Stay ConnectedAll about the struggles, surprises, joys, and exhaustion of birth and birthwork.
Sharing stories about birth, birthwork, and everything it entails – infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, and running a successful birthwork business.
I was a single parent with my oldest
Decided to become a SAHM when I married 7yrs later
Lost my identity in motherhood and fell into depression
Realized that while I loved my children..."motherhood" wasn't so great
You CAN actually love your children, but hate motherhood (oxymoron...right...)
Discovered purpose and ended self-sacrifice
Became the woman that I loved...which made me a much better mom
IN HER WORDS:
I am a Certified Life Purpose & Confidence Coach and Int'l Speaker
I help busy ambitious moms successfully balance motherhood and life goals withOUT burn-out and mom-guilt.
FIND HER HERE:
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Free guide: www.YourPurposeGuide.com
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message* TTC after two years of marriage
* Discovered infertility issues
* Pursued foster care, international adoption, and finally, domestic infant adoption
* Have adopted three children from the same birth mother (all at birth) and fostered 10 more
* Wrote children's book on adoption to help fund the last adoption (but was unable to get it published at the time)
* Went to work as admin/marketing/birth mother liaison for our adoption attorney and became an expert on adoption/foster care
* Founded orphan ministry at our former church and led this for five years
* Published children's adoption book with Ambassador International in 2017
Katie is a freelance editor/writer/marketing assistant
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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageI had three miscarriages. One lost pregnancy was at 7 months. Finally, I birthed three beautiful girls
Healing from my miscarriages
How to become pregnant when ovulation is only a few times a year
The emotional impact of infertility
Divorced children at three years, four years, six years
Maintaining the father figure for my girls after divorce
Experience with in-laws after divorce
How to emotionally heal from an abusive childhood while parenting
How to parent with 30 yrs. of migraine headaches due to childhood brain traumas
The emotional and physical pains weighed on me. How not to use shame and guilt in raising my daughters.
Today I am a shame guilt educator, counselor, filmmaker, and author to heal myself and now to help others heal. We can take out the shame guilt behaviors in parenting. I would be honored to be your guest to tell my story of hope and how to avoid the use of shame guilt (not shame and guilt) in infertility and parenting.
Lois is a shame guilt educator, counselor, filmmaker, author
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lois3hollis@gmail.com
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https://youtube.com/user/ShameGuiltSurvival
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sGSwpVlinOOmLO0lsJS-g
https://www.instagram.com/shameguilt_ @shameguilt_
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageJen grew up in dysfunction, and at 14 had her first abortion, at 15 she had her second abortion. She started dating her husband of 25 years in her Junior year of high school and married at 22. She took Jesus as her Savior about a year after they were married, and started her healing journey from those abortions.
Jen now counsels through Crisis Pregnancy Center to help other women learn about Jesus’ forgiveness and works with them to heal from past abortion trauma.
The movie Unplanned was the catalyst for Jen to share her experience with her girls, and that conversation with her girls drove her, even more, to dive deeper into working with women who have also struggled to heal from abortion.
Jen works through Crisis Pregnancy Center.
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Treion: 775-223-1035
https://renocrisispregnancycenter.com/
Or contact Jen via email: Fruechting75@protonmail.com
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageWhile 30% of traditional clinics won't even serve the LGBTQ+ community, or single women, Mate has taken an inclusion-first approach, given that Traci and the company's founder Gabriel Bogner are both members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Mate wants to shed light on the importance of fertility care, where to start your journey, why care is so complex/expensive to access, and what people can do to start a family— even if they believe they're "too" old, not "rich" enough, or face other barriers to parenthood.
Traci can shed light on the reality that care is exclusive in America. Right now, the vast majority of those who receive fertility care are heterosexual, upper-class Caucasians— and why Mate is out to bring care to...everyone else.
Mate Fertility is at the speartip of bringing compassion and technology to the fertility space.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageI loved this candid interview with Terry about losing his Dad and Grandmother to cancer, his incredible career, having a daughter, and teaching us all how to die from cancer himself.
From Terry:
I have learned many things as a parent and throughout my life that have helped me.
One of those things is what I call my 4 Truths:
1. Control your mind or your mind will control you.
2. Embrace the pain and difficulty we all experience in life and use that pain to make you stronger and more resolute.
3. What you leave behind is what you weave in the hearts of others.
4. As long as you don't quit, you can never be defeated.
Terry is an author and motivational speaker.
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Motivational Check: https://www.motivationalcheck.com/
Sustainable Excellence Membership: sustainableexcellencemembership.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tucker-9b5605179/
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Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life - Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GLGVTVS
Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message* I married a man who had been divorced and already had 2 young children.
* We talked about kids before we committed to marriage. We pretty quickly added two more kids to our blended family.
* Our first baby was my first and his third baby.
* I had expectations about family life and motherhood that turned out to not match my reality. Both as a mom and a stepmom.
* Today I am a life coach who supports stepparents and adults in a blended family to help them get to happiness faster. One of the things that I help people with is the emotions that go with what is called "our" babies.
Amy is a life coach who supports stepparents and adults in blended families.
FIND HER HERE:
https://www.amysaysso.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theamysaysso/
Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-stone-8923a3124/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amysaysso_coaching
Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageBIGGEST TAKEAWAY: MAKE ONE EASY CHANGE WITHOUT STRESS:
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Link to all show notes:
https://getfitforbirth.com/4-ways-to-reduce-household-toxins
This is the article James referenced on cord blood:
https://www.ewg.org/research/body-burden-pollution-newborns
James has been on previously! Check it out:
https://youtu.be/LzD1IOMG83w
Our five-part corrective exercise series:
-Since modern life can easily work against foundational health & family life, I spend much of my time implementing Ancient Wisdom.
-Thankfully, health in my home feels rather simple.
-I am an advocate of alternative schooling, and I have tried homeschooling at times.
-As a Holistic Health Educator, I teach my kids to understand the foundations of: Breathing, Movement, Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Mindset.
-I feel that I was a born-to-be dad, yet fatherhood definitely didn't turn out the way that my Disney mind expected, and so I've had to let go of a lot of things...
As the founder of Fit For Birth, this is done primarily through personal training and health education for pregnant and postpartum moms, as well as continuing education for fitness professionals, birth workers, and other wellness professionals.
FIND JAMES HERE:
GetFitForBirth.com
Instagram.com/fitforbirth/
Facebook.com/getfitforbirth
TikTok.com/@fitforbirth
Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message-18 yr old daughter who wants to drop out of community college and work multiple jobs so she can move out and be independent
-17-year-old son plays travel baseball, is decent in school, and just wants to be an athlete and thinks his goal in life is to be a professional baseball player and to be good-looking - thinks he should be a male model
-so many trials and tribulations with kids!
-kids being sexually active
-teaching them to love people where they are even though the Bible doesn’t support the LGBTQ community.
-educating and encouraging them that they are good enough. That they aren’t confused in life because of the foundation that we have provided for them.
IN HER WORDS:
I wear many hats! I am a realtor, notary, a Director in a Christian Business Networking community, I am a salesperson for Panoramic Door company but my passion is to share with others that freedom is In forgiveness and loving people where they are at. I am a community builder and a lover of Jesus!
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Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/messageMother of four but it was quite the journey to achieve this due to my fertility journey.
Shelley is the Author of self-help books, Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Book, and Good Grief: The A to Z Approach of Modern Day Grief Healing.
FIND HER HERE:
Website:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ShelleyFKnight/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/shelleyfknight/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/shelleyfknight
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/shelleyfknight
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@shelleyfknight?lang=en
Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show.
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