happy after miscarriage

It's not always easy navigating the medical system after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. Today's episode will show you how to show up for yourself and your baby in the best possible way so you can trust your doctor and yourself to get the care you need both physically and emotionally.  Don't miss my Stop Dreading the Holidays free class on Wednesday, Dec 9 at 11am Mountain time. Register h...

Shelly Mettling is the host of the Life After Miscarriage Podcast, a beautiful space for people to talk about their experiences exactly as they are. Today we are chatting about the power of sharing your story of loss and love. Whether you have never spoken about your loss to anyone, or you have been feeling the pull to share in front of a lot more people, this episode will help you understand the...

Megan is a mom, a grief coach and school bus renovator. After finding her daughter, Aria, had passed away in her sleep at 15 months Megan experienced PTSD and worked very hard with multiple therapists to overcome it. She now helps other parents who have lost a child to learn how to heal.  In this episode we talk about her experience, how she was diagnosed, what helped her heal and how you can find...

Halloween can be challenging when you have experienced the death of your baby.  The imagery can be triggering and the reminders of what you are missing are everywhere in this kid-centric holiday.  But I've got some tips for you so you can find a way to handle all of it, and even enjoy this season.  For a free 30 minute consult call, click here to schedule:  https://smoothstonescoaching.com/free_mi...

Sharing your story and raising awareness for miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss in October can feel very vulnerable, not to mention so many other ways we put ourselves out there and then wish we hadn't. Today's episode dives into what you can do when you feel that vulnerability hangover coming on and you just want to hide.   You don't have to suffer if you follow these steps to a cure! For a...

Special Episode: This week I want to share a message of hope that will help you move forward as a mom to all your children. I will also be reading the names of your babies as submitted on Instagram and the lessons they have taught you.  It's one of my most favorite episodes ever. Like what you hear? Follow me on Instagram @amy.smoothstonescoaching For a free 30 minute consult call, click here to s...

Parenting after loss can be challenging. Today's episode is going to explain how to handle it the best you can while still taking care of you. For a free PDF created for this episode, click here . Don't forget to review the podcast and send a screen shot to amy@smoothstonescoaching.com to enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card. For a free 30 minute consult call, click here to schedule:  If you have...

To enter our contest for a $100 Amazon gift card, review the podcast and send a screen shot to amy@smoothstonescoaching.com 3 extra entries if you share about the podcast and screen shot that or tell me where you shared in the email! I am also offering 90 minute strategy sessions for angel moms with big plans this month, you can schedule yours here to make hitting your goal much more possible. Our...

In relationships, we start out completly on the same page, but somewhere along the line things seem to change. In today's episode we are talking about why this happens, how to recognize it and what to do when you feel disconnected so you can get back on the same page. Special bonus Relationship worksheet PLUS Conversation starters   For a free 30 minute session, click here to schedule:  https://sm...

Today we are examining some babyloss myths in honor of Grant Imahara, one of the hosts of Mythbusters and an amazing scientist who recently passed away. You will learn how to use the scientific method to really question things you have been told about grief.  If you don't like the results you are getting when you believe these myths, I'm going to show you how to let some of them go. For a free 30...

Back to school can be a difficult time, but especially in 2020. Lots of decisions to make, or maybe all your decisions are being made for you and your living children. Then you add in the pain of missing a little student and it can be tough.  In today's episode we're going to talk about back to school and how learning to let go of perfection and move ahead with "good enough" is going to bring you...

Today's guests are both Mental Health Therapists and loss moms. Emily Long @long.emily and Lindsey Henke @pregnancyafterlosssupport are here to talk about their new book, Pregnancy After Loss Support: Love Letters to Moms Pregnant After Loss. It is a collection of beautiful essays written to those walking this path behind the writers. We talk about how the book was created, a few bumps along the w...

Money is something we all deal with every day, but we're often more comfortable talking about our dead babies than we are about dollars.  Today I'm going to tell you how to find out what you believe about money, and how to move past any blocks that you have so you can create more value in your life.  Money is not evil, money provides freedom and allows us to do so much good. We don't have to be af...

Pain is universal for most humans.  But suffering is optional. On today's episode we are talking all about clean and dirty pain. What they are, how to recognize them, and how to allow the clean pain and drop the dirty. Whether the pain is from your miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss or anything else going on in your life, You won't want to miss this one. If you have any questions, let me know he...

For so many families, this question is BIG and SCARY...should we try again? What if we have another loss? We put so much weight on it that we get stuck. Today's episode will help you get un stuck by giving you a whole new way to approach this choice. It doesn't have to be hard, especially when you have a coach to help you. If you have any questions, let me know here: http://smoothstonescoaching.co...

It's Black Maternal Mental Health Week! Black mothers are much more likely to suffer a pregnancy or infant loss, and also more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth. The emotional and mental weight of these losses is heavy and ever present for Black mothers in America (and many other countries). There are many factors that influence these statistics, but the over arching truth is that it h...

This week it's story time! We start the episode with the beautiful life of baby Jord, and then I'm going to tell you a little about what's going on with me this week.  And the lesson in it all is that we are taught to change our circumstances to feel better, but it never works. So I'm going to tell you what to do before you change anything so that you don't bring any mental baggage with you as you...

Have you ever felt like you were just waiting around for fun to happen? Or you've felt guilty for having fun after your loss? Or maybe you just wish you were fun like you used to be. Today's episode is diving into all of this, plus we get to hear Jody's experience of miscarriage. Jody Moore is a Master Certified coach with a wonderful program called Be Bold. She coaches moms who are members of The...

Discomfort is the currency to our dreams. What do you think about this sentence?  For most of us, we'd rather stay in our comfort zone, but if we want to do more, be more and change the world, we have to be willing to be uncomfortable.  Making that decision on purpose takes us from the discomfort of being stuck to discomfort that moves us forward. And it's possible to get really good at it. To wat...

Whether we realize it or not, we all have a relationship with our future self. In this episode we are going to talk about what that is, how to become aware of it, and then how to use our future self to reach the goals we want to achieve.  This method also works in in whatever stage of grief you are in, to help you continue to heal by believing in your future self. This is one of my favorite topics...

You won't want to miss this one. Today we have some special guests...my kids! They were brave enough to come on the podcast to share their experiences and the things they've learned after losing two siblings. Lauren at 39.5 weeks in 2013 and River at 14 weeks in 2016. It's normal to worry about seeing your kids go through something hard, and that's why I wanted to share a child's perspective on mi...

Whether you are mothering living kids, angel babies or both, all of us have ideas about what a good mother is.  Today we are exploring why our checklists for motherhood only hurt us and how to define your own motherhood with confidence. And how our success as a mother has nothing to do with how our kids turn out, or even if they live. I can't wait for you to listen to this one! If you love it, ple...

We're talking about the taboo within the taboo today… Sex after loss. So many couples struggle in this area, whether it is being intimate the first time after loss, worries about another pregnancy or just not being on the same page in this part of their relationship. This is such an important part of life, and especially our life after a loss. Our guest is going to dive right in with us to help an...

So many of us who have been through a loss can find that there are certain things that trigger big emotional reactions. We end up wanting to eat all the chocolate, crawl in bed and just cry for days. But there comes a point where that just doesn't work anymore. In today's episode I am teaching you how to become trigger proof. What this means is you are able to look at your most common triggers and...

Today's guest is a Cara Gauthier. She is a Certified Life and Weight Loss Coach, mother to a manifested miracle, and survivor of unexplained infertility.  Cara helps women struggling with infertility get through their grief after pregnancy loss and continue on their path to motherhood. We chat about the "pause" that Corona virus has caused for fertility patients and what they can do while waiting...