Pure Nurture Pregnancy and Birth

WELCOME BACK TO THE PURE NURTURE PODCAST! We are birthing Season Four with new guests to help you reclaim your pursuit of pregnancy, orgasmic birth, and parenting with more ease. Eyla Cuenca is our first guest after a nine-month hiatus. She is a holistic birth guide, Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counselor, health freedom advocate, and mother. She holds a BA in Anthropology from Bennington Colleg...

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...

Anuka Gazara-Anthony is an accredited Mongan Method Hypnobirthing teacher currently based in Bethesda, Maryland. She was inspired to leave her career and train as a Hypnobirthing Practioner after having her daughter in 2013. Anuka's first pregnancy and delivery were extremely difficult, she had many complications and was unprepared for her delivery. This led to many complications to her body after...

Preparing for birth (even if this is your 5th pregnancy) can be stressful and overwhelming. You might be feeling anxious and even a little scared about your upcoming birth. You're not alone. This is quite common.   You might be searching for childbirth classes and feel overwhelmed by all the options, or have no clue where to start looking for a class. If this sounds like you, you're in the right p...

Dr. Stephanie Dueger is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and educator, who works with expectant and new parents and their little ones. She facilitates parent workshops and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the academic Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Dr. Dueger lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and two daughters. Preparing for Parenthood: 55 Essential Conversa...

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition and exercise. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and unapologetically critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes . I...

Dr. Britta Bushnell (she/her) is a wife and mother, author of Transformed by Birth, host of the podcast Transformed, veteran childbirth educator, celebrated speaker, mythologist, and specialist in childbirth, relationship, and parenting. For over 20 years, Dr. Bushnell has worked with individuals and couples as they prepare for the life-changing experience of giving birth. Her work with parents ha...

Anita Lambert is the owner of Holistic Health Physiotherapy and a Registered Pelvic Health and Orthopaedic Physiotherapist with a focus on women's health, specifically prenatal and postpartum care. She's one of the select few physiotherapists in Canada to receive advanced training in labor support, which blends orthopedic physiotherapy expertise with birth doula support. Anita is always looking to...

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Dr. Aumatma is a Naturopathic Doctor & Nutritionist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in women's health, is the best-selling author of "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making," and is a sought out speaker on topics related to Women's Health and Empowerment. Dr. Aumatma was awarded the "Best Alternative Medicine Practitioner″ award locally in 2015, a...

Hannah & Kelty are twins, coaches + speakers at the parenting resource, Upbringing. Certified in Simplicity Parenting, Positive Discipline + trained in Foundations of the respectful parenting approach, RIE, Hannah & Kelty empower parents to grow up alongside their babies and kids for sanity + social change, elevating their discipline practices one conversation at a time!   They are co-parenting in...

Hannah & Kelty are twins, coaches + speakers at the parenting resource, Upbringing. Certified in Simplicity Parenting, Positive Discipline + trained in Foundations of the respectful parenting approach, RIE, Hannah & Kelty empower parents to grow up alongside their babies and kids for sanity + social change, elevating their discipline practices one conversation at a time!   They are co-parenting in...

Nikki Bostwick is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of THE FULLEST and host of THE FULLEST podcast. She helps formulate THE FULLEST product line, alongside her amazing team. She is a mom of two, nestled in Newport Beach with her high school sweetheart and their Siberian Husky.   In this episode, you'll hear about: How THE FULLEST podcast was born Trusting your intuition Advocating what's best for yo...

Betsy and Sofia are co-founders and co-CEOs of Tiny Organics. Named Forbes 30 under 30 and BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Women, Betsy has a decade of experience as an inventor, product founder, and CEO. Sofia is a PR and marketing veteran with vast experience, most recently at Ascend Foundation helping elevate women and minorities onto U.S. corporate boards and creating a pipeline of women and minoriti...

Hilda Labrada Gore, also known as Holistic Hilda is a voice for healthy living, and she is convinced that we need to look at how our ancestors lived in the past to create good health today. She wants everyone to live their best life at any age and stage. It's not hard—enjoy the sunlight, get your feet on the Earth, and eat real, whole foods. As the host of the Wise Traditions Podcast, you will lea...

Dr. Marie truly believes in the body's innate healing wisdom and is passionate about helping others gain access to their inner power. She has been in naturopathic medicine practice since 2002 and has over 20 years of experience as a craniosacral practitioner.   As a fervent seeker and forever student, Dr. Marie's own personal healing journey led her to experience and study a myriad of energy heali...

Katie Sutherland is an energy medicine healer, teacher, and holistic wellness practitioner who has been building her sacred basket of modalities for almost 20 years. She supports mothers to thrive and reclaim their empowerment and vibrancy while navigating the journey of motherhood and childbirth.   In this episode, you will hear about: How healing your birth trauma is a huge gift to yourself & yo...

Author, educator, and licensed marriage and family therapist, Jennifer Strube spent four decades assisting other people's children before braving to have her own. Her most recent book Momlandia: An Imperfect Guide to Organic Mothering grew out of a year-long text message rant with her best girlfriend as they embarked into motherhood together. Her work champions all the postpartum feels—addressing...

Hayley Bukhamsin is the founder of The Gentle Mama, creator of Happy, Healthy Sleep: the online baby sleep course with NO sleep training and a certified infant sleep educator. She focuses on a truly gentle, evidence-based, attachment-supporting, empowering, and intuition nurturing approach to baby sleep.   Hayley is mama to two girls and lives in Dubai. She earned a BA Hons degree from The Univers...

When Michelle, an attorney in Atlanta, became pregnant at the age of 40, she immediately scoured the internet for pregnancy information for women her age, only to be inundated with daunting statistics and risks from medical professionals, individuals, and articles. Not succumbing to all of the negative information, Michelle began a private Facebook Group to both give and receive encouragement to o...

In this episode, you'll hear about: The Canary in the Design Mines Sustainability & wellness in the home Lyme disease Impact of our home on our health Detox your cleaning products Detox Guide:  dwellingwelldesignacademy.com/detox-guide Off-gassing from carpet GOTS certified organic wool or cotton for carpets or rugs Progress over perfection Start with a bedroom makeover Dwelling Well: Healthy Bedr...

Christine Bullock has been teaching fitness and working in the beauty business around the world for over two decades. Christine is the creator of  Evolution 20® , a 60-day fitness and nutritional program, Super Shred, and Body Reborn Post-Natal DVD Series. In addition to her Evolution20® Program Christine has developed the  30X30 Total Transformation  program for Mindvalley as well as  10 Minute S...

Dayna Martin is an advocate, speaker, educator, and author of three books including Raising Rebels , Radically Unschooling , and Sexy Birth . Dayna been featured on The Dr. Phil Show, CNN, Nightline, The Jeff Probst Show, ABC's hit show, Wife Swap, Fox News, 60 Minutes, and the Bethenny Show. She was used as an informational resource for Homeschooling stories on the Discovery Channel, The Today Sh...

Let me ask you a question: can you relate to any of these birth challenges? Doctors "diagnosed" you as infertile You're a cancer survivor and worry about birth complications You planned a birth at a midwife center and hope for an unmedicated experience If there's one speed bump that most of us Moms-to-be experience it's dealing with birth expectations. Ali Shapiro is back on the podcast to tell he...

Dr.  Stephanie   Dueger is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and educator, who works with expectant and new parents and their little ones. She facilitates parent workshops and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the academic Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health . Dr.  Dueger  lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and two daughters. Preparing for Parenthood: 55 Essential Co...