Female Voices: Life and Loss

March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month and in this episode Teresa talks about the complex journey of becoming pregnant again after losing a child. It's a path marked by resilience, courage, and the delicate balance of hope and grief. Losing a child, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss, leaves a broken heart that never fully heals. It’s a loss that encompasses not jus...

Molly Norris, and her husband Robbie’s journey to parenthood has been a rollercoaster of emotions, their poignant journey through the heartache of pregnancy loss to the cautious joy of pregnancy after loss. Their path to parenthood has been marked by intense emotional highs and devastating lows, encapsulating the fragile hope that defines the experience of many families facing similar challenges....

In this profoundly moving episode, Carrie Schmitt shares about facing the unimaginable tragedy of losing her seven-year-old son, Jackson, to cancer. This episode is not just a story of loss but a powerful journey of resilience, hope and the strength to make a positive impact in the wake of grief. Carrie shares how she is dedicated herself to ensuring her son’s spirit continues to guide and inspire...

Christian Shields Cunningham’s dedication to promoting wholeness and healing stems from a diverse professional background that spans various sectors and demographics. As a current behavioral health intake therapist in the healthcare sector, she draws on her prior experience as a positive intervention specialist, social service aide, and program coordinator for business operations. Christian was to...

Teresa Reiniger is a grief specialist that works with women in reclaiming their freedom to live fully and to cultivate a deeper sense of trust in themselves as they move through the healing process of grief of a child. She unpacks the grief that has affected various areas of her clients life. In this episode you will hear ways to honor yourself and your loved one. Acknowledging Your Feelings: Crea...

Jennifer Smith is a Reiki Master and a Quantum Healer. In this episode she shared about the healing practice of Reiki which is about transmitting energies through the hands. Jennifer walks you through a self healing practice during this episode, and the session is healing, relaxing and rejuvenating. Jennifer shared multiple times that our body has the wisdom of what it needs for healing and that w...

Heather Garrigus specializes in breath-work, a practice designed to enhance mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Heather's expertise and holistic modalities are offered at her studio in Alton, Illinois. In this episode Heather demonstrates three different breathing techniques which help to release where you are holding grief. Discover the grounding effect and peace that intentional brea...

Bethany Bouquet is a Yoga Instructor and will guide you through calming yoga postures, creating a space for inner peace and resilience in this episode. As the owner of Fit Flow Yoga, Bethany provides online classes tailored for all levels, making it accessible for those grieving the loss of a loved one. During the guided session, Bethany will encourage and guide you through noticing how different...

Connie shares two powerful strategies based on her personal journey of loss. PQ (positive intelligence emotional processing) heightens awareness of emotions in the body, while EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) involves gentle tapping to process pain. As the founder of Own Your Life, Connie is dedicated to helping others live with purpose and passion. Connie shared a tremendous amount of informati...

I'm so excited to be continuing to record and produce this podcast after much thought and soul searching. I LOVE having this platform for my guests to share their stories and for experts to share their knowledge. Coming in 2024: Guest sharing their stories Mental Health Episodes Grief Book content shared In person and online events Newsletter Sponsorships YouTube Connect with Teresa: EMAIL: te...

Re-release of episode 98 In this episode Lauren Turley shares her story about her daughter Catherine who is in heaven . At times she became very emotional remembering the hardest parts of their journey which started at the 20 week anatomy ultrasound. At that appointment she remembered it took a long time and then the sonographer said "The doctor is going to come in and we are going to take ca...

This episode is filled with reminders to give yourself grace and space. I give 7 tips to honor yourself and 7 tips to honor your loved one. These are great for the holidays and any time of the year. I have shared multiple ideas with each tip. While listening, do not feel you need to do all of them. I would encourage you to give yourself permission to pick one, two or none. You are the only one tha...

Kim Skief is a spiritual transformation coach and a highly sensitive person. She is gifted in empathy and listening skills and thoroughly enjoys inspiring women to step into a life they love. Kim shares about her three miscarriages and the loss of her eleven-year-old daughter. Her daughter Grace was diagnosed with DIPG, brain cancer and died three months later. Kim shared very openly about her gri...

Mary Adkins experienced secondary infertility , her and her husband thought having a second baby would be easy since they had gotten pregnant quickly with their first son. They decided to wait until their son turned three to try to grow their family. Mary did become pregnant quickly again, in fact she became pregnant three times in a year and all three ended in miscarriages. In this episode we tal...

Lisa Jean Dickmann received devastating news that her fourth child had trisomy 18. She received this news while traveling to a Tidy Up Conference with Marie Kondo. This was the beginning of a career change toward her life mission. She stayed at the conference and said it brought her great healing and gratitude. Inside this episode we talked about: ·      Her experience at the conference. ·      Ho...

It is important to have ways to cope with the triggers of grief during the holidays. This is part two of a four part series of 30 tips to support and help you navigate your grief through the holidays. Tips 24 - 30 24. Make a Plan "A" and "B". 25. Limit your amount of in store shopping. 26. Include your family in making holiday decisions. 27. Prioritize and Don't over commit...

It is important to have ways to cope with the triggers of grief during the holidays. This is part two of a four part series of 30 tips to support and help you navigate your grief through the holidays. Tips 17 - 23 17. Change Your Scenery. 18. Volunteer or Donate to Charity. 19. Light a Candle. 20. Honor Your Loved One. 21. Don't Rush Your Grief. 22. Talk to a Grief Coach. 23. Be Aware of Alcoh...

It is important to have ways to cope with the triggers of grief during the holidays. This is part two of a four part series of 30 tips to support and help you navigate your grief through the holidays. Tips 10 - 16 10. Start New Traditions. 11. Honor the Old Traditions and Memories 12. Surround Yourself With Those Who Love You. 13. Meet With a Support Group. 14. Communicate Your Expectations Clearl...

It is important to have ways to cope with the triggers of grief during the holidays. This is part one of a four-part series of 30 tips to support and help you navigate your grief through the holidays. Tips 1 – 9 1.     Feel Your Feeling 2.     Write Out Your Emotions 3.     Don’t Resist Grief. 4.     Show Yourself Self-compassion. 5.     Take Care of Your Body 6.     Ask for Help and Support 7.   ...

This week’s episode is a re-release of Episode 39, which is one of the most listened to episodes with Kelsey Albers. Kelsey talked about missing a baby that was never there. She was 11 weeks pregnant, and the heartbeat could not be heard, the bleeding started, and an ultrasound revealed there was no baby. She experienced a blighted ovum, which is an embryonic sac and the placenta developed but the...

On this episode I shared several events that I am participating in this month to spread awareness. Yes, there is a focus on more events this month and for me I have a focus for this to be every month. So many have been affected by loss and let us as a community continue to bring awareness so those that are experiencing loss can find the community they need. 1-4 pregnancies lost to miscarriage 1-16...

WOW WOW WOW So many things planned and happening the last three months of 2023. I'M A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! I am super excited for you to purchase the book Perfectly I'Mperfect, Remarkable stories of ordinary women overcoming extraordinarily circumstances. You will be able to read my chapter on finding my purpose at age sixty and how forty-one other ordinary women have overcome difficult thing...

Maja Miller shared her story of pregnancy loss and an IVF journey to have her first living child at 45 . She also shared that she has two more embryos and is excited to have more children after the age of 45. Maja helps other women on their health journey as a metabolic health coach and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. A fancy way of saying that she uses clinical labs to analyze blood...

Kristen Azotea shared her story of the loss of her first daughter Adalida in 2014. At 26 weeks pregnant she was admitted to the hospital and soon after needed an emergency c-section because her and her baby's life were in danger. Kristen had contracted and experienced a rare virus during her pregnancy. Kristen expressed that grieving the loss of Adalida had been delayed due to giving birth to...

Coach Teresa talks about navigating grief as a grandparent. When your child loses a child, you are grieving both your grandchild and you are grieving for your child. Instead of spoiling a grandchild, you have now become the ultimate caregiver for your family and possibly your child's friends. Inside this episode you will hear about: The most important thing to always remember is everyone griev...