The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education

The conversation with Justine covers the topics of body literacy, reproductive choices, fertility challenges, miscarriage experiences, massage therapy for fertility support, and supporting women during pregnancy and postpartum. The conversation covers a holistic approach to women's health, including advocacy for informed decision-making, seeking alternative healthcare providers, and open conversat...

In this conversation, Dr. Penni discusses her work in integrative medicine, her personal journey with chronic illness, and the importance of understanding menopause and hormone balance. She emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to health and the misconceptions surrounding menopause symptoms and hormone deficiencies. The conversation covers a proactive approach to perimenopause, empowerment i...

The conversation with Athena, a family nurse practitioner and functional medicine provider, delves into the intersection of functional medicine and women's health. It explores the understanding of the female body, the evolution of exercise routines, the collaborative approach to wellness at Stat Wellness, common symptoms and hormonal health in women, practical approaches to hormonal health, and th...

In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast , Emma sits down with Kim Foss , founder of Magnetic Wellness, to explore a healing modality called biomagnetism . This therapy uses therapeutic magnets placed in pairs on the body to help restore internal balance, regulate the nervous system, and support the body’s natural healing processes. Kim shares how discovering biomagnetism during her own postp...

In this episode, Emma sits down with Karen Klein, founder of  Talk About Your Period , to unpack why period stigma still shapes everything from school hallways to workplace policies. Karen shares how activism + storytelling became her lane, how raising kids (especially sons) can shift the next generation, and why simply being louder about periods is a real form of change. We also get into the big...

In this episode of  The Cyclical Doula Podcast , I’m joined by Alyssa Chavez — functional nutritionist, life coach, and former professional ballet dancer — for a grounded conversation about endometriosis, infertility, miscarriage, and what it can look like to rebuild trust with your body after years of pain. Alyssa shares her personal story: coming off birth control, escalating symptoms, being dis...

Parenting can feel like living in survival mode… and if you’re not careful, “I’m surviving” starts to sound like  who you are , not just what you’re in. In this episode, I’m joined by  Mitra Cummins  (parent coach + entrepreneur, mom of two, 4 months postpartum at the time of recording) from  My Introspective Solution . Mitra shares how she supports overwhelmed parents—especially postpartum famili...

What if pregnancy, birth, and postpartum weren’t something to “get through” — but an experience you could move through with confidence, intuition, and support? In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m joined by Shauna Hall, a spiritual energetics herbalist, postpartum doula, hypnotherapy practitioner, and host of the Align Your Glow and Soul podcast. Shauna shares how her own pregnancy,...

Motherhood doesn’t come with a user manual… and for so many moms, the hardest part isn’t loving their kids—it’s feeling resourced enough to stay grounded when everything is loud, sticky, overstimulating, and deeply triggering. In this episode, I’m joined by Sami Garrett, founder of Good Enough Matrescence, a global collective where moms come to expand joy, peace, and presence—and redefine what mod...

Today’s episode is a conversation with  Sarah Glenn , founder of  Lactation Station & More and  Mothering the Mother . Sarah is a mother of seven, grandmother of eleven, and has spent over three decades supporting families through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and the often-overlooked realities of postpartum. We talk about what many parents feel but don’t always have language for: how hormo...

In this conversation, Emma sits down with Certified Nutrition Practitioner and Metabolic Balance® Coach Rachel Einbinder, founder of Rachel Holistic Wellness and creator of The Bloat Fix Method™. Together they unpack one of the most overlooked truths in women’s health: Your gut is your second hormone gland. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✨ Why your gut is your second hormone gland ✨ How digestio...

In today's conversation, Emma sits down with birth doula, childbirth educator, and founder of A Brighter Birth Charleston, Natalie Karasiewicz. In this episode, we explore: ✨ How Natalie became a doula and why she’s passionate about informed, confident birth ✨ The purpose and vision behind A Brighter Birth Charleston ✨ What families actually need from pregnancy through postpartum (and why it’s...

In this conversation, Emma sits down with Laura Martinez , neuro-shamanic healer, neuroscientist, and spiritual practitioner, to explore what it truly means to heal by listening to the body. Laura shares her powerful origin story — including discovering that her great-grandmother was a curandera who performed limpiezas and healings in secret — and how ancestral wisdom, neuroscience, and modern tra...

In this episode, Emma sits down with trauma therapist, doctoral researcher, and holistic practitioner Danniel Worthen Cullumber, MSW, LCSW , founder of Willow Medela Wellness. Together, they explore how trauma, chronic stress, and cultural conditioning shape the way women understand and inhabit their bodies—and how healing often begins with rebuilding a relationship with our own internal rhythms....

This week on The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma sits down with Terri Kozlowski—author, speaker, soul-centered life coach, and proud Native American woman from the Athabascan, Tlingit Raven Clan. Terri’s work blends emotional awareness, spiritual wisdom, and embodied healing to help women move from fear and self-protection into deep self-trust. Together, we explore what it means to reconnect with you...

In this episode, Emma is joined by embodiment coach Sarah Laverty, whose work helps women move out of their heads and back into the deep knowing of their bodies. Together they explore the surprising truth that procrastination isn’t a flaw or a failure of willpower — it’s a messenger offering guidance, boundaries, and information we’ve been taught to ignore. Sarah shares how years of anxiety, OCD,...

In this episode, Emma sits down with Gigi Hunt — a cycle alignment mentor and neurosomatic practitioner who helps high-achieving women move from burnout, spiraling moods, and “luteal rage” into grounded clarity and emotional steadiness. Gigi shares her powerful story of postpartum depletion, chronic stress, and feeling like a stranger in her own body — and how she eventually realized that her horm...

In this eye-opening conversation, Emma sits down with holistic practitioner Isabelle GianDomenico , Board-Certified in Holistic Nutrition and founder of Sunrise Wellness & Holistic Health . Isabelle shares her personal experience navigating endometriosis and chronic illness, and how those challenges shaped her commitment to changing the narrative around women’s health. Together, they explore t...

In this conversation, licensed acupuncturist and women’s health practitioner Stephanie Mattrey shares her lived experience with anorexia and bulimia and how it informs her work helping women recover from food addiction and disordered eating. We explore the brain-based nature of addiction, why some 12-step frameworks help (and where rigidity can harm), and how faith became an anchoring part of Step...

Licensed therapist Dr. Ashley Hudson joins Emma to explore how purity culture has shaped sexual beliefs, body awareness, and intimate relationships and what it really looks like to reclaim pleasure, autonomy, and connection. We explore how identity shifts, hormones, and nervous-system changes impact desire after kids, and why many women actually experience better sex as they reconnect with their b...

Today I’m sitting down with Registered Dietitian Aderet Hoch , founder of Dining with Nature, for a grounded and refreshing conversation about nourishing our bodies across the fertility-to-family continuum—without falling into diet rules, comparison traps, or perfection pressure. We talk about honoring cycles (menstrual, seasonal, and life phases), building a peaceful relationship with food, and w...

In this short and sweet mini episode, Emma drops in with a quick hello and a little update. Things have been full behind the scenes, but she’s back and excited about what’s ahead—including a lineup of incredible guest interviews coming soon! Emma also shares two main ways to learn and grow in your fertility awareness practice with her support: SymptoPro Fertility Education — A well-established, ev...

Your menstrual bleed isn’t just a messy inconvenience—it’s a powerful monthly report card from your body. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast , Emma breaks down what’s considered “normal” when it comes to menstruation and menstrual bleeding, and the red flags that shouldn’t be brushed off. From heavy periods that leave you exhausted to light or irregular bleeds that hint at hormonal shif...

In this episode, Emma sits down with Rita Johnson, NTP , to explore the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, and women’s overall well-being. Rita shares her own journey of navigating secondary infertility, healing her gut, and discovering the impact functional medicine and nutrition have on fertility and cycles. Together, Emma and Rita discuss: Why gut health and hormone health are de...

Pregnancy after loss carries a unique weight—grief, anxiety, hope, and joy all tangled together. In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Sarah Lingle, a pregnancy after loss doula, wife, and mama, who shares her story of loss, infertility, and ultimately, birth after heartbreak. Sarah opens up about what it was like to navigate early pregnancy losses, advocate for herself in the medical syste...