EP89: JAGUAR JAMBOREE- Roundtable Testimonials
Find out the possibilities of what can grow and change in you, your life and your relationships as a result of the Activate Your Inner Jaguar class. In a roundtable format, women share about the unexpected transformations they experienced in their lives from the content, the spaceholding, and the group container or people coming together […]
EP88: Zhaleh Boyd Phillips on Navigating Trauma, Joy, and Vaginal Steaming as an Empath
Dr. Zhaleh Boyd Philips is an intuitive healer, a Certified Vaginal Steam Practitioner, and a co-host of the Hot Steamy Podcast. She’s also a doctor in sociology specializing in human sex trafficking. Zhaleh was the magic behind all of the write-ups and graphics behind the Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam study and has developed a vaginal […]
EP87: Kim Krans, of the Wild Unknown, on Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together
What Kim Shares: How she used the beauty of imagery to stay in the heaviness of her memoir How studying archetypes helped her art make sense to herself Navigating major transitions by being with the tensions Her experiences with miscarriage What You’ll Hear: Examining […]
EP86: Ash Robinson on the Intersection Between Motherhood, Business, and Self
Ash Robinson bootstrapped two of her own startups; raised over $12M in funding; sold to a public company right before the recession and consulted with hundreds of business owners and executives- most of whom were women. Ash started a company called Purpose to Profit specifically for women entrepreneurs to more effectively lead sustainable and wealth-creating […]
EP85: Michel Odent on Becoming Bilingual in Intuition and Science, Learning to Phrase New Questions, and the Socialization of Birth
Michel Odent, MD, is a French obstetrician trained as a general surgeon known for his tireless research on how environmental factors present during pregnancy and birth affect babies, children, and our communities. He is the founder of the Primal Health Research Centre and authored the first articles on the initiation of lactation and the use […]
EP84: Deirdre Cooper-Owens on Medical Bondage, Racial and Gynecological Trauma
What She Shares: The relationship between slavery and modern medicine Learning to read between the lines of the medical literature produced during slavery The emotional strain of researching archives of enslaved people Her own gynecological experience as a black woman What You’ll Hear: The racist background of gynecology and obstetrics How the presumption that Black […]
EP83: The Sacred Window, Supporting New Mothers, and Ayurvedic Doulas with Christine Eck
What She Shares: How her own postpartum story inspired her to learn and teach postpartum care The history of the school and about its founder, Ysha Oakes The layout of the Ayurvedic Doula program from the School for Sacred Window Studies What You’ll Hear: The lineage of […]
EP82: Cleo Stiller on Modern Manhood and Examining Gender Dynamics Post #Metoo
Cleo Stiller is a multiple award-winning journalist who is a self-identified “relationship non-expert.” She is obsessed with exploring stories about health, gender, and technology among millenials. She recently authored the book “Modern Manhood: Complications Conversations on Being a Good Man Today.” What She Shares: Writing a book on manhood as a woman […]
EP81: Jennifer Block on Human Rights in Birth and a Feminist Health Care Revolution
Jennifer Block is an award winning journalist, an advocate for women’s health care, and the author of books including “Pushed: the Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care” and “Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution.” She writes frequently about health, gender, and conflict of interest in medicine. What She […]
EP80: Jenelle Pierce on Unraveling the STI/STD Stigma, Genital Herpes, and Developing Sexual Agency, and Relational Communication
Jenelle Marie Pierce is the Executive Director of The STI Project, the founder of the Herpes Activist Network, and is the spokesperson for Positive Singles. As an STI + Sexual Health Educator and content creator, Jenelle is dismantling STI stigma through awareness, education, and acceptance. What She Shares: The definitions of STI and […]