The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education

In this episode, Emma sits down with trauma therapist, doctoral researcher, and holistic practitioner Danniel Worthen Cullumber, MSW, LCSW , founder of Willow Medela Wellness. Together, they explore how trauma, chronic stress, and cultural conditioning shape the way women understand and inhabit their bodies—and how healing often begins with rebuilding a relationship with our own internal rhythms....

This week on The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma sits down with Terri Kozlowski—author, speaker, soul-centered life coach, and proud Native American woman from the Athabascan, Tlingit Raven Clan. Terri’s work blends emotional awareness, spiritual wisdom, and embodied healing to help women move from fear and self-protection into deep self-trust. Together, we explore what it means to reconnect with you...

In this episode, Emma is joined by embodiment coach Sarah Laverty, whose work helps women move out of their heads and back into the deep knowing of their bodies. Together they explore the surprising truth that procrastination isn’t a flaw or a failure of willpower — it’s a messenger offering guidance, boundaries, and information we’ve been taught to ignore. Sarah shares how years of anxiety, OCD,...

In this episode, Emma sits down with Gigi Hunt — a cycle alignment mentor and neurosomatic practitioner who helps high-achieving women move from burnout, spiraling moods, and “luteal rage” into grounded clarity and emotional steadiness. Gigi shares her powerful story of postpartum depletion, chronic stress, and feeling like a stranger in her own body — and how she eventually realized that her horm...

In this eye-opening conversation, Emma sits down with holistic practitioner Isabelle GianDomenico , Board-Certified in Holistic Nutrition and founder of Sunrise Wellness & Holistic Health . Isabelle shares her personal experience navigating endometriosis and chronic illness, and how those challenges shaped her commitment to changing the narrative around women’s health. Together, they explore t...

In this conversation, licensed acupuncturist and women’s health practitioner Stephanie Mattrey shares her lived experience with anorexia and bulimia and how it informs her work helping women recover from food addiction and disordered eating. We explore the brain-based nature of addiction, why some 12-step frameworks help (and where rigidity can harm), and how faith became an anchoring part of Step...

Licensed therapist Dr. Ashley Hudson joins Emma to explore how purity culture has shaped sexual beliefs, body awareness, and intimate relationships and what it really looks like to reclaim pleasure, autonomy, and connection. We explore how identity shifts, hormones, and nervous-system changes impact desire after kids, and why many women actually experience better sex as they reconnect with their b...

Today I’m sitting down with Registered Dietitian Aderet Hoch , founder of Dining with Nature, for a grounded and refreshing conversation about nourishing our bodies across the fertility-to-family continuum—without falling into diet rules, comparison traps, or perfection pressure. We talk about honoring cycles (menstrual, seasonal, and life phases), building a peaceful relationship with food, and w...

In this short and sweet mini episode, Emma drops in with a quick hello and a little update. Things have been full behind the scenes, but she’s back and excited about what’s ahead—including a lineup of incredible guest interviews coming soon! Emma also shares two main ways to learn and grow in your fertility awareness practice with her support: SymptoPro Fertility Education — A well-established, ev...

Your menstrual bleed isn’t just a messy inconvenience—it’s a powerful monthly report card from your body. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast , Emma breaks down what’s considered “normal” when it comes to menstruation and menstrual bleeding, and the red flags that shouldn’t be brushed off. From heavy periods that leave you exhausted to light or irregular bleeds that hint at hormonal shif...

In this episode, Emma sits down with Rita Johnson, NTP , to explore the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, and women’s overall well-being. Rita shares her own journey of navigating secondary infertility, healing her gut, and discovering the impact functional medicine and nutrition have on fertility and cycles. Together, Emma and Rita discuss: Why gut health and hormone health are de...

Pregnancy after loss carries a unique weight—grief, anxiety, hope, and joy all tangled together. In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Sarah Lingle, a pregnancy after loss doula, wife, and mama, who shares her story of loss, infertility, and ultimately, birth after heartbreak. Sarah opens up about what it was like to navigate early pregnancy losses, advocate for herself in the medical syste...

Today I’m joined by Haley Yeager , FertilityCare Practitioner (Creighton), certified SymptoPro instructor, wife, and mom of three, for a grounded, hopeful conversation about PCOS, charting, and what real women’s health looks like . Haley shares how her teen years with irregular cycles led to a PCOS diagnosis, why restorative reproductive medicine changed everything, and how charting gave her answe...

In this episode, I’m mixing things up a little — sharing more about what’s been going on in my life lately and then diving into one of the questions I hear most often: How do I get my partner on board with fertility awareness? You’ll hear about our full summer of family events, the chaos of traveling standby with little ones, starting our homeschooling journey, my current favorite clothing subscri...

Your fertility chart is more than a family planning tool—it’s a monthly health report card. In this episode, Emma unpacks how cycle tracking can uncover hidden health concerns long before they show up in lab work or symptoms. We’ll explore: Why the menstrual cycle is considered a “fifth vital sign” Common patterns in charts and what they can indicate The science behind how hormones, thyroid health...

Thinking about ditching hormonal birth control but worried about unplanned pregnancy? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m sharing how I help individuals and couples confidently avoid pregnancy using fertility awareness-based methods—without hormones or guesswork. We’ll talk about: How the sympto-thermal method (tracking basal body temperature, cervical mucus, and h...

Trying to get pregnant but feeling overwhelmed, confused, or stuck? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m breaking down exactly what it’s like to work with me when you’re trying to conceive—and how charting your cycle can be a total game changer. We’ll talk about: Why so many fertility challenges are actually easy to troubleshoot once you know what’s happening in you...

This episode is the replay of my recent masterclass, where I share the 3 keys to raising body-literate kids and talking about periods, puberty, and body changes with confidence and ease. You’ll Learn: How to talk to kids about their bodies without shame Simple scripts for tricky questions How to create a consent-conscious home Why modeling body trust is more powerful than any “big talk” Learn more...

The world feels heavy, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of world my kids are growing up in. One thing I know? Knowledge is power—and understanding our bodies is a form of reclaiming that power. In this episode, we’re breaking down the basics of female reproductive anatomy and the hormones that drive the menstrual cycle. Because if we were taught about our bodies in shame-free, accurate...

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