Pure Nurture Pregnancy and Birth

Isn't it fascinating that someone was able to withstand surgery with no meds, just hypnotherapy? WOW! If you tell yourself, "Birth will hurt like heck," OR "Birth will be a pleasure," you're right!  Dianne Mouchon Rhodes is a Consulting Hypnotist and Certified Projective Dreamworker.  Her lifelong curiosity of how the mind works led her to become trained in hypnosis in 2015. Using a client-centere...

Kate White is an award-winning prenatal and perinatal educator and an advanced bodyworker. She is trained in somatic therapies, prenatal and perinatal health, lactation, brain development, infant mental health, and has specialized in mother-baby dyad care using somatic prevention and trauma healing approaches for nearly 20 years. She is the Founding Director of Education for the Association for Pr...

Ryann Kipping is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Lactation Educator Counselor. She helps clients who are planning a pregnancy, currently pregnant, or recently postpartum reach optimum health during these extremely important and emotional periods of life. Aside from one on one nutrition consulting, Ryann is a nutrition writer and menu developer; she works with the supplemental nut...

Crystalee Beck is a mama of three cute mess-makers, writer, six-figure entrepreneur, and co-founder of The Mama Ladder International, an organization that empowers women at the intersection of motherhood and entrepreneurship. After leaving her corporate ladder job, she "created her own ladder" to fit her family in 2016.   In this episode you'll learn: Crystalee's journey to Motherhood (0:30) Cryst...

The New Year brings with it a lot of anticipation, hopes, dreams, aspirations, and maybe some resolutions and a vision board or two. It can all be extremely overwhelming, especially as a mom. On this episode of the Pure Nurture Podcast Lisa Druxman, founder of Fit4Mom and author of Empowered Mama talks all about finding strength in motherhood, how to manage our time, how to focus on ourselves and...

Learn all about why Hypnobirthing was the most empowering thing Shveta Sontakey did for herself and her family, and how a business grew out of her experience. "After taking hypnobirthing classes, I went from terrified to give birth to looking forward to it." - Shveta Sontakey, Hypnobirthing mama and small business owner. In this episode, you'll hear about: Shveta's passion for birth, postpartum, a...

Beth is a yoga instructor and Thai Yoga practitioner. She's been practicing yoga since 2002 and teaching since 2006. Through the years she has drawn inspiration from a variety of styles and teachers, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, Dharma Mittra, and Anusara. Beth encourages her students to take chances in their practice so that they may develop the same courage off their mats. Beth is the owner of G...

Maria Alcoke is the host of the Engine Mom Podcast, a CrossFit-L1 trainer, a Certified Pre&Postnatal Coach and runs her own graphic & web design studio, MariaVida Creative. In this episode, you'll learn: What mama Maria is up to (0:15) Maria's CrossFit routine and how she supports Moms-to-be (1:30) The best type of movement for pregnancy (4:25) The right amount of exercise while pregnant and as a...

My doula, Mari Smith is joining me on the Pure Nurture Podcast. Mari supported me through both of my birth experiences and she is an absolute gem! I can honestly say that I wouldn't have had the intervention-free birth experience that I had hoped for without the support of my doula. At our very first prenatal visit, Mari opened my eyes to all the choices I could make about my birth and how to have...

Our natural response to heal has been suppressed for a variety of reasons. Homeopathy offers a supportive environment that allows the body to heal on its own. Cilla Whatcott guides us through the wonderful world of homeopathy. With a Ph. D. and a Board Certification in Homeopathy, she eloquently explains this beautiful science. If you wondered what those blue vials are in the health food shop, thi...

When Toni Harmon launched her award-winning documentary,  MICROBIRTH , she wanted to shout from the rooftops about the critical microscopic events happening during pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. She believes that this is critical knowledge that every healthcare  professional should know about and should care about to help empower parents with full informed  choice. After all, the infant micr...

Andrea Laine White is a Functional Nutrition Therapist practicing at Colorado Natural Medicine and the Chief Marketing Officer and Nutritionist for  Baby Fresh Organics (Fresh Start) . In her clinical practice, Andrea has developed therapeutic nutritional protocols for a variety of different conditions including, but not limited to: hormonal weight gain related to menopause, acne, endometriosis, i...

Dr. Aly Cohen is a practicing rheumatologist and integrative medicine physician in Princeton, New Jersey. She has been actively involved in the area of environmental health over the past decade. Her work has led to education collaborations with Environmental Working Group and several medical schools and physician training programs. She recently co-edited the text, "Integrative Environmental Medici...

Author, educator and former healthcare consultant, Beth Lambert has monitored and documented the escalating rates of childhood chronic conditions for nearly a decade.  Her book,  A Compromised Generation , provides a thorough analysis of the origins of this modern health crisis and documents how modifications to environmental and lifestyle factors can profoundly influence health outcomes, includin...

The Mommy Lifecycle ™  was developed by Dr. Cleopatra Abdou Kamperveen, a mom, a psychologist, author, and professor. She is best known for her innovative research and work on reproductive health, human flourishing, and the intergenerational transmission of health. Her multi-million-dollar research program has been funded by multiple arms of the National Institutes of Health and numerous other fun...

Becca Campbell is passionate about her mission to spread the news: you don't have the be a tired parent! She works with parents who are struggling to get their newborn, baby or child to sleep well all night. Through courses, group classes or one-on-one coaching she is able to give you the tools to create a solid night of sleep so you can look forward to bedtime! And in this episode, Becca is shari...

For the first half of Marcia Sheehan's life, she was one of four girls. She traded that in for a husband, 2 boys, and a boy dog...which may have played a part in her starting a women's empowerment society, the Charmed Cardinals. Since 2015, Marcia has developed and led the Charmed Cardinals in a way that has cultivated a safe space for women to reconnect with themselves. This is done through intro...

Connecting with other moms during your journey through pregnancy and on into motherhood can be essential to your overall health and sense of well-being. In this episode, we're joining Alex Winkelman , founder of Hello My Tribe. Because of her own experiences as a new mom, Alex understands the need for community and connection. Her own deep need for a support system is one of the reasons she create...

Dr. Jay Warren has been a prenatal and pediatric chiropractor for 18 years. He is also the Wellness Care Coordinator at the CAP Wellness Center in San Diego, CA where 90% of his practice is pregnant or postpartum women and babies under one year old. He is the host of 2 popular podcasts " Healthy Births, Happy Babies " and " The Dadhood Journey ," where he shares real-life lessons and practical too...

Anna Gannon is a mom, the Community Guide and Editorial Lead at Expectful, a Writer and a Yoga & Meditation Guide. Her work has been featured on The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Yoga Today and The Expectful Blog. Anna is passionate about the importance of the mind, body, and baby connection. Her mission is to improve women's emotional health during their fertility, pregnancy and new motherhood...

Patricia Panasri is on a mission to guide mom entrepreneurs back into the flow of motherhood through her gifts as an astrologer and her personal journey into motherhood. She uses this wisdom to support other entrepreneurial mothers who are lost in the struggles of balancing motherhood and work. Patricia knows firsthand what it's like to be in survival mode after her second was born. A deep postpar...

In this episode, we are joining Kori Kostka, Registered Dietitian and mama of two little ones.  Kori started off as your typical meal planner but quickly realized she personally needed more. She now coaches mindful eating, which is also about self-compassion and self-discovery. Food is meant to be fun! She lives on an old working farm in the country, Uxbridge Ontario Canada, with my husband and tw...

Rebecca Ryan is joining us from Melbourne, Australia. She has incredible insights to share for mamas and mamas-to-be about the benefits of developing a mindfulness practice and how to easily incorporate more mindfulness into your daily life. As a mama myself, I know how challenging this can be. Just listening to this episode will leave you feeling more relaxed.  So pop in your earbuds and prepare...

Welcome to the very first episode of the Pure Nurture Podcast! I'm so glad that you're here. I'm your host and the founder of PureNurture.com, Kristy Rodriguez. I'm excited to have you join me on this inaugural episode. In future episodes, we'll be speaking with educators, experts, advocates, and moms in the field/ who have dedicated their lives and work to supporting women on their journey throug...