The Heart Next Door

The dads are in the building this month and the conversation is going to be GOOD!! 🔥 On Tuesday, June 30th at 7pm EST, The Heart Next Door hosted Session 4 of our Future of Maternal Health Roundtable. In honor of Father's Day, We're bringing together a powerhouse panel of fathers, innovators, healthcare leaders, and maternal wellness experts to talk about what it really takes for families to thri...

This is Episode 3 of our Future of Maternal Health Roundtable series, and this conversation is bringing together maternal health leaders across the U.S. with a global perspective because the future of maternal health will require ALL of us. May is a month where we honor mothers, doulas, midwives, and Memorial Day… but we also have to sit with the truth: 🚨Nearly 1 in 5 birthing people experience a...

In this powerful episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I sit down with award-winning Self-Leadership Expert and Core Energy Coach Vanessa Pereira for a heartfelt conversation about identity, emotional wellness, and what it means to reclaim yourself without guilt. Together, we explore the cycles of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and over-performing that keep so many women disconnected from thems...

Pregnancy changes everything—but too often, mothers are sent home with little guidance on what warning signs to watch for, how to advocate for themselves, and how to navigate recovery after birth. In this powerful episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, Terranie Clarke sits down with Dr. Lahnor Powell, Naturopathic Doctor, doula, public health advocate, and founder of Love and Lullabies, to discus...

In this episode, I sit down with Marta Spirk — triplet mom, TEDx speaker, best-selling author, professional singer, and speaking coach — for a powerful conversation about motherhood, identity, entrepreneurship, and the courage it takes to use your voice. After leaving Brazil to start a new life in the United States with her American husband, Marta navigated motherhood far away from the support sys...

You answered the texts. You made the appointments. You held the baby and the budget. You ran the meeting AND remembered the pediatrician appointment. You made it all look easy. Now name one thing you did for you this week. 🤔  Here's the part nobody is saying out loud: The chronic stress, unresolved trauma, and burnout women carry in our bodies show up as hypertension, heart disease, and the comor...

The maternal health system isn’t broken because people don’t care.​It’s broken because the people who care the most have never been in the same room.​ Mothers navigating pregnancy alone.  Birthworkers doing sacred work in isolation. Advocates fighting for change without the community to sustain them. Providers who want to do more — but can’t do it alone.​ Fragmented. Disconnected. And costing live...

In this special episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sit down with Adrian Night, founder of Pace My Energy, to explore how integrative medicine, community, and systems thinking intersect in the future of maternal health. With a background in naturopathic and integrative medicine, Adrian brings a perspective that challenges how we define care—and what it actually means to support mothers in a...

Maternal health is often discussed through a clinical lens—but the truth is that the wellbeing of mothers is deeply connected to something much broader: health, financial security, and self-worth. In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I sit down with Nancy Griffin, CFP, EPC, founder of Women, Worth & Wellness, to explore the powerful relationship between women’s health, wealth, and l...

Maternal mental health is one of the most overlooked parts of maternal care — and yet it impacts everything. In this powerful episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, Terranie Clarke sits down with Dr. Latoya Taylor, licensed therapist and owner of Tailored Clinical Services, for a deeply needed conversation about maternal mental health, postpartum emotional wellness, and why so many mothers strugg...

What happens when a mother refuses to accept limitations placed on her child? In this powerful episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Philip Zazove, one of the first Deaf physicians in the United States and a lifelong advocate for equity in healthcare. Dr. Zazove has been Deaf for most of his life, yet he went on to graduate from Washington University, becoming the third Deaf...

As we close Season 3 of The Heart Next Door Podcast and step into a new year, we’re honoring a truth that has guided every conversation this season: it takes a village. In this season finale, we sit with Jordan Irving, whose work lives at the intersection of youth development, yoga, nature-based healing, environmental justice, and self-care. Together, we explore how rest, healing, and maternal wel...

Christmas week often invites reflection—on family, purpose, and what truly matters. In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sit with Chloe White—event planner, entrepreneurship program manager, and mother—for a conversation about what it looks like to build professionally while mothering openly. Chloe shares her experience of bringing her son with her to work during his first year of li...

✨What does it mean to heal yourself so deeply that your healing becomes a gift for others? In this soul-stirring episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sat down with herbalist, healer, and founder of Queens Rise — Malika Majesty — for a rich conversation on motherhood, divine pivots, and reclaiming our healing through faith and nature. We explore: ✨The invisible labor of motherhood — and how...

This holiday season — a time when joy and grief often sit at the same table — The Heart Next Door welcomes Madelyn Estes, entrepreneur, systems strategist, creative technologist, mother, and the powerhouse founder of The Business Boutique. After losing her brother, Maddie made a courageous decision: to honor his life by fulfilling the dream he didn’t get to finish. What she built became so much mo...

In this heartfelt episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sat down with Ashley Burton Mims — corporate leader, resilience builder, and founder of Emerald & Rose Consulting — for a conversation every mother and every woman leader needs to hear. Together, we talk openly about burnout, emotional overload, motherhood, boundaries, and the moment you realize: You can’t keep carrying everything. A...

After battling postpartum depression, Brittany “Bee” Farr found healing through faith, purpose, and beauty. Now, as the Founder of Bee’s Beauty Bar + Spa, Bee’s Beauty Academy and Bumble x Bloom, she’s on a mission to help women reclaim their confidence—inside and out. In this deeply moving episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, Bee opens up about her journey from pain to purpose, how self-care b...

In this week’s episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I had the privilege of sitting down with Tori Thompson — a poet, author, and truth-teller whose work reminds us that healing can be both raw and radiant. From her debut collection "Cinnamon and Lightning" to her latest release "It Looked Like Eden", Tori’s poetry invites us to confront our stories with grace, honesty, and courage. In our conve...

In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I sit down with Elon Geffrard, co-founder of Birth Detroit, the city's first and only freestanding birth center. Elon is a doula, certified lactation counselor, childbirth educator, and long-time maternal health equity advocate. With over a decade in public health—including work with the CDC and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention—...

Afaf J. Saleh is more than an engineer — she’s a trailblazer shaping industries, raising sons, and mentoring the next generation of innovators. In this episode, we dive into her journey from automotive plants to startup founder, from personal heartbreak to professional triumph. Afaf shares how faith, therapy, and determination carried her through and how she’s using her gifts to empower both her c...

In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sit down with Christian Moon, founder of The Mom Wellness Cave, a growing movement and membership-based community dedicated to supporting moms through every season of motherhood. Christian shares her journey of creating safe, intentional spaces where moms can feel seen, supported, and connected — whether online or in person. We dive into the impor...

In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, we sit down with incredible business coach and social media strategist Tanesha Reed to explore her powerful journey of walking away from a six-figure corporate career to build her own business empire — and a lasting legacy for her daughter. Tanesha opens up about the mindset shifts that made entrepreneurship possible, the role of mentorship in her su...

In this episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I sit down with LaTanya Clarke-Pryce, MBA, founder of E2E Healthcare Solutions, to explore how systemic change meets individual healing in maternal health and family wellness. With 13+ years of experience designing care models that empower families to make informed decisions, LaTanya shares insights on closing gaps in healthcare delivery, building tr...

In this week’s episode of The Heart Next Door Podcast, I sit down with Reanna Wimberly of Reconnect2Reawaken — a health coach, healer, and advocate for reconnecting with nature as a pathway to self-discovery and wholeness. We talk about what happens when we allow ourselves to slow down and listen to nature’s rhythms, and how that wisdom can transform the motherhood journey.  From planting seeds of...

This episode is released in celebration of my daughter Rielle’s 1st birthday, a milestone that means more than words can hold. Last year, I was unconscious on her birthday. This year, we danced, we laughed, and we lived. To honor this moment, I sat down with the women in my family - the mothers, daughters, and aunties who helped raise me — to reflect on the power of storytelling, legacy, and heali...