What I Wish I Knew beyond Pregnancy Loss

In this powerful episode, Lauren shares her unexpected path to becoming a solo mom through IVF. What she anticipated would be a straightforward process became significantly more complex when genetic testing revealed she's a carrier for a serious condition, requiring full IVF with genetic embryo selection rather than the simpler IUI procedure she'd planned. Key Topics Discussed The Reality of Solo...

In Part Two of this powerful conversation, Kirsten Karchmer dives deep into the critical distinction between getting pregnant and staying pregnant. She shares insights from treating over 10,000 infertile women (half suffering with RPL) and reveals why we need to shift our focus to preparing the body for a healthy pregnancy before conception. Kirsten explains the root causes behind common fertility...

In this powerful first part of a two-part series, host Sharna Southan sits down with Kirsten Karchmer, health tech pioneer, women's health expert, and founder & CEO of Conceivable Technologies. About Our Guest Kirsten is revolutionising women's health through technology. Conceivable was named one of the most innovative health tech startups by MedTech in 2015 and Best Fertility App by...

Listen to Part 1 If you haven't listened to Part 1 of this conversation, go back and start there to hear Ashton's full journey through infertility, endometriosis, IVF, her loss at 16 weeks, and how she discovered that fitness was masking unprocessed trauma. Link to Part 1:  https://www.sharnasouthan.com/podcasts/what-i-wish-i-knew-beyond-pregnancy-loss/episodes/2149104398     Welcom...

EPISODE PART ONE: What happens when nearly five years of infertility, endometriosis battles, and the devastating loss of your baby at 16 weeks collides with a toxic relationship with fitness? In today's powerful conversation, I sit down with Ashton  Koehlmoos —mom to three earthly boys and one angel baby—who shares her raw journey from competitive athlete to stay-at-home mom, through multiple...

You've recognised your calling. You feel it deep within. You know your experience is meant to serve others. But how do you actually build a sustainable business around pregnancy loss support without burning out or feeling like you're exploiting grief? In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to build a thriving practice in the pregnancy loss and reproductive trauma spa...

Before I dive in: FREE MASTERCLASS - October 22nd LOSS TO PURPOSE: Using Your Experience as Your Expertise If you're listening to this and you've ever thought   "I want to support bereaved mothers but I don't know how to turn this calling into something real" —keep reading. I'm hosting a  FREE   masterclass on   October 22   where I'm pulling back the curtain on how to go...

HEY, QUICK THING BEFORE WE START: If you're listening to this and you've ever thought "I want to support bereaved mothers but I don't know how to turn this calling into something real" —keep reading. I'm hosting a  FREE masterclass on October 22 where I'm pulling back the curtain on how to go from "maybe one day" to "I'm doing this professionally now." It's called Loss to Purpose , and in 90...

In this deeply moving episode of What I Wish I Knew After Pregnancy Loss, host Sharna Southan speaks with Bina Jesani, a pregnancy and baby loss grief coach from the UK. Bina shares her 23-year journey navigating multiple losses—an ectopic pregnancy, the neonatal death of her son Krishan, and an early miscarriage—and how these experiences shaped her calling to support other bereaved parents. In th...

PART 2: In the powerful conclusion of Holly's story, we explore how devastating loss became the catalyst for pursuing her lifelong dream of writing. Despite struggling with dyslexia and being told writing wasn't for her, Holly channeled her grief into creating children's books that help families navigate loss and maintain connections with loved ones who have passed. Part 2 Highlights The Cultural...

PART ONE: In this heartbreaking yet hopeful first part of a two-part series, host Sharna Southan sits down with Holly Canda to share her profound journey through pregnancy loss and the unexpected path it led her toward. After losing her 11-day-old son Logan due to severe brain damage caused by cerebral hypoxia during a complicated breech birth, and then losing his young cousin Milli...

In this deeply personal and heartwarming episode, Sharna shares the microphone with her greatest inspiration - her 7-year-old daughter, Poppy. As Sharna's rainbow baby and the driving force behind her work in reproductive trauma support, Poppy brings her natural curiosity, creativity, and wisdom to the podcast for a very special conversation. What You'll Hear In This Episode Poppy's...

In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Todd Whitehurst, author of "Underneath The Weeping Tree," a 40-day devotional born from his family's journey through miscarriage and infertility. After a life-threatening illness forced him into retirement and stripped away his identity as a contractor, Todd discovered something profound: sometimes our greatest brokenness leads to our most meaningful...

Are you apologising for your prices? Working for less than you're worth? Giving away your depth for free because you can't figure out how to put a price tag on transformation? You're not alone - and the statistics are more staggering than you think. In this eye-opening episode, Sharna breaks down the research showing that women charge 21-26% less than men in freelance markets, and a shocking 28% l...

  A Milestone Celebration & Deep Dive into Somatic Healing We pause to honour a profound milestone—our 100th episode together. What began as a simple knowing that conversations about pregnancy loss needed to happen has blossomed into a global movement, rippling through practitioners, bereaved parents, and healthcare providers worldwide. Your downloads, shares, voice messages, and whispere...

In this groundbreaking episode, Sharna unpacks the revolutionary insights from her recent masterclass "The Missing Piece: What Your Training Didn't Teach You About Reproductive Trauma." Discover why traditional approaches to pregnancy loss support are failing and how understanding the neuroscience changes everything. Key Topics Covered The Paradigm Shift That Changes Everything Why pregnancy loss...

In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Chrystine Bink, founder of "Cradles in Our Hearts" and proud mommy to three beautiful angel babies. Chrystine shares her raw and honest journey through three pregnancy losses, the medical challenges she faced, and how she transformed her grief into a powerful advocacy platform. What You'll Learn: The Reality of Recurrent Loss : Chrystine's experience...

"The Missing Piece - What Your Training Didn't Teach About Pregnancy Loss" There's a gap in how we support pregnancy loss that's leaving both practitioners and bereaved mothers feeling inadequate. Today, Sharna reveals the neuroscience that changes everything about reproductive trauma support. Whether you're a trained professional who freezes when pregnancy loss enters your practice, or a loss mot...

In this deeply moving and transformative episode, fertility mindset coach and holistic therapist Laetitia Felix shares her raw, four-year journey through unexplained infertility, three ectopic pregnancies, and a chemical pregnancy before becoming a mother at 40. After being told to remove her left fallopian tube following her third ectopic pregnancy, Laetitia trusted her intuition, declined the su...

What if the support you desperately searched for became the work you were meant to do? After six pregnancy losses and making the heart-wrenching decision to end her fertility journey, Kelly found herself googling pregnancy loss assistance in the middle of the night. What she discovered next would transform not only her own healing but launch her into a mission to support other women navigating lif...

What if the very thing you've been running from is actually running toward you with gifts? In this profound exploration of triggers and the nervous system, we dive into the sacred paradox of emotional activation—how the experiences that feel most overwhelming often carry the keys to our deepest healing. This episode illuminates the hidden mechanics of hypervigilance and reveals why your nervous sy...

In this deeply moving episode, Kelly Rogers shares her multifaceted journey through miscarriage, infertility, termination for medical reasons (TFMR), and the decade-long decision of what to do with frozen embryos. Kelly's story reveals the hidden struggles many women face - from wearing different "masks" depending on the situation to receiving monthly storage bills that repeatedly reopened wounds....

Building a Cyclical Business with Amanda Trieger Join Sharna in this transformative conversation with Amanda Trieger, naturopath, doula, and cyclical business mentor, as they explore how women in sensitive niches can build sustainable businesses by honouring their natural rhythms. Amanda shares her journey from burnout to building a thriving practice aligned with her menstrual cycle, seasonal rhyt...

In this profound conversation, Catherine Isaac courageously shares her journey through three pregnancy losses and the creation of Two Souls Co., born from her recognition of an "unknown need" in pregnancy loss support. What You'll Discover:  - Catherine's raw and honest account of experiencing pregnancy loss at home, including the challenges of collecting baby's remains with inadequate resour...

In this deeply personal episode, host Sharna Southan opens her heart to share the profound "why" behind writing her upcoming book on pregnancy loss support. Moving beyond logistics and outlines, Sharna takes listeners into the defining moment that changed everything—walking into an ultrasound room pregnant and leaving empty, only to discover that the silence and dismissal that followed was al...