Welcome to The Becoming Podcast, where we talk about modern-day rites of passage, radical transformation, and other times of becoming in women's lives...and how these times can be a catalyst to become more of who you are. Hosted by women's mentor, coach + doula, Jessie Harrold.
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On Birthful, working doula and former journalist Adriana Lozada talks pregnancy, birth and postpartum with top experts and new parents. Every episode distills the overload of pregnancy information down to the most relevant and useful stuff. Adriana Lozada is a mom, author, speaker, birth doula, postpartum educator, and healthy-sleep consultant. Visit Birthful.com. Please note: Adriana has years of experience but she's not a doctor, and does not expect anyone to treat the show like medical ad ...
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Everything Belongs is a curious and brave exploration of awakening to our true worth, wholeness and power. Join Madison Morrigan as she brings you nuanced and thought-provoking conversations, taking your journey of personal, collective and spiritual freedom both deeper and higher. Expect riffs on sovereign leadership, healing, living in levity and bridge the mystical with the down to earth and practical.
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Moonwise podcast is a celebration of feminine wisdom. Join host Dorothée Sophie Royal for conversations about health, wealth, creativity and magic. Together, we explore the shifting tides of our cyclical nature as we gracefully navigate life’s many changes. Our guests are luminous leaders, healers and wisdom carriers who bring reverence and beauty to their work and lives. Follow us @moonwise.co and connect at moonwise.co.
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[Birth Stories] How Birth Took Her to Her Edge When She Least Expected It, with Vanessa Janek
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A former labor and delivery nurse and childbirth educator, Vanessa Janek thought she knew what to expect from birth. Going into it, she was a bit leery of transition… but nothing could really prepare her for the exhaustion, fear, and overwhelm she felt when contractions went away, just after she got to 10 cms. She shares with Adriana how she was ab…
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How to be Full Of Yourself & Love Your Body with Siobhán Gallagher
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Siobhán Gallagher. Siobhán Gallagher is a Canadian illustrator and comic artist. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Penguin Classics books. She is the author of "In a Daze Work" and "Who Do You Think You Are?" and is a humor contributor to Th…
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Insider Tips From a Labor and Delivery Nurse, with Mandy Irby
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Even though you may not have met them before, labor and delivery nurses are an essential part of your hospital birth team. In this episode, Registered L&D Nurse Mandy Irby talks with Adriana about why nurses may love and hate birth plans, how to navigate triage, the difference between hospital rules and body rules, why IV sticks can be so tricky, t…
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Secure Attachment as a Spiritual Path with Melissa Benintendi
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Melissa Benintendi. Melissa Benintendi is an owner and the Director of Clinical Embodiment at Beyond Healing Institute in Springfield, MO. Melissa began her career as a trauma therapist primarily practicing EMDR. She is now an international EMDR consultant and trainer and spec…
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[Birth Stories] When the Curveballs Come Before and After the Birth, with Mandy Alexander
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Mandy Alexander got pregnant at 40, having had bariatric surgery 7 years before that. During what she describes as her ‘bariatric-geriatric’ pregnancy, she worked through her fear of childbirth and ended up with the unmedicated and collaborative birth experience she was looking for. However, breastfeeding was a whole other beast. Mandy was prepared…
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Sensual Sovereignty & Creating Conditions for Full Self Expression with Sonali Deepika
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I’m Dr. Sonali Deepika, a lifelong learner who’s lived across the globe. After practicing psychiatry for many years, I decided to pursue my passion for holistic healing. My work delves into the root-cause of discomfort, disharmony and dis-ease. I found the greatest journey to be that of truly coming home to the subtle sensations of my body. It is t…
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How Will You Show Up At Your Birth?, with Shalome Stone
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Here’s the thing about preparing for birth: you can read all the books, take all the classes, listen to all the podcasts, set up a dream birth team, but no amount of preparation will get the birthing done for you. Shalome Stone tells Adriana why pregnancy is the ideal time for doing the inner work that will allow you to step up and own your birth a…
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[Birth Stories] The Power of Having A Strong Advocate When Her Plans Derailed, Tara Langsdorf
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What does a self-described Type A do when her birth plan derails? Tara Langsdorf (who finished her second master’s degree and took a promotion managing a team of 25 while pregnant!) shares with Adriana how leaning on the structures and support she’d set up during pregnancy allowed her to go deep into her labor process, despite her starting to devel…
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Who am I now? Navigating transitions with Jessie Harrold
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Jessie Harrold. Jessie Harrold is a coach and doula who has been supporting women through radical life transformations and other rites of passage for over fifteen years. Jessie works one-on-one with women and mothers, facilitates mentorship programs, women’s circles and ritual…
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How Your Birth Plan Impacts Your Birth Experience, with Stephanie Mitchell
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Certified Nurse-Midwife Dr. Stephanie Mitchell shares with Adriana a few tools from her step-by-step guide to building a birth plan, and discusses why getting your plan together—and onboarding everyone on your birth team—can help ensure you are respected and heard during your birth experience. Sponsor offers - TIME SENSITIVE! NEEDED - Get 20% off a…
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[Birth Stories] How She Prepared Differently to Avoid Another Managed Birth, with Danielle Ford
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Danielle Ford has had two very distinct births, with her first happening with minimal preparation and many interventions. It wasn’t until getting pregnant 10 years later that she realized she carried a lot of trauma from birth number one. She shares with Adriana how taking a deep dive into her birth options, and intentionally preparing to have a mo…
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Embracing Your Autism with Pippa Hastings
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Pippa Hastings. Pippa is a sock wearer. Autistic comedian storyteller. Artist. Sourdough maker. Mum. Truth teller. TikToker. Coach. She cares so much.In this episode Pippa and Madison have a candid conversation about their late in life diagnosis with autism, and how it has imp…
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Birth Principles: Enhance Your Birth Plan!, with Jessie Harrold
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Today we’re going beyond the birth plan to talk about birth principles! Although a well-crafted birth plan can be a powerful tool, more often than not they're formulaic, and outcome-focused nature can give a false illusion of control, and even elicit eye rolls from jaded caregivers. Jessie Harrold shares with Adriana how your efforts may be better …
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How to Set Up Your Childcare Options to Include Community Care, with Leslie Borrell
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Great childcare— so, a solution that you can afford, has availability, works with your schedule, and can provide loving and safe care for your child— can be hard to find! Most often than not, you will have to concede some trade-offs. Leslie Borrell explains the different childcare options out there, the reality behind economic subsidy programs, and…
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Discovering your Authentic Style with Dacy Gillespie
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Dacy Gallespie. As a weight inclusive, anti-diet personal stylist, Dacy Gillespie helps her clients reject fashion rules and ideal standards of beauty imposed by the patriarchy, white supremacism, and capitalism so that they can uncover their authentic style. Through their wor…
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How to Have a Great Hospital Birth, with Adriana Lozada
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You can have a fabulous birth experience at a hospital, but it requires thoughtful preparation. Adriana Lozada helps simplify this process by going through some of the best practices to get you there. Get the most out of this episode by checking out the resources, transcript, and links listed on its show notes page. If you liked this episode, liste…
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Milk Your Lactation Benefits!, with Adriana Lozada
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Some people say that nursing your baby is "free” — and while there certainly are unique cost savings associated with feeding human milk, there can be expenses associated with it, too. How can you maximize your lactation-related benefits? And what does the law have to say? Adriana shares practical tips about the financial side of infant feeding. Get…
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The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 6 | Asha Frost on the medicine of transformative times, the miracle of rest, and being eldered by the living world
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My friends! I'm really excited to share this interview with the amazing Asha Frost. We had such a beautiful conversation, and Asha has so much wisdom to share, and does so eloquently. Here's some of what Asha and I talk about in this episode: > How Asha's Lupus diagnosis was a threshold moment in her life that made it impossible to keep up with the…
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You are a Verb with Melissa Benintendi (Part 2 of a 4-part series)
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Melissa Benintendi. Melissa Benintendi is an owner and the Director of Clinical Embodiment at Beyond Healing Institute in Springfield, MO. Melissa began her career as a trauma therapist primarily practicing EMDR. She is now an international EMDR consultant and trainer and spec…
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How to Organize Truly Helpful Postpartum Support From Your Friends and Family, with Michelle Peterson
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Michelle Peterson shares with Adriana a fantastic framework for setting up your postpartum village of support that spreads the responsibility over many people (seven to be exact) so that you are well-resourced beyond the first few weeks of postpartum. She explains how to prepare and why you’ll need a team leader to coordinate it all to make sure yo…
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Returning Home to Our Bodies with Abigail Clarke
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Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Abigail Rose Clarke. Abigail is an author, somatic educator, writer, and artist. She has an inordinate amount of love for octopuses, the moon, and her extensive collection of anatomy books. She is the creator of The Somatic Tarot and The Body Oracle decks, and the author of Re…
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[Birth Stories] Leaning Into Peer Support After Her Unplanned Surgical Birth, with Dr. Amber Thornton
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Dr. Amber Thornton worked hard for a healthy pregnancy and an unmedicated vaginal birth, but she didn’t expect her water to release before 39 weeks. Despite an early hospital admission, labor progressed right along… until it didn’t. She shares with Adriana the fears she had to contend with while having an unplanned surgical birth, and how having in…
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Why You Deserve Professional Postpartum Support (And How to Afford It!), with Kaitlin McGreyes
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When it comes to postpartum, EVERYONE needs support. And even after accepting that you WILL need the help, it can be tricky figuring out how to ask for it, especially when most of our friends and family members don’t really know how to help (nor have the time!). Kaitlin McGreyes talks with Adriana about how combining community help with professiona…
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