Not Another Wellness Podcast

In this conversation, Jacquelyn shares her unique journey of pregnancy and childbirth in Sweden, highlighting the differences in healthcare systems, midwifery care, and cultural practices compared to her experiences in North America. She discusses her birth plan, the unexpected nature of her labor, and the supportive postpartum care she received. The conversation also touches on the broader implic...

In this conversation, Taylor Capuano shares her journey through motherhood, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses the challenges of postpartum life, the importance of support systems, and how her experiences shaped her business, Cakes Body. The conversation highlights the impact of motherhood on body image, the realities of birth experiences, and the necessity of childcare suppo...

Emily shares her three births experiences from a medicated hospital birth, an unmedicated hospital birth, to an unexpected bathtub birth! 

Maria joins us to share her sacred experiences with birth.

Ciara Martin Ciara is a recovering corporate drone turned yoga adventurer and founder of The Planted Yogi. She turned to yoga after years juggling motherhood, her career, and all of the stresses of life when burnout came knocking. Today, she helps stressed-out professionals and humans reconnect with themselves, find their joy and have FUN through yoga, hiking, retreats, courses, and more! She also...

Ashley Darling shares the ending of her first birth story and birth stories number two and three in this episode. Follow Ashley & Tom @darlingwines and ⁠www.darlingwines.com ⁠ for minimal intervention wines, made under the same belief that nature does it best!

**Trigger warning for pregnancy loss and traumatic birth** Ashley Darling graciously shares her journey to becoming a mother in this episode. This is part one of two incredible stories about trusting your intuition and tuning inwards towards birth. Follow Ashley & Tom @darlingwines and www.darlingwines.com for minimal intervention wines, made under the same belief that nature does it best!

"Becoming Dad-adam" My husband Adam joins me on the show to share his experience and transition into fatherhood.

Let's walk together but this time make it walking while observing every little detail of the world around us. Sounds nice, right?

WHO AM I NOW? I am still figuring out who I am on the other side of motherhood nearly five years later. It can feel lonely to suddenly not recognize yourself physically, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally post-baby. I know how this feels and am finding my way through every day. I wanted to share some more thoughts and little tips that have helped me understand myself more in the process.

Drive with me. This is a 15 minute meditation for mindfulness while driving. Breathe in. Breathe out.

E. 82 Is this thing still on? Weaning, life updates, etc. I am back, baby! This episode talks about babies, breastfeeding, weaning, and feeling ALIVE when you've been feeling LOST.

E. 78 Meditation for transit This is a quick meditation to reset while you are on the go

E. 80 Postpartum Preparation vs. Reality This is an episode on my postpartum healing journey and what preparations we set up ahead of time for support. The most important piece of advice I've heard and followed is the 5-5-5 rule. Once you have a baby, your body needs to rest and recover. A great way to support your healing is to spend 5-6 days completely resting in bed. Then the next 5 days on the...

Preparing for Baby, again Here is another nap-time podcast recording on Not Another Wellness Podcast. In this episode I share the ways I prepared myself physically, mentally, and emotionally for our second baby.

Pt. 2 Teagan's Birth Story ...How she made her grand entrance into the world and what the postpartum period felt like with a toddler at home this time.

Teagan's Birth Story Pt. 1

Dr. Stephanie Dueger is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and educator, who works with expectant and new parents and their little ones. Her first book, Preparing for Parenthood: 55 Essential Conversations for Couples Becoming Families, is the book she wishes she'd had for herself when first becoming a parent. She facilitates parent workshops, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the academic Journal of P...

“You can both be grateful, & have trauma” after your birth Birth Trauma The difference between a difficult and traumatic birth What is happening in the brain during labor, primal brain About “1 in 10 people feel their birth was traumatic” About “1 in 6 people can be diagnoses with postpartum PTSD” What are the common threads between a persons birth and their likelihood for experiencing trauma...

Natalie and Kate sit down (in person!) to chat about maternal health and the importance of the postpartum period for new moms. Kate is the Founding Director, & Senior Supervising Psychotherapist at the Postpartum Wellness Center in Boulder. She’s been helping individuals and families in periods of transition for the past 20 years. In this episode, we talk about the following topics: Defining t...

What is the pelvic floor & why does it matter? You came to the right place to learn more. Natalie sits down remotely with Amanda Fisher to talk all things pelvic floor. Amanda is a mom to three boys, wife, Physical Therapist (DPT) and founder/owner of Empower Your Pelvis Clinic and Empower Your Pelvis online. Topics covered on this episode: Pelvic floor 101 Issues faced when pelvic floor is "i...

I've stopped shaving my body. I've had enough. You can't tell me what to do. You can't tell me if and when I can have a medical abortion, or any abortion, for that matter. We all deserve the right to choose what we do with our bodies. They belong to us. They are are ours. We choose what makes us feel good. WE get the choice. Not some man at the top of the beauty or fashion industry, not the the pa...

WE ARE LOVE Meditation - 12 minutes

I am a woman who has given birth and felt the *burden* of pregnancy and childbirth and raising a child. There are plenty of valid reasons, health, personal, economical, etc., that are all all up to the mother and her support network and doctors, for why a child might not be best brought into the world. Each of these should be respected. 

Natalie sits down with Melanie Bearne of Better Birth Stories to talk all about Hypnosis and Hypnobirthing, her remote hypnobirthing course called Better Birth Stories, the birthing system, and how birth is a “mammalistic” event. This podcast covers: - Hypnosis, what is it and what it isn’t-Birthing using hypnobirthing practices as a method of preparation for birth and life-The medicalization of b...