The Becoming Podcast

I know so many of you will be excited to listen to this episode of the podcast with Sarah Vermunt.  For almost  all of the people I work with, career change ends up be the focus of or at least a part of their process of radical transformation.  And that, my friends, is Sarah's speciality!   Here's some of what Sarah and I talked about in this episode: > Sarah shares that she has a lot of clients e...

Today on The Becoming Podcast, I'm sharing my conversation with Sarah Durham Wilson. This episode goes DEEP into the wisdom of the archetypes and how we are called to unearth the darkest, gnarliest parts of ourselves in order to fully  become.   My conversation with Sarah covers: >  What the maiden and mother archetypes are, and how to know which one is playing out in your life at any given time >...

I'm really excited to bring you my conversation with Molly Millwood, Ph. D., today. Molly's book,  To Have and To Hold:  Motherhood, Marriage and the Modern Dilemma , is, hands down, one of the best books on matrescence and maternal mental health that I've ever read....and I've definitely read them ALL.  We share so many perspectives on this rite of passage in women's lives that I knew I had to ha...

It's my great pleasure to have Kimberly Ann Johnson join me for a rich and wide-ranging conversation on The Becoming Podcast this month. I've been following Kimberly's work since her seminal book, The Fourth Trimester, rocked the worlds of mothers and birth workers alike when it was released five years ago.  Since then, I've come to view Kimberly as someone who sees the connections between seeming...

Oh my friends, this month's episode of the Becoming Podcast is so special, in so many ways. First of all, I'm just going to come right out and say it:  this is one of those fangirl episodes where I reach out to someone I adore and whose work I've been following for many, many years, and cross my fingers. It was such an honour to have Amber say an enthusiastic YES to my request, and to then have su...

When I read Lisa Marchiano's new book, Motherhood:  Facing and Finding Yourself, I knew I had to have her on the podcast. Though I usually work with mothers who are traversing the initial few years of their mothering journey, I found Lisa's book deeply insightful and comforting for the mothering experiences that I'm  currently having. Let me tell you a little bit about Lisa: Lisa Marchiano, LCSW i...

Welcome back for another episode of The Becoming Podcast, friends! I'm thrilled to bring you this deep and thought-provoking conversation with Shauna Janz. Shauna is an educator, facilitator and ritualist at the crossroads of grief, trauma, embodiment and ancestral healing work. For the past 15 years she has worked in both private practice offering 1:1 support, and with national and international...

A big welcome to this month's Becoming Podcast guest, Mara Glatzel! Mara and I have known each other for years, and I was really excited for our conversation.  It did not disappoint.   As many of you know, self-tending is one of the Seven Core Competencies of Radical Transformation – those skills and capacities that we need to grow in order to traverse times of change in our lives with more ease....

On this month's podcast, I had the great pleasure of connecting with Carmen Spagnola.  I first learned of Carmen's work quite a few years ago now, and since then have taken a number of her programs.  I value her as a teacher and guide also exploring what it means to traverse rites of passage and other initiatory experiences, as well as a fellow multipotentialite who sees the throughlines and patte...

Rachael Maddox is a trauma resolution educator, coach and guide who's helped hundreds of humans move from sexual, complex or developmental trauma into pleasure, power and trust-filled relationships. I really wanted to have Rachael on the show today to talk about the possibility of trauma resolution as a rite of passage.  Rachael is a gifted map-maker for the terrain of embodied healing and of what...

The final episode of Season 3 of The Becoming Podcast is a conversation with Jen Berlingo, midlife midwife extraordinaire. Jen is a coach, licensed professional counselor, a nationally registered art therapist, a master-level Reiki practitioner, an author, an artist and a witch.  She speaks, writes and teaches about  midlife emergence, including her own world-rocking experience of upending her ent...

During our conversation, Heather and I talk about the "liminal space" or that "space between" that is a necessary and uncomfortable part of every major transition – and so much a part of what we're all experiencing in these times of uncertainty.  We talk about how major "disruptions" in our lives can be a powerful call that we have the opportunity to answer.  Heather and I consider what it means t...

I'm delighted to introduce Nikki McCahon to you today. I have been following Nikki for some time – she has so much wisdom to share about the transition into motherhood, and we share so many of the same perspectives and beliefs.  It was wonderful to dive deeper with her here on this episode. Let me tell you a little bit about Nikki.  She is a matrescence educator, women's life cycle guide, podcast...

I am so delighted to introduce you to Stepha Lafond on this month's episode of The Becoming Podcast. Stepha is a life coach and mentor dedicated to helping moms navigate the space between who they are and who they are becoming. You can imagine why I just  had to have Stepha on the show, right? Stepha started her practice out of a desire to put moms at the center of the conversation, with an emphas...

I am really, really thrilled today to share this conversation with author, artist and publisher Lucy Pearce. Lucy's books, including Moods of Motherhood and Nautilus Award winners Medicine Woman , Burning Woman , and Creatrix: she who makes  have shaped me, my work and my life in so many ways.  One of the common threads in this interview is how Lucy endeavours to write about and give language to t...

I am so jazzed to share this episode of The Becoming Podcast with you today.  Graeme Seabrook and I have the most vivacious and far-reaching conversation about motherhood, and I know you will enjoy it. Let me tell you about Graeme:  she is a maternal mental health expert, advocate, and community leader who helps moms and reconnect with and embrace their humanity. As a certified life coach and foun...

I've been working with a theme of healing and illness as a rite of passage in my writings and offerings this month.  I could not think of anyone I wanted to speak to more on that topic than Lara Veleda Vesta. Lara has an MFA, is an artist, author, storyteller and educator transforming chronic illness into a path of healing and reclaiming.   She is the author of The Moon Divas Guidebook , and The M...

Today's guest is Becca Piastrelli. Becca is a writer, coach, and host of the Belonging podcast. She holds space for women to explore ancestral wisdom, connect with the earth, and find meaningful and inclusive community. In the age of loneliness, Becca shows us how to feel like we truly belong - to each other, to the earth, to a lineage, and to ourselves. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area wit...

I'm so excited to be welcoming Dr. Sarah Kerr on The Becoming Podcast this month.  Sarah is a death doula, ritual healing practitioner, and trainer, and in her work, she helps dying people and their families connect with each other, and with the innate wisdom of the dying process. Sarah's work draws on ancient wisdom teachings, nature-­based spirituality, sacred sciences, and the richness of the h...

In this conversation, author, mythologist and childbirth educator Britta Bushnell and I talk about the domino effect that radical transformation tends to have in our lives, and how we often end up experiencing shifts and changes to many areas of our lives rather than only one.  Specifically, we dive into the experience of how to re-negotiate our intimate partnerships in the wake of major transform...

It was SO exciting to get to chat with Molly for this episode.  In our conversation, Molly and I dive right into a moment of full honesty and transparency, and then traverse through the question of authenticity and how social media impacts how we share our lives - or don't.  We talk about what reclamation means to Molly, and she offers her thoughts on what it means to be more yourself in your day-...

I am so unbelievably excited to bring to you the final episode of the first full season of The Becoming Podcast.  In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to psychologist, mythologist and author Sharon Blackie. I first learned of Sharon's work when a friend recommended her book If Women Rose Rooted .  For me, I feel as though I can almost define my life and my work into what it was before I...

I am so delighted to share with you today my interview with my friend Dee Montie.  Dee is an Intuitive Shamanic Healer who helps people connect with intuition and Spirit in honour of creating healing and balance. She currently offers private intuitive healing sessions, group healing circles, space healings, and mentorship trainings. Her work is intuitively driven, guided by Spirit, and balanced by...

I am delighted to have Dr. Aurélie Athan on the show with me today. Aurélie is a professor at Columba University in New York City, and is the world's leading researcher in matrescence and the transition to motherhood. To say that this conversation was absolutely  sparkling is an understatement. Aurélie and I talked about what matrescence, or the transition to motherhood, is, and, as she says, "how...