The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

James Barry is back on the podcast sharing the story of his vasectomy procedure.  Vasectomies are common but not often talked about.  This episode is to help shift the conversation and destigmatize the emotional, physical and mental aspects of getting a vasectomy.  James opens up about how long it took him to be ready and how we can support our partners during this time.  Connect with James: https...

Nellie Harden is a family life and leadership coach helping parents lead their daughters through the good, great, hard and sticky parts of childhood to the greatest and strongest beginning of their adulthood.  Nellie founded the 6570 Project which is built around the idea that parents are truly the architects of the beginning of their child's life.  Everything we do as adults ultimately comes back...

Ria Safford, the go-to celebrity professional organizer and CEO of luxury home organization business, RiOrganize, is on this week giving us all of her tips.  Liz is not the most organzied person and picks Ria's brain on the basics of being organzied. Ria tells us where to start and how to stay organized! Follow Ria: https://www.instagram.com/riorganize/?hl=en Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.mi...

Dr. Zabina "Zee" Bhasin, MD, is a Child Psychiatrist, mother of two, first-generation American, and diversity and inclusion (DEI) expert. Her company, In Kidz, is a diverse toy company created to educate children about different cultures and ultimately foster inclusivity. In this episode, we chat about how to teach diversity in your home and raise loving kids.  In Kidz website: https://www.inkidzc...

Dr. Heather Evans is a pelvic floor therapist who has taken her experience as a NICU mama to help others. She shares her story of having premature twins needing a 4 month NICU stay and how her professional and personal life came together.  After 8 years of recovery from the trauma, Heather wanted to create a book to help guide NICU mamas specifically through their post-partum journey while never l...

Dan and Kay are the Co-Founders of Centseifinancial.com, a company that builds online programs helping couples and individuals with their personal finances and budgeting. Over 1000 people have gone through their online programs, and they've helped their clients save over 10+ million dollars (that they know of).  In this episode, they are giving us tips and advice on how to budget, save and take co...

Jessica Elder is a mother of four and clinical social worker who lives in Scottsdale, AZ. She has spent many years professionally supporting children and families through a variety of life transitions. Jessica earned her master's degree in social work from Columbia University and built her career in NYC focusing on child development, play therapy, and supporting families through illness and grief....

Being a mom was Megan's dream. At twenty-seven, Megan was told IVF would be her only chance to have a biological baby. This started Megan and her husband on a four-year journey of waiting, hoping and inconceivable heartache. Tragically, after her first round of IVF, Megan did not become pregnant after transferring their only three embryos, and their savings was completely spent. This was the darke...

Jenna's extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University's School of Medicine. Throughout her career in academia, Jenna has researched and published numerous studies that largely focused on citizens science, general health, and the impact of food consumption on a person's...

Nadine Levitt is an education thought leader and advocate, having spoken all over the world on the importance of social and emotional learning, and the power of music education.  In this episode she talks about what is an emotional toolkit and how it can help kids, teachers and parents.  Levitt also talks about how music can play a role! My Mama Says website: https://www.mymamasays.com WURRLY webs...

Priyanka Jain is the co-Founder and CEO of Evvy, a company that created at-home tests for your vaginal microbiome. Despite centuries of stigmatization, the vagina is truly incredible. Among many other things, it's the structural connection between the outside world and the female body's most powerful reproductive organs. Every day, the vaginal microbiome performs the equivalent of modern health mi...

In this episode, Liz and Vito are sharing the birth story of their daughter, Toula.  This birth experience was completely different from their first, including choosing a free-standing birth center instead of a hospital.  Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas More podcasts at WAVE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/artist...

Ariel's passion is breaking down taboos and giving parents & kids quality, body-positive education. Her leading sex educator and OBGYN approved 10 book series, Yoni Magic, has been featured in Entrepreneur and is lauded by parents as a solution to making 'the talk' easier and more approachable. Ariel gives us some tips and tools for talking to our children about their bodies and sex. Yoni Magic: h...

Jen Fulwiler is a standup comic, bestselling author, and mom of six.  She self-produced her first standup comedy tour — booking theaters across the country with nothing more than a Google search and her personal credit card — and sold out almost every show. In this episode. Jen shares about finding your blue flame, pursuing your dreams as a mom, and building a support system.  Jen on IMDB: https:/...

MONA DELAHOOKE, PHD. is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. She is the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges, and is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. In this episode, she...

This week we are having on listener, Shannon Perkins.  She shares her two birth stories with us.  They did not go quite as planned but Shannon had empowering experiences.  She is a mom of two (Madelyn - 3 and Benjamin - 1), senior communications manager for a medical software company, and freelance writer. She resides in a coastal town in southeastern Massachusetts with her husband and children. W...

As the due date for Presta Baby #2 is approaching quickly, Liz and Vito are getting ready.  In this bonus episode, they are sharing their birth plan, answering questions and reliving what happened with their last birth.  They share what they are changing this time and what they are most excited about.  Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com Miraculous Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagr...

Jessie Asya Kanzer is the author of Don't Just Sit There, DO NOTHING: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching — a book in which she uses ancient philosophy to help us thrive amidst our modern chaos. Jessie shares her own story of healing and spiritual awakening, as well as her very human messes, to show others how to find their power no matter where they are on their journey. As a form...

In this episode we have on mother and pediatrician, Dr. Mona Amin. She answers all of those first time parenting questions regarding rashes, fevers and development.  We also dive into "mommy brain" and finding the joys in parenting.  Dr. Mona's website: https://pedsdoctalk.com/ The New Mom's Survival Guide: https://pedsdoctalk.com/nmsg/step/sales Elizabeth's website: https://miraculousmamas.com Mi...

It's Valentine's Week and the perfect time to talk about sex.  Irene Fehr is a certified coach, writer, speaker, and relationship expert.  She has spent the last decade as a sex & intimacy coach specializing in women's libido and sexual desire in a long-term relationship.  Irene has helped hundreds and hundreds of couples and single women to find sexual aliveness, satisfaction and connection. Iren...

Kaitlyn Wozniak, known as the fit doula, is a pre and postnatal trainer, birth doula and childbirth educator.  She is on this episode sharing her birth story of planned VBAC turned cesarean birth.  She shares how her team support, knowledge as a doula and intuition lead to her decision. Kaitlyn's website: https://www.kaitlynwozniak.com Kaitlyn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaitlyndinneh E...

This week, Amy VanHaren, who founded pump spotting is on the podcast.  After her lonely experience being a new breastfeeding, working, traveling new mama, she recognized that to be successful with breastfeeding, parents need both support and practical resources. Aside from the app available to individual users, pumpspotting provides a B2B version that allows employers to provide a custom  experien...

Have you ever wondered what to look for in a prenatal?  Ryan Woodbury is the cofounder of Needed, an amazing company that is changing the prenatal game.  She answers all of your questions this episode about what to look for in a prenatal, what to avoid, and what to add in supplementation.  Through navigating her fertility and nutrition journey, she realized most prenatal nutrition information and...

Spirit Mamas, Tiffany and Victoria, are in this episode sharing with us all about the work they are doing to help women heal, restore and connect. They use tools such as Reiki, Sound healing and Meditations to reclaim power and bring ancestral healing. They have created an online community for spiritually curious mamas who want to raise their consciousness and energy, crave cosmic connection, and...

Dr. Stu is LA's only OB/Gyn specializing in natural breech, twin and VBAC (Vaginal birth after Cesarean) birth. California law now prevents midwives from providing care for breech and twin deliveries. In this episode, we will talk about the study 20 years ago that changed it all for women delivering breech in the United States. Dr. Stu covers the different kinds of breech and actual data surroundi...