lynne- @thehypnobirthingmama (for couples preparing to give birth)

Kim Perry- @kimperryco (exercise programs for all stages of the birth continuum)

Other relevant episodes:

How to Have an Empowered Birth with Hehe Stewart

Transitioning Off Birth Control and Preparing Your Body for Pregnancy with Haley Nichole 

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Stefanie is a Holistic Preconception Coach & Birth Alchemist. She coaches women on holistic preconception, pregnancy & birth.

June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and we wanted to bring to light the importance of dad’s mental health throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum. We know it can be an extremely overwhelming, stressful and lonely time for expecting dads and new fathers.

We went off on a few tangents but we trust the right people will hear it;)

Today we discuss:

• Dad’s role in pregnancy, ways to support in each trimester

• Important tangents about what’s going on hormonally and at a brain chemistry level during pregnancy- understanding her behavior

• Dad’s role as protector of the space in birth

• Dad’s role in postpartum and signs of postpartum psychosis (IMPORTANT!)

• Ways to support your own mental health as an expecting or new dad

• How cycle syncing improves the pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience (tangent for female listeners lol)

Connect with Stefani:

@bearth.alchemy

@iamstefaniemichelle

https://www.bearthalchemy.com/connect

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Grief is just like any other emotion that needs to be felt and moved through our bodies in order to be fully processed. Traditional talk therapy only gets us so far...and burying our grief doesn't get us anywhere! Grace Harman, an Embodied Grief Guide and Grief Alchemist helps us to see grief as a sacred, cyclical experience and empowers us to let our bodies be the guides of our grieving process. Whether you're grieving the loss of a loved one, a place, a relationship, an identity, or whatever else...you will gain a new perspective on how to move through grief.

We discuss:

• The grief in Grace's personal life and her intuitive grieving process that led her to this work
• Grieving rituals and practices in other cultures around the world
• What other things can we grieve besides the loss of a loved one?
• Why it's important to grieve in community
• Where does grief live in the body? Is it different for each unique individual?
• How can we tell if our body is expressing grief?
• Do males and females experience grief differently in their bodies?
• What if you just feel numb?
• What happens if we DON'T grieve through our bodies?
• How can we better support a friend/loved one who is grieving?
• Grace's group container, Yoni Alchemy

Connect with Grace

Website

Instagram

Podcast

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The more you ignore your body's messages, the louder she will get. This is what Kristen found out after endless health issues kept popping up, including PCOS. Her doctors kept offering pill after pill, which came with more and more side effects, until finally she saw a holistic doctor who worked with Kristen to heal the root cause rather than suppress symptoms. Now, Kristen works with women to connect back to their feminine essence as a trauma informed somatic practitioner and tantric coach with a specialization in sex, love and relationships.

We discuss:

• Kristen's rollercoaster of a journey with PCOS, birth control, and healing many various health issues
• The art of slowing down (especially for those high achievers and those with lots of natural energy!)
• When it seems like nothing is going your way...are you listening to the messages from the feminine?
• A key perspective shift that helped Kristen to stop the cycle of toxic relationships and attract more high vibe partners
• How to know if we're disconnected from our feminine essence
• A somatic therapy exercise that anyone can do for themselves to help you move past feeling "stuck"

Connect with Kristen:

Instagram

Website

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Another panel-style podcast, this time four of us talking about our journeys of struggling with alcohol, going sober, and then eventually re-introducing alcohol back into our lives on our terms, without shame or guilt or worry.

We discuss having control vs. wanting control with alcohol, deconstructing dogmatic beliefs around alcohol, and the importance of tuning into our bodies and empowering ourselves with CHOICE rather than militant rules.

***A FLEXIBLE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALCOHOL MAY NOT BE BEST FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. Please take what resonates for you and leave what doesn't. We trust in your ability to make choices for yourself depending on your unique circumstances😊

Connect with our speakers:

Nicole: @spiritualhello

Kasey: @kasey__t

Ana: @rising_seastar 

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Have you ever wanted to facilitate a women's circle but not sure how? I brought on Danielle Baker, Founder of Women's Circle Online and Host of the Depths of Motherhood podcast, to share her wisdom from 10 years of experience in hosting and attending women's circles.

We discuss:

• How Danielle went from being in the military to embracing more feminine spaces and practices
• The art and science of a good circle
• Opening and closing ceremonies
• How do you create a safe space?
• How to show up in a circle to give and receive medicine
• The importance of both the host and the members of the circle to take responsibility for their own emotions
• Playing with verbal and non verbal communication in circle
• Why it's so important for women to gather in circle
• and more!

Connect with Danielle

Instagram

Website

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Hormonal birth control disconnects us from our intuition, our inner wisdom. So it makes perfect sense to me why I hear from SO many of you that after getting off of birth control, you had a spiritual awakening!

This is what also happened for Alyssa Fry, an Astrological Life Coach and Founder of Authentically Alyssa, and contributing author of Lunar Wisdom. She is passionate about empowering dreamers to reconnect with the magic within and around them, take courageous actions towards their desires, and live as their most authentic self!

We discuss:

• Alyssa's journey with birth control, including how coming off led her to have a spiritual awakening where she quit her corporate 9-5 and pursued spiritual entrepreneurship
• The astrological reason why you may not feel all “new year new me” yet⁣⁣
• The connection between astrology and womb healing⁣
• How knowing your birth chart helps you live your most authentic life⁣
• A simple way to incorporate astrology into your life if you feel overwhelmed by it 

Connect with Alyssa:

Instagram

Website⁣

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Today we bring together 5 women with all different religious backgrounds, to discuss how these religions and cultures (or lack of) have shaped and impacted our relationship with ourselves as women, with our wombs, and with our sexuality. 

Some had a positive experience, most had a negative experience and left their religion, going on a quest to discover their own values and connection to their bodies. 

Tune in to hear how these women have grappled with unwinding the modesty and purity brainwashing, left everything and everyone they know behind to live life on their terms, reconnected with their indigenous roots to find a true sense of self and interconnectedness, and reclaimed the beauty of their wombs and menstrual cycles.

Our panelists today:

Dana Drahos, your host, was raised atheist, and in her household, religion and religious people were thought of as "dumb". As she got older, she felt a longing to be more connected to others, to something greater than herself, and to have rituals, but didn't want everything that came along with organized patriarchal religion. She now connects though womb work, menstruation rituals, yoni steaming, and nature.

Clarissa Gonzalez was raised by a Mexican Jehovah’s Witness and Mexican Catholic, and she denounced Christianity by age 13. She explored spiritualities and religions all around the world until she found the right fit coming back to her Mexican roots, the Toltekati indigenous based practices, which deeply honors the feminine cycles and archetypes. 

Zoe Neauchatz was raised in a "hippie" reformed Jewish community in San Francisco, where she actually was taught to explore various belief systems, encouraged to bleed into the earth and ritualize her menstruation, and connect with nature.

Aeryn O'Halloran was raised in a cult called the Quiverfull Movement, and moved cross-country to San Diego with her daughter to distance herself and heal from the brainwashing. She is now curious about connecting with her Celtic roots which share many similarities to Native American traditions.

Elizabeth Tidwell was raised Mormon, and left the church 5 years ago with her husband and young daughter. Elizabeth continues to release the brainwashing that female bodies are inherently "sinful" and a woman's only purpose is to be a selfless mother, by reclaiming her menstrual cycle and practicing self love.

Connect with the panelists:

Connect with Clarissa: @bloodmoonhealing

Connect with Elizabeth: @myclubred

Connect with Zoe: @zo.neu

Connect with Aeryn: @wild_hope_holistics  

Books mentioned:

When God was a Woman

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If you truly want to get to the root of symptoms like fatigue, bloating, irregular periods, heavy bleeding, depression, anxiety, insomnia and so many more...start with the gut! Your gut plays such a key role in digestion, detoxification, mood, and hormone production, therefore, it's so important to optimize your gut health. But how?! 

I brought on Avital Kushilevich, Medical Intuitive and Holistic Health Expert to answer that! After going through her own health challenges and finding a solution to heal naturally, Avital integrates her 10 years of holistic health expertise to help people heal from digestive issues, fatigue, hormone imbalances, autoimmune, anxiety, depression, and more. Avital incorporates tools such as holistic nutrition, bioenergetics and plant medicine to help facilitate healing for the mind-body-soul.

We discuss:

• Avital's personal journey with autoimmune issues and her period going missing for 6 years
• Typical signs your gut needs healing
• What causes poor gut health
• How the health of your gut is related to period problems
• Why conventional approaches to addressing gut health like restrictive diets and supplements/medications don't work in the long run
• What is disordered eating vs. eating disorder
• How Avital works with clients to get to the root of their symptoms and heal naturally
• Small steps you can take today to improve your gut health

Connect with Avital:

Instagram

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Struggling with physical, emotional or energetic birth trauma? This episode is like a warm hug, validating your experiences and supporting you with ways to heal.

Rebecca Lasky Cohen, MD is a holistic women’s healthcare physician specializing in pelvic wellbeing throughout all stages of women’s lives. She has spent the last 30 years dedicated to working with women and has had extensive training in midwifery, family medicine, obstetrics, energetic and physical modalities and traditional healing practices from throughout the world. She is mother to nine children and is devoted to orienting women to their own inner-knowing as they thrive in sovereignty, fully realizing their vibrant health and creative potential. Her practice, Full Circle Holistic, seeks to guide women to reclaim their womb wisdom and honor the sacredness of their bodies.

We discuss:

• Experiences Dr. Rebecca had in the industrialized medical system in both her medical training and as a pregnant and birthing mother herself
• Why she started orienting more to holistic healing
• How women can advocate for themselves within the Western medical model
• How the current medical model and societal norms fail women in postpartum
• What actually is birth trauma? Some examples of what Dr. Rebecca has seen and experienced
• How Dr. Rebecca helps her patients heal from birth trauma
• Steps you can take before or during pregnancy to reduce chances of birth trauma

Connect with Dr. Rebecca:

Website

Instagram

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Ever wondered what acupuncture actually is, how it can help with your reproductive health, and...does it hurt?? Allison is an acupuncturist and integrative health practitioner based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a fellow of the Acupuncture and TCM Board of Reproductive Medicine and member of the Obstetrical Acupuncture Association. She has specialized training in treating fertility and reproductive health. As a stage 3 endo warrior herself, Allison is extremely passionate in helping treat the pain and symptoms of endometriosis.

We talk about:

• What exactly is acupuncture and how does it work to help heal the body?
• What are the typical benefits someone can experience from acupuncture?
• What is a typical acupuncture session like? What happens?
• How does Eastern medicine approach health and disease differently than Western medicine?
• Allison's personal journey with endometriosis
• How Chinese medicine views and treats endometriosis
• Is red meat actually bad for endo?
• Why vegan diets or any extremely restrictive diets can be problematic for women's health and hormones
• Allison's journey with veganism and orthorexia, and how studying Chinese medicine changed Allison's perspective on food

Connect with Allison:

Instagram

Tik Tok

Website

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Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? After you've exhausted all the traditional AND holistic routes of healing and nothing has worked..what's next? Nicole Granati was experiencing debilitating Endometriosis that sent her to the emergency room, and she had tried all the things. It wasn't until she started using her psychic abilities to heal her spirit and energy that things started to change. She went from relying on pain relievers to get through the day, to no PMS or cramps! And you don't have to be a psychic to do this. Nicole shares with us today her techniques and tools anyone can use to heal their spirit.

Connect with Nicole:

www.spiritualhello.com

Instagram: @spiritualhello

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Resources Mentioned:

Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom by Christiane Northrup

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Birth can be a pleasurable orgasmic experience. Not too good to be true, hear it here from Jules Alma, who shares her wisdom of yoni mapping and being a birth doula. Jules will teach you how to bleed with bliss and birth in power in this enlightening talk about yoni mapping. 

Jules is a full-spectrum holistic doula, menstrual coach and yoni mapping guide. She created her brand, JULES ALMA, as a way to support women looking for answers and resources outside of the conventional women's healthcare model. She believes from the way we bleed, birth, pleasure, and nourish our bodies— healing and joy are possible for every woman.

Today we discuss:

• Jules’s personal experience with yoni mapping

• What is yoni mapping and the benefits to your health

• Why touching yourself doesn’t have to be sexual

• How yoni mapping relaxes your nervous system, heals your womb, and can help increase pleasure even during childbirth!

Connect with Jules:

Instagram

Free yoni mapping course 

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Whether you're wanting to conceive within the next few years or you just want to come off of birth control because you've heard about the harmful effects, this episode is for you! Haley Nichole is a holistic womb healer, women's mentor, and the visionary of the Root and Womb Collective, a women's community in devotion to womb and feminine vitality. She supports women in healing their womb, reconnecting to their body, transitioning off birth control, and preparing for pregnancy. Today, she shares with us her top tips for preparing your body to transition off of birth control and for optimal fertility, pregnancy and postpartum.

We discuss:

• Hayley's personal challenges with an eating disorder, birth control, and how she got into this work
• Why birth control is so problematic for our health
• Why so many women are struggling to get pregnant or maintain their pregnancy nowadays
• How to nourish your body for the most optimal fertility, pregnancy and postpartum
• Why vegan and plant based diets fail to support women's reproductive health
• How much time to give yourself to prepare your body to conceive
• How to spiritually prepare your womb for pregnancy
• Why it's so important to connect with your womb, cycle, and nature, before trying to conceive

Connect with Haley:

Website

Instagram

Podcast

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Cramps, anxiety, bloating, insomnia? There's an herb for that! In this episode, Sabrina Nelson, the witch behind Moon Beam Herbs, walks us through different herbs to support our bodies and spirits in each phase of our menstrual cycle. Sabrina also offers a special discount code for Wombology listeners at the end!

Sabrina is a writer, collage artist and herbalist exploring cyclicality grief, lineage, physical pain in the female body. She's the witch behind Moon Beam Herbs, an apothecary and herbal practice dedicated to helping others harmonize their menstrual cycle, realign with their natural rhythms, and remember their magic through herbal healing and body literacy.

We discuss:

• Sabrina's background in studying women's experiences in the medical system through a sociological lens
• Sabrina's two most favorite herbs which are great for the heart, inflammation, gut health and cramps
• Herbs for each phase of your cycle (Follicular, Ovulatory, Luteal, Menstrual); their benefits, and how to take them
• What if all you have access to is tea from the grocery store?
• Are herbal supplements from the grocery store even worth it?
• Do you really need ALL these herbs?
• Herbs are more than just something to "take"; the spirituality of herbs

Connect with Sabrina:

Instagram

Moon Beam Herbs Shop (use code WOMBOLOGY for 15% off!)

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Are you struggling with insecurities in the bedroom? Or ever wondered what it's REALLY like to be a sex confidence coach, talking about sex openly on Instagram? Well here's your chance to learn! Coco, otherwise known as The Conversational Freak on Instagram, is a Sex Confidence Coach for women, teaching them how to prioritize their pleasure and have confidence in themselves first. She has a private membership with tons of pre-recorded and live classes on topics like riding, how to give good head, dealing with a sensitive clit, and more.

We talk about:

• Coco's background and past of sexual abuse and getting out of a relationship that led her to becoming a sex confidence coach
• Behind the scenes of the private membership
• Struggling with body confidence and how to shift your mindset
• Do sex coaches have good sex with everyone all the time?
• Why you keep ending up on dates with fuck boys
• You know the 5 love languages...what are the sex languages?
• Your questions answered! Pregnancy sex, tips for sex with endometriosis, and more!

Connect with Coco:

Instagram

Membership

Live classes

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We will all experience death and loss at some point in our lives, but do most of us know how to alchemize our pain into medicine? Lisa Conine, a Death Doula who supports people in navigating death, loss and transitions, joins us to share about her solo ancestral pilgrimage to Italy and the UK, and the wisdom from her experiences in her own grief and through holding space others. 

We also discuss:

• What led her to go on a solo ancestral pilgrimage to the lands of her ancestors
• Why it's important to connect with your ancestors and their stories
• Things we learned about our ancestors that bring clarity to our current lives
• Being in practice of trusting and following the callings of your womb and heart
• What led Lisa to become a death doula
• Finding the medicine and magic in death, especially for women
• How Lisa approaches death and grief in her own life

Connect with Lisa:

Instagram

Substack

Calendly to work with her 1-1

Death Weaving Event October 23rd

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If you're between the ages of 28-31, you're likely in your "Saturn Return"; when Saturn returns back to the position in the sky that it was in when you were born. Why is this important? Maura calls your Saturn Return an initiation into Spiritual Adulthood; a chance to end karmic cycles, heal ancestral trauma, and discover your destiny. This portal only comes around every 29.5 years, so it's important not to miss it! In this episode, we both share about our wild Saturn Return experiences (divorce, break ups, spiritual awakenings, career changes, moving to new countries..there's a lot!) and how we should be best utilizing this portal of opportunity for spiritual growth.

Maura is a sister, daughter, healing holder + medicine maker. Maura weaves her study of witchcraft, Neo-Tantra, and Taoism together to walk with people through the medicine of their lives. She co-facilitates with Qiddist Ashe in The Womb Room, a life altering container dedicated to female sovereignty and Yin Reverence. she supports women and men in her community with their reproductive health, spiritual growth, and energetic agility. Maura’s deepest prayer is that her work honor her teachers, her loved ones, her guides, and the great Tao.

Resources Mentioned:

The Womb Room with Qiddist Ashe

The House of WE with Victoria Washington

Spiritual Counseling with Nicole of Spiritual Hello

Find out when your Saturn Return is here.

Connect with Maura:

Instagram

Call Me a Witch website

Blossoming Daughters website

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Do you wake up and dread having to get up for the day? Do you struggle to find joy? Are you totally sick of your own sh*t!? Then you're ready for your rebirth! 

Kasey Tench, a Holistic Life Coach and Mentor, joins us on the show today to talk about overcoming a multitude of chronic illnesses including stage 4 endometriosis through holistic healing, re-connecting with spirit after a near death experience, finding joy and purpose again, and using your menstrual cycle as a guide to navigate life's tough transitions.

Connect with Kasey:

Journal Freebie: https://www.kaseytench.com/freebie

Services Available: https://www.kaseytench.com/services

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kasey__t/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaseytench/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootingforyoullc

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So much focus goes on baby in the fourth trimester…what about mama? In postpartum, your body is in its most vulnerable state, severely lacking in vitamins, minerals, and of course..sleep!

Traditional Chinese Medicine has very specific, nourishing traditions and protocols for postpartum that help mama recover.

Mona En Ting Stillwell founded Feeding Mama, a meal delivery service for postpartum parents, as a way to bring TCM postpartum practices to the mainstream.

We discuss:

• Mona’s personal experience with IVF and a high-risk birth due to her age and having twins
• How postpartum TCM practices helped her heal and why she wanted to bring this to more people
• Key foods, vitamins and minerals for the 4th trimester according to TCM
• Other recovery practices and traditions in TCM for the postpartum period
• How Mona has benefitted emotionally and spiritually from re-connecting with her Chinese cultural roots and her ancestors
• Resources for how you can incorporate TCM traditions into your postpartum period
• Decolonization practices Mona incorporates into her business to respect & repay BIPOC peoples

Resources Mentioned:

https://motherbees.com/

The First 40 Days by Heng Ou

The Nine Golden Months by Heng Ou

Connect with Mona:

Feeding Mama website

Feeding Mama Instagram

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There is no magic pill to heal your womb, but if there was one, pelvic (or yoni) steaming would be it. Do you struggle with painful cramps, irregular cycles, yeast infections, short cycles, Fibroids, or other period problems? Or perhaps you're healing from postpartum or a miscarriage. Pelvic steaming has SO many benefits, including healing sexual/emotional trauma that you may be holding in your womb space. 

Julia Demillones Moore (she/her) is a pelvic steam practitioner, home herbalist, mother, birth keeper & advocate for enriched postpartum care. Julia uses ancestral medicine practices from her Filipino lineage to bring pelvic steaming into people’s lives and to hold space for exploration and conversation about self + community care for menstrual cycles, birth, and breastfeeding.

We discuss:

• What is pelvic steaming?
• The never ending list of amazing physical, emotional and energetic benefits of steaming
• Dana's story of her first DIY steaming experience (she invited her boyfriend to be part of the experience!)
• Who should NOT steam? Contraindications for steaming
• Julia's Filipino lineage and the history of the steaming practice found in cultures all over the world
• How you can DIY your own steam at home
• Which herbs beginners can use
• When to seek out support from a certified practitioner
• What it might look like for you to work with a practitioner
• Where to source quality herbs

Connect with Julia:

www.moonbeamsteams.com

Instagram @moonbeamsteams

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Birth should be a judgement-free zone where you feel informed, empowered and heard. Often times, it is not this way. In fact, 40-60% of new parents walk away with birth trauma, and the rate of unnecessary and unwanted C-sections is out of control in the US. Our guest HeHe Stewart is a Family Life Educator with 10 years of experience in supporting families, an Infant Feeding Specialist, and Birth/Postpartum Doula. She created The Birth Lounge, which teaches pregnant folks how to have an informed and confident birth, and reduce the risk of C section with research-backed childbirth education. 

We discuss:

• Why maternal mortality rates and unnecessary C-section rates are so high in the US compared to other countries
• How HeHe went from being an early childhood educator to becoming so passionate about sovereign childbirth 
• The most important things you need to know before choosing which hospital and medical provider to birth with
• You can say "no" to hospital policies and the doctor's recommendations! 
• How to make informed decisions for yourself as a pregnant person
• How to be in control during your birth
• How to have an empowered and informed C section
• What is a "birth plan" (or birth preferences sheet)

Connect with HeHe:

The Birth Lounge Membership

The Birth Lounge App

The Birth Lounge Podcast

Instagram

Freebie: 170 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Having a Baby

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Millions of women around the world use hormonal contraception like the Pill, the patch, the IUD...but how many of us actually know what this drug actually does to our body? Were you told by your doctor how the Pill works, and what the side effects and long-term consequences to your health were? Most of us weren't! 

Trigger warning: Eating disorders discussed

Maddie Miles is a Board-Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, Women's Health and Hormone expert, and Clinical Herbalist. She created the brand Peace Love Hormones, and the herbal supplement Soothe, which helps women with PMs and painful periods. She joins us today to talk about the negative consequences of hormonal birth control so that you can be fully informed!

We discuss:

• Maddie's personal journey of being in and out of the hospital for an eating disorder, insomnia and anxiety, to studying integrative health and healing her body
• How hormonal contraceptives impact your gut, liver, mental health, metabolism and more
• How to safely and smoothly transition off of birth control and rebuild your health
• Maddie's favorite medicinal herbs for women's health and hormones

Connect with Maddie:

IG & TikTok: @themaddiemiles

IG: @peace.love.hormones

Peace Love Hormones Podcast

Try Soothe

Watch "The Business of Birth Control" to learn more about the consequences of birth control

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Did you know the 9-5 work schedule is based on the natural 24-hour cycle of male hormones? Women’s hormones are not the same everyday, so what’s a menstruating woman to do with a 40-hour a week job schedule that expects us to behave like men? Breaking news! You can advocate for your cycle and politely demand that your hormones be respected. In this progressive talk, Olivia Bolt explains how she got her corporate job to allow flexibility in her work schedule in order to prioritize her menstrual health. Embark on this journey with us as we challenge traditional beliefs in pursuit of holistic well-being. 

Plus, Olivia shares the story of how she had no idea a tampon was lost inside her for 6 months, and the profound healing journey that came afterwards.

​​Olivia Bolt is a mix between a Somatic Healer and a Mindset Coach with many years of experience in the field coaching others and a lifetime of experience working on herself. Her methodology is called Empowered Patterns, and it focuses on the correlation between our gut-brain axis, our beliefs, and why it’s so hard to do the things we say we want to do for ourselves. She has recently gone through a traumatic spiritual awakening and is here to share her story in an effort to help others.

Today we discuss:

• Olivia’s health challenges and her incredible "lost tampon story"!

• Her transformation from struggle to acceptance

• How to advocate for your well-being at work

• The importance of self-compassion and somatic awareness in the healing process

• Empowering yourself to challenge the status quo 

• Why self-advocacy is necessary to prevent burnout 

Connect with Olivia:

Instagram 

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If you're raising a child who will menstruate someday or is currently menstruating, this one's for you! It can be scary when they start asking you questions about their bodies that you yourself didn't get many answers to when you were there age. That's why Megan created Body Talk Basics, an amazing community of women on Instagram @bodytalkbasics where she talks a lot about our bodies and how to support girls as they grow up, as well as her online course for moms and daughters to take together that is all about puberty and body development. 

We discuss:

• Megan's time as a middle school teacher and what inspired her to create this online course for mothers and daughters
• What she saw was lacking in terms of health education for girls in middle school
• When is it appropriate to start talking to your daughter about periods?
• How can we prepare and support our daughter for when she has her first bleed?
• What to do if your teen is not wanting to talk to you about periods or health
• Demystifying teen emotions and hormones
• How to help your teen make good nutritional choices even when you're not around

Connect with Megan:

Get the course: https://www.bodytalkbasics.com/

Join the community: @bodytalkbasics

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Ashley Edith is on a mission to normalize womb wisdom and yoni steaming. Her path in this lifestyle started because she suffered painful and debilitating periods that left her fainting, nauseous and calling in sick frequently. Her path to healing eventually led her to a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, who opened up her eyes to natural, holistic healing. She now helps other women heal through yoni steaming and offline and online gatherings.

We discuss:

• Her path from a high-paying corporate job and being known as the "office witch", to naturally healing her chronic illnesses and getting certified in yoni steaming
• How she is raising her 2 year old daughter, with womb wisdom 
• How does she plan to introduce her daughter to steaming and celebrate her first bleed?
• What is yoni steaming and what are the benefits?
• The fascinating connection between the womb and the throat/jaw
• Practices you can do to open up the throat and relax the yoni
• The connection between the womb and the colon
• Ashley's favorite way to clear her colon to support her womb health
• Embodiment looks different for everyone
• Why it's important for women to gather

Connect with Ashley:

Instagram: @steamaqueen

Guides and women's circles: https://linktr.ee/steamaqueen

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A missing period is not normal. It is an indication of an underlying issue, and a condition that affects your long term health. And despite what your doctor may have told you, the root cause is definitely NOT fixed by taking birth control! Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, which is when your period goes missing for several months, IS something that can be treated with diet and lifestyle changes (even if you're a professional athlete!)

Lindsey Lusson is Registered Dietitian who specializes in disordered eating and infertility. You might know her as food.freedom.fertility on IG, where she educates about Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) or period loss related to over exercise and under eating. She has helped over 100 women recover natural cycles, get pregnant, and heal their relationship with food and exercise along the way.

We discuss:

• Lindsey's personal journey with period loss, recovery, and three healthy pregnancies!
• What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
• What are the signs and symptoms of HA (besides a missing period)
• How the diets we've been led to believe are "healthy" (like Keto, Intermittent Fasting, Vegan/Vegetarian, Low Carb, Low Fat, etc.) are actually not healthy for women and can lead to HA and lack of ovulation
• Why taking birth control doesn't actually solve HA or bring back a missing period
• Why it's so important for your health to get your period every month
• Is HA always only associated with being too thin, or can you be overweight with HA?
• What are the long term health consequences from missing your period and not producing enough hormones
• How to know if you're eating enough
• Is it possible to be a professional athlete and still maintain a healthy period?
• How to deal with constant, obsessive thoughts around food and healthy eating

Connect with Lindsey:

www.foodfreedomandfertility.com

Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility

Food Freedom Fertility Podcast: HA Recovery and Beyond

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Oftentimes the pushback I hear about the Fertility Awareness Method is that it's unrealistic because you have to remain abstinent during the days you are fertile if you want to avoid pregnancy. But that doesn't have to mean NO sex or orgasms! There are plenty of fun, safe, orgasmic activities you can do by yourself or with your partner during your fertile window to avoid pregnancy and still experience lots of pleasure.

To talk about what these are, I brought on Cat Lygate, Sex & Pleasure Educator, Female Empowerment Coach, and Founder of UnGIRL. UnGIRL is an amazing platform on Instagram (over 59K!) that educates everyone about sex and pleasure in an inclusive, empowering way. There's also a blog, workshops, and courses on her website.

We discuss:

• Non-penetrative (aka no sperm in the vagina) sex activities you can do during your fertile window to have fun without the fear!
• Sex toys and tips for beginners
• How to start a conversation with your partner about wanting to try new things in the bedroom
• Our thoughts on guys who refuse to wear condoms or take any part in pregnancy prevention

Connect with Cat:

Instagram

Website

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The average woman is exposed to 168 unique chemicals a day, from every day products like cosmetics, perfume, personal care products, cleaning products, what's in our food and water, and more. Several of these chemicals are known carcinogens, and many of them have never actually been tested for safety in humans. And we wonder why so many women AND men struggle with infertility and hormone imbalance issues, and other chronic diseases? These chemicals we're exposed to daily have a major impact.

But our bodies are resilient and there ARE things we can do to reduce our toxic load. That's why I brought on Nika Lawrie, a Multi-Certified Functional and Integrative Nutrition Practitioner, a Consumer Health and Sustainability Consultant specializing in Environmental Toxins, and CEO of Moringa Health + Wellness, LLC a 360° fully immersive brand designed to help support, educate, and counsel women preparing for pregnancy, pregnant, and post-pregnancy mothers to feel great while raising healthy and environmentally conscious children from day one.

We discuss:

• Mind blowing facts and statistics about toxins in our every day products
• What does the "generally regarded as safe" label actually mean?
• How companies get away with hiding a ton of chemicals in our food and products
• How these toxins disrupt the function of our hormones and lead to things like infertility and fibroids
• What are some initial steps we can take to start to reduce our exposure to these toxins?
• Tools and resources you can use to find clean products

Resources Mentioned:

Yuka- Food and Cosmetic Scanner

Think Dirty app

Environmental Working Group Healthy Living App

Toxin free condoms

Connect with Nika:

www.nikalawrie.com

Clean products shop

Conscious Living Podcast

Instagram

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What does inability to lose weight, struggling to get pregnant, PMS/period pain, and lack of motivation around exercise all have in common?

You're not working out in a way that supports your physiology as a woman!

The way we've been brought up to lose weight, gain weight, maintain weight, and work out all supports the MALE body and has been applied to us as "small men."

But we're not small men. Our hormones and metabolism changes throughout the phases of our menstrual cycle, and if you're not adapting your movement to support each phase, it leads to the problems mentioned above.

So I brought on Laura Torbett, the Creator of the Lunae Collective, a roadmap of phasic workouts for menstruators. Laura is a movement enthusiast whose mission supports women from menarche to menopause with cycle-friendly movement practices. 

We discuss:

• The benefits of cycle syncing your exercise
• The science behind how syncing your movement with your cycle helps reduce PMS and period pain
• Can it help you lose weight?
• Why most of what we've been taught about exercise (and working out fasted!) is SO wrong for the female body
• How to workout for each phase of your cycle and how to fuel yourself
• Why workouts over 30min can lead to weight GAIN for women
• How to prep and take care of your body for longer workouts
• More about Lunae Collective to take the guess work out of working out with your cycle!

Connect with Laura:

Explore the Lunae roadmap of workouts by signing up for a free trial of the monthly membership, and as a listener of the Wombology podcast, your first month is on us! Enter offer code WOMBOLOGY at checkout to get an additional 30 days on top of your 14-day free trial. Choose from a variety of movement modalities including yoga, resistance training, barre, pilates, HIIT, and cardio with beginner and low impact options available to meet you wherever you are on the journey to your health and fitness goals.

Website

Instagram

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When it comes to preventing pregnancy and releasing undesired pregnancies, we have more options than we've been led to believe. Options that have been erased by the patriarchy but that our matriarchal ancestors knew well. In this conversation, we offer these other options of how you can have agency over your own body regardless of what the government decides, or what your doctor tells you is the only way. We're talking about radical body literacy, and employing herbal allies to aid in the prevention and release of pregnancy.

Qiddist Ashe is a medicine woman and female health educator who holds space for transformation as we cultivate the inner and outer resources we need to live fully in our power. She is the founder and creatrix of The Womb Room, an online community for female health & spiritual sovereignty. Informed by her maternal lineage of Ethiopian midwives and her own work in authentic midwifery, functional health, herbalism, somatics, and spiritual sovereignty, Qiddist merges the science and the spirit of female health, orienting to all the ways we can reclaim agency and responsibility for our bodies and our lives.

We discuss:

• What sovereignty means in regards to our wombs and bodies
• The difference between true reproductive freedom/choice, and the artificial freedom we've been supposedly "given" by authorities
• The differences between how hormonal contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, and plant allies work in the body to prevent pregnancy
• The difference between implantation and conception: you don't get pregnant immediately once sperm fertilizes an egg
• You got sperm in your vagina..you don't want to be pregnant..what do you do? An example protocol with herbal allies
• The importance of cultivating a relationship with herbs rather than "taking" them like a pill, and how to do this
• Initial steps you can take to cultivate reproductive sovereignty

Resources Mentioned:

• Lindsay's episode about Fertility Awareness Method
• Robin Rose Bennette: Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot)
• Molly Dutton Kenney
• Herb Farm
• Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) tincture

Work with Qiddist:

• Instagram
• The Womb Room Membership
• Sovereign Womban Year-Long Container application
• Sovereign Cycles 10 Week Program for Practitioners

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Cycle Syncing is the practice of tailoring your nutrition, fitness, lifestyle to the four phases of your menstrual cycle. Why would you do that? It helps reduce symptoms of PMS and period pain, improves your overall quality of life, improves your productivity and energy, and helps strengthen your communication and intimacy with those around you..just to name a few benefits!

I brought on Nicole Bendayan, Cycle Syncing Nutritionist and Menstrual Health Educator to break down cycle syncing for us.

We cover:

• What exactly is cycle syncing and the benefits?
• What happens when you DON'T align your life with your cycle?
• Who is cycle syncing for..can you do it if you're on birth control, or if you have PCOS, irregular cycles, or amenorrhea? 
• What are the four phases of the menstrual cycle and what's going on hormonally in each phase
• What are the five different types of PMS
• Nutrition tips for each phase to help reduce PMS and period pain
• Tips of easing into cycle syncing so it's not overwhelming

Connect with Nicole:

Instagram

TikTok

The Sync Society Academy

Sync'd Supplements

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I know, we usually talk about periods, hormones and wombs around here, so you might be wondering..investing?! What's going on Dana. 

Only 2% of all venture capital funding for start ups in 2021 went to female-founded start-ups...even less so in the women's health (femtech) and sextech space. That means less products and services made by women and minorities, for women and minorities are being brought to market.

Many women have the money to invest, but lack the knowledge or confidence to do so. So our solution here is to provide more women and minorities with education and resources to learn more about investing so they can use their dollars to create huge impact and change.

I'm joined by Carli Sapir, Founding Partner of Amboy Street Ventures, a fund that invests in Women's Health Technology and Sexual Health Technology start ups. She is also the Founder of the Female Founded Club (FFC), a global platform that introduces VC investors to high-quality female founded startups. 

We talk about:

• Breaking down jargon in the investing space..what the heck is "seed funding" and "venture capitalist" and "angel investor"?
• Why is there so little funding in female founders?
• Why are there so few female investors and female fund managers?
• Carli's path from engineering to running an investment fund
• Carli's own health struggles that led to her passion in femtech and sextech
• What it's like to be one of the very few female fund managers in the nation
• What's the benefit of investing in for-profit businesses as opposed to non-profits
• What's the minimum you need to be an angel investor..do you have to be a millionaire?
• What are the risks and rewards of being an angel investor?
• A few cool start ups Carli's fund invested in
• Resources for your own further research

Resources:

Carli's blog: Amboy Street Ventures Blog

AngelList: You must be an accredited angel investor

Sophia Women: A financial education platform for women to learn about money and investing

You can also check out KickStarter and see if there are any businesses or projects you want to support there

Free Courses & Podcast about finances & wealth: The Clever Girls Know

Connect with Carli:

LinkedIn

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With the Supreme Court decision on whether or not to overturn Roe v. Wade looming, and more and more women becoming aware of the serious negative consequences for birth control on health and fertility, many are left wondering, but how can I avoid pregnancy?!

Enter- The Fertility Awareness Method. This is a completely hormone-free method of birth control that has no side effects AND helps you to actually LEARN about your body. It is backed by scientific research studies demonstrating it is 99.4% effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy with typical use- that's more than the Pill, which is 93%! 

So if you're thinking about transitioning off your medical birth control method, or desiring to become more in tune with your body, tune in as Womb Cycle Guide and Fertility Awareness Method Educator Lindsay Sara breaks down all things FAM with us.

PLEASE NOTE: This conversation does not substitute for working 1-1 with a certified Fertility Awareness Educator. Please do not attempt to use this as a birth control method without proper training. 

We discuss:

• Lindsay's personal story with Endometriosis and how she found FAM
• What the Fertility Awareness Method is and the different kinds
• A breakdown of which biomarkers to track and tips for tracking
• Why you should use FAM even if you're not trying to get pregnant or worried about getting pregnant
• Can people with PCOS and irregular cycles use FAM?
• The many benefits of FAM beyond just avoiding pregnancy or conceiving
• Common mistakes to avoid when using FAM
• Tools and resources Lindsay uses for herself and her clients for tracking

Resources Mentioned:

• Read Your Body app
• Temp Drop wearable temperature tracker
• Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler

Work with Lindsay:

• Use this link to sign up for her Fearless Fertility Awareness course and use the code DANA10 for 10% off!
• Instagram
• TikTok: @flowwithyourflow
• Podcast: Wombspace

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Do you have irregular periods, ovulation spotting, heavy bleeds, brain fog or fatigue?  These could be signs of a thyroid imbalance. But when you get your lab tests back from the doctor, your results are “normal”, so what now? Thyroid imbalance is a complex issue. Let Angela Brown break it down in this episode about healing Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s. Angela explains how thyroid imbalances affect all systems of the body and how you can begin to heal from a functional medicine approach. Be your own doctor and heal the root cause of your thyroid issues so you can reclaim your life. 

Angela is a holistic health coach from St. Louis, MO. She is a board certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), a licensed physical therapist, as well as a personal trainer. She specializes in advanced testing and thyroid healing for women. She has recovered from hypothyroidism herself after being diagnosed at the age of 22. She used her experience and education to create her program called “The Sexy Thyroid Solution” to help women no longer suffer like she did and get to the root cause of their health issues.

Today we discuss:

• How to test your hormones correctly and what are “normal” results

• What is Hashimoto’s disease and what to do about it

• How to eat and exercise for women with hypothyroidism

• How to “actually” increase your Vitamin D levels and how to improve mineral deficiencies

Connect with Angela:

www.angelabrown.org

Instagram

Free resource: How to read your thyroid blood test

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Obvious trigger warning: Child loss

Happy Mother's Month❤️ I wanted to celebrate by bringing on my own mother, Amie (Schwartz) Drahos.

When my mother became pregnant with her second child after me, she was terrified to find out what the sex of the baby is.

Why? Because she had an unshakeable inner knowing that if it turned out to be a boy, he would die before the age of 5. 

Plagued by the fear that people would think she's crazy and lock her in a mental institute if she revealed this, she never told a soul until after what she intuited came out to be true.

We chat about her experience with this and my experience as a 2 year old, along with:

• How she ended up deciding to have children despite not wanting to for a long time
• What she would say to someone who's on the fence about whether or not to have children
• Expectations she had of herself as a mother and how they matched up to reality
• How becoming a mother changed her
• How my sister and I are so different, and how she parented us differently based on our personalities
• and more!

If you've ever had a similar experience of having a strong intuitive knowing about the death of a child but being scared to tell anyone about it, we'd love to hear from you! My mom has NEVER met anyone else who had this experience. DM me on IG @dana.drahos or email me dana@danadrahos.com:)

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Wombology is on a mission to break period stigma and empower women with the wisdom of their bodies. Tune in to learn more about the mission and vision of Wombology, and more about my story and why I started this brand.

Wombology is an educational platform and community that advocates for women's health and sovereignty. Dana Drahos is the Creator and Host of Wombology, and a certified Somatic Practitioner passionate about menstrual cycle awareness, womb healing, and women empowerment.

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TRIGGER WARNING: Miscarriage discussed

Dr. Liliana is a Holistic Doctor of Physical Therapy and Pelvic Empowerment Guide. She empowers women to use the unique language of their body to heal their relationship to their womb, pelvis, and inner feminine. 

Our conversation helps us to learn more about the anatomy and physiology of the pelvic floor, it's super important purpose in the body, signs of pelvic floor dysfunction, and how this sacred space connects to our menstrual cycle and period problems.

Dr. Liliana offers sessions virtually and in person. Please see her website allspaceissacred.com for more information and to book a session, or get in touch with Liliana on Instagram @dr.liliana.dpt.

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Are you showing up as the maiden or the prostitute? Throughout our cycle, we can show up as different feminine archetypes. The Maiden is the young girl in us who wants to take on the world and do everything she wants to do. The shadow side of this archetype is the prostitute, the girl who says yes to everything and gives up all her energy to others. Come explore the feminine archetypes with us in this podcast as we dive deep into our inner seasons with their archetypes and shadow sides.

Megan Hayne is a mother, womb holder, and village facilitator of menstrual sisterhood circles. She weaves mythology with our menstrual cycle to help us understand ourselves better through the feminine archetypes. Megan encourages us to be creative and create our own names for these archetypes as she has done. 

Today, we discuss: 

• What is an archetype and how archetypes relate to our cyclical nature

• How Feminine archetypes show up as our inner seasons: 

• Spring is our Maiden phase

• Summer is our Mother phase

• Autumn is our Wild woman phase

• Winter is our Oracle phase

• How to ask for help when you are in need

• How to work with the shadow sides of these archetypes and examples of how to move through the emotions that arise

Connect with Megan:

meganhayne.com

@mooncyclemegan

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