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How long should you nurse your baby? 6 months? 1 year? 6 years?  Taya Griffin is an international board-certified lactation consultant with 14 years and over 1500 hours of clinical experience helping mothers achieve their nursing goals. In today’s episode Taya shares about her own extended period of breast-feeding her children (and let me say the age at which her two daughters weaned may surp...

Today I have my dear soul sister Meg Sylvester back on the show, this time to talk about her real life birth stories! If you don’t know who Meg is yet, go back and listen to Episodes 7 & 26 of the show, where you learn all about Meg's mission in the world and also you can hear my interview on her podcast “Manifest Miracles”. Today we chat about what it was like for Meg to have her first child...

Will my surrogate want to keep my baby?  We answer this and so much more today with Stephanie Levich, founder and president of Family Match Consulting. With 20 years of service in the fertility world, she and her team help families grow in the ways that are still not spoken enough about and have many misconceptions surrounding them. Today on the show we have a very important conversation disc...

Orgasm in birth? You betcha! Simone Stein is a veterinarian specializing in integrative medicine, Reiki practitioner, life coach, and mother of three. Today on the show we discussed how this incredible woman birthed all three of her children after age 38, and how she used various holistic practices to experience a combination of pleasure and pain during labor, how she gratefully stumbled Hypnobirt...

Ayahuasca has taught me a lot; and so has my 2.5 year old daughter Cobie! On this solo episode I share some of the parallel lessons I have learned from them both as well as an update on our conscious birth intentions for baby Ozzy, and details about the “Empower Conference” I am speaking at in Florida this June. Show Notes: Buy my book Cosmic Cobie & The Eternal Now  The Fresh Test ...

What kind of mother do you want to be? Today I am speaking to Natalie Sager, International Book Award winning Author of Peaceful Mama; The Mind, Body & Baby Connection.  Today we talk about what inspired her and her co-author Lindsay Ambrose to write this much needed book and she explains what the MAMAAH moments are (HINT: its’s an acronym for the framework of this conscious mothering man...

Shortie solo episode coming in hot 🔥 Here's what I'm talking to: An update on my current pregnancy with Ozzy man The A, B, C's of birth "intending" The importance of prenatal/birth education Join my email insider's crew Learn about my Birth Education & Coaching Programs   Follow  me  and  Fertile at 40 podcast  on Instagram

I am so excited to have another birth story to share with you all today! Tushita is a first time mother based out of San Diego California and we had such a pleasure speaking because on the day of recording (which was February 14, Valentine’s Day) we were celebrating exactly one year since we first met here in Costa Rica.  Tushita is a certified Ayurvedic health counselor who had a birth plan...

Alex Wachelka is a Lactation Specialist and founder of Motherhood Blooms Lactation™, where she educates and empowers new moms and soon to be parents in a safe environment, using an evidence-based approach. Today on the show we talk about what Alex thinks about the saying “breast is best“ as well as how new parents can set themselves up for breast-feeding success! We also touch on how older women &...

Kristina Bruce is a first time mother in Toronto Canada who recently gave birth to her first child at age 40 (so Fertile at 40 of her!).⁠ Today on the podcast we talk about not only what conception was like for her (spoiler - it was easy!), but we also discuss what pregnancy was like as well as how her envisioned home birth played out nearly exactly as planned.⁠ At the time of recording Kristina w...

How was your birth? Have you felt heard when sharing the harder parts of this magical (AND challenging) experience? Today on the show I speak with Bronwyn Addico about birth trauma and why ALL feelings are valid when unraveling our birth stories. We discuss: what birth "empowerment" can mean to different people the stages of working through the birth experience how to recognize if you need help an...

This week on the podcast I’m sharing with you a bit about our personal journey to conceiving our beautiful Baby 2022! I’m also going to let you know whether we having a wee baby boy or wee baby girl coming earth side this July. Now if you consider yourself a spiritual person you’ll probably be able to relate to some of the information that I share in today’s episode. I talk a lot about how I was c...

Lori Hayes is a friend, seeker, light worker and Full Spectrum Certified DONA Birth Doula, located in Los Angeles California. A mother of three very adult men, Lori grew up in farm country where she not only witnessed many live animal births but also naturally fell into the role of birth attendee and support for many people she knew in her community. Over 20 years she attended 12 births and six ye...

Kate Fisher is a mother of 2 who after the birth of her children, discovered her innate power within and left her corporate career in HR to pursue her newfound dream to be a support for other persons moving through the vastly complicated, magical, and awakening joinery of re-aligning to intuition. In our conversation today, Kate shares the details and differences between the birth of her first dau...

What is a doula?   Many still don't know exactly what the role of a doula is, and today on the show I speak with full spectrum doula Katherine Coughlin-Rinehart about how having one can support not only you as a birthing person, but also your partner!  We discuss the importance of advocacy, the difference between doula and midwife, and how many birth doulas have pivoted their practice in...

This week on the show I’m kicking off my "real life birth stories" series, and I’m so excited!  Today I talk to my friend Kat Zapanta who I’ve known for a number of years and also lives and gave birth here in Costa Rica. Kat and I were pregnant at the same time and she had her daughter in December 2019 at age 36.  Today she shares about her conception journey, loss, and what pregnancy wa...

Today I am (finally!) sharing my birth story with Cobie Grace.  Little miss turns 2 1/2 at the end of this month and I can't hardly believe it. On today's episode I fill you in on how we found out we were pregnant despite all signs pointing to it never happening (for me OR my partner Levi) and I also share about one scary week during my pregnancy that had me in 3 different hospitals and one a...

We're pregnant! I am preparing to birth a new baby AND a new direction in biz this year!  2022, it's ON!⁠⁠ Today on the show I am sharing the WHY and the HOW ⁠ 🤰 WHY I have a new mission and vision to share 🤰 HOW we prepared to conceive at 40 (41, really).⁠ ⁠I am also talking a bit out my first trimester experience. ⁠⁠➡️ Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter to get updates on upcoming cours...

From losing her father when she was only a year old and suffering abuse as a young girl, to spending time in a women’s shelter, developing an eating disorder and being diagnosed with bipolar disease, Isabell Rodriguez has risen from the ashes and re-created her life as a confidence coach and powerful inspiration. Issy starred in a documentary film about abuse and its affect on children later on in...

NEW EPISODE! This week I am telling ALL! I answer 4 listener questions in my first ever Q & A episode.  Topics include: 💥 When/where I started my career in food 💥 How I handle staying authentic online and in the spiritual world 💥 One of my (many) ayahuasca deaths I'll be doing many more episodes just like this one, so if you have a burning question to ask, please do!  Shoot me you...

Today I am talking MANIFESTATION. It has become common belief that all it takes to create the life of our dreams, is some good thoughts and feel good vibrations. However, all the positivity mindset in the world; all the Abraham Hicks magic, or theory from "The Secret" can only really work after you’ve done the deep inner work. When trying to manifest from a place of brokenness we will never allow...

It's 11/11!  This week's episode is a little bit different. Today I am sharing my interview on my dear sister Meg Sylvester’s Podcast, “ Manifest Miracles ”. We talk about a ton of juicy stuff including: My journey from bulimia to body acceptance Bankruptcy to abundance And what living soul fueled freedom lifestyle truly is and how to get there! I also admit out loud in this interview that I...

Sara Graham-Baldi is a business development barista, serving up everything you need to create and launch a business online! With a background in party planning, publishing, and fashion, Sara has worked as a travel blogger, as editor-in-chief at Canada's top teen Magazine, has produced content for fortune 500 companies, and successfully branded countless small businesses. She has honed her many, ma...

As I record this episode on October 28th, 2021, I celebrate 1641 days alcohol free! 🎊 That's FOUR years! I have long said that my drinking was not an addiction but merely a symptom of all the unhealed parts of me that I refused to look at for so long. Today I am sharing a bit more about that, how I got sober, and a few things I have really begun to understand as I navigate this healing path. (SPO...

This guy! I've known Christian for years, as a colleague and a friend and it was so nice catching up with him on today's episode! It was navigating the transition from living 10 years as a monk back into the "real world" that Christian began exploring breathwork as a means of integration and has devoted 15 years to his work as breathwork guide, facilitator, and student. In today's conversation we...