Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson

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EP72: Levina and Caleb on Sex Journaling, The Power of Communication, and Slowing Down for Connection Jun 07, 2019

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Summary:. Levina and Caleb have been journaling together about their sex life for nearly a year. They quickly discovered that creating this intimate and authentic space allowed them to learn more about themselves and each other, both within and outside of sex. They've been able to unearth and heal old dynamics, foster curiosity and communication, and continue building an electric sex life.

Resources: https://asexjournal.com

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What They Share:

Their dating history and how they created their sex journal
How journaling allowed them to uncover new knowledge about themselves
How journaling has impacted other couples

What You'll Hear:

Journaling and documenting in times of joy and connection
Building a space to curious and communicative with both yourself and your partner
Creating space in your partnership for ongoing conversations and evolution
Recognizing that shared experiences can be different for each person
Building a foundation of understanding and communication to enable creativity
Allowing someone else's experience to not be a personal reflection on you
Assessing what level of safety and trust you may require when deciding to sex journal together
Starting the path of self-discovery wherever you are
Relationships can continue to deepen and grow when there's genuine connection
Developing great sex by practicing communication
Unearthing and healing relationship dynamics
Delving into the curiosity, learning, and pleasure of sex
Being less busy so that you can connect with both yourself and a potential partner
Prioritizing an erotic component in your life is important for full-life satisfaction
Sex is where we get to step out of urgency and into life-force connection
The importance of engaging in relationship in order to expand self growth
Consciously choosing your languaging around relationship and sex to foster the experience you want
Creating long-term resilience in your sex life through exploration and variety
Finding comfort and joy in all the parts of being human

EP71: Sabia Wade, the Black Doula, on Birthwork, Activism, Privilege and Full Spectrum Doula Care May 30, 2019

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Sabia Wade began her birth work with incarcerated people. A full spectrum doula, she is an educator, doula trainer and activist. She says there's no separating activism and birthwork and wants all people to have access to care. She is the founder of For the Village, a non-profit setting out to address disparities in birth and provide community for birthworkers.

EP70: Gia Lynne on Pleasure-Positive Comprehensive Sex Education for Teens May 21, 2019

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What Gia Shares:

How her positive experience receiving sex education from her parents informed her path
Differences between sensuality and sexuality
What's essential for parents to know
Her favorite part of her book

What You'll Hear:

Defining your reality through language
Approaching sex through sense-based experiences
Building relationships on the foundation of friendship
Teaching youth about the pleasures of sex so that they are able to be more at home and embodied in their sexual relationships
Doing self work around sexuality and shame to raise healthier kids
The importance of prioritizing your own erotic life
Modeling pleasure for your kids
Giving kids tools, information, and practice around consent and touch
The difference between be taught how to say 'no' and learning to negotiate preferences
The importance of entering sexual encounters with goal as the primary intention
Supporting your children by maintaining familial and community relationships as the grow
Learning to pleasure map your own body

*69: MotherCircle-- 5 Women Share their Experiences May 03, 2019

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Five very different women share their experiences in MotherCircle: a monthlong dive into the physical, emotional, psychological, relational, sexual and spiritual shifts of becoming a mother.

EP68: Azita Nahai on Transforming Pain into Purpose, Navigating Spiritual Practice as a Mother, and Healing Trauma Somatically May 01, 2019

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What Azita Shares:

Her own experience with trauma and how it shaped her personal and professional path
How she received support to leave her abuser and begin treatment for her trauma
How motherhood uprooted her sense of control
Her fertility and birth journey

What You'll Hear:

Understanding that relational abuse and trauma can take many different forms
Finding the permission to be kind and compassionate to yourself
Listening to the body's experience to finally find healing
Becoming an active participant in your healing
Giving grief time and space, without allowing it to take over forever
Navigating recovery while mothering
Softening into self compassion for mothering
The importance of pausing and allowing inner wisdom to speak
Navigating sexual trauma while trying to become pregnant
The difference between processing trauma somatically and intellectually
Finding time and space to process while caring for a child
Allowing your spiritual practice to evolve as life evolves
The community that comes together for you may not be who you expect
Truly embodying the idea that community support during parenting is a necessity, not a luxury
Getting reacquainted with your body after birth
The power of witnessing for healing
Allowing our children to live their experiences

EP67: Kendra Cunov on Relating Authentically, Single Motherhood, and the Sacred Masculine Apr 25, 2019

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What Kendra Shares:

Her realization that there is no mythical 'daddy' figure that she missed out on
The parts of single parenting that work really well for her
The parts of her pregnancies that brought forward wisdom

What You'll Hear:

Allowing the relationships in your life to be what they are, without searching for perfection
When we relate to others as whole human being with histories, bodies, and experiences, we can approach relationships more fully
Allowing the people in our lives to shine in their strengths
Honoring what you're really good at, while also expanding into new areas and roles
Examining how to embody our power as women
Holding the role of teacher while also continuing to empower others on their own inner authority
Sometimes opening ourselves to our own inner wisdom takes removing the obligation to follow it
The authentic power that can come from following your inner wisdom rather than social conditioning
Taking your own wellbeing into account when making familial decisions
Finding ways to resource yourself and your parenting
Unshaming your sexuality and showing up for your own pleasure
Embracing humanity in its fullness
Improving your relationship with other genders through strengthening your own healthy masculine and feminine
Knowing that you belong

EP66: Alexandra Sacks on Preparing for Matrescence and Preventing Postpartum Depression Apr 18, 2019

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What She Shares:

The history of women and psychiatry
How some medical research data is currently being safely collected on pregnant women
Her intention for her new book to be a preventative guidebook to reduce postpartum depression
How her new podcast is intended for maternal health and support

What You'll Hear:

How the scare around Thalidomide affected research into women's mental health for decades to come.
Opening research to include women's health finally showed that men and women's health needs often differ
The laws that aimed to reduce gender and racial discrimination in medical research
A brief discussion on the FDA approved medication for postpartum depression
Embarking on research into the causes of and prevention of postpartum depression
Making preparations and front loading investments to avoid PPMADs
Addressing diseases through the a bio-psycho-social model and a preventative lens
Being aware of a biological predisposition towards depression
Accessing information about postpartum care from multiple angles
Finding camaraderie with other women and their stories in Alexandra's podcast
Lovingly examining your own personhood and how it interacts with your new role as a mother
Bringing motherhood and traditional feminism together
Prioritizing those things you really want, including motherhood

EP65: Rachelle Garcia Seliga on Healing Ancestral Grief, Blood Memory, and the Life Force That is Community Apr 09, 2019

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Rachelle Garcia Seliga, founder of Innate Traditions, http://www.innatetraditions.com/ancestral-grief/, shares:

What is ancestral grief and how is it showing up postpartum
Defining and finding community support as if your life depends on it, because it does
How she found her life partner
New forms, new paradigms, and new models in partnership and business
Her personal story of financial health and transformation, how financial need and breadwinning has not allowed her to hide, and insisted she give her gifts.

64 *Forging A Feminine Path Roundtable- Women Speak! Mar 30, 2019

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Five women share their stories about what changed for them after taking the Forging a Feminine Path course. All of the women mention that understanding women's arousal was groundbreaking for them. Molly Coeling (pronounced Cooling) was able to claim her sexuality for herself, and claim the essence of who she is, through the course. She also found that the course helped her with communication all over the board -- with her mother, with people across party lines. Amy Daniels talks about how the course helped her land back in her body, and helped her work through shame instead of repressing it. Her capacity for pleasure increased, she was able to slow down and create ritual to create more pleasure in her life and honor her body. Maggie Gelineau was able to honor her stories, and be able to share herself more fully with her husband. The course strengthened her relationship. She had an amazing OBGYN appt after the women's arousal class -- she was able to have a healing, present and compassionate experience there, where she felt her own agency. Sarah G talks about how the course informed her work as a pelvic floor PT -- she uses the wheel of consent in her work now, as well as informing women of the power of pleasure. Sarah B shares how she discovered her own self-pleasure and ecstasy with herself through the course. She found the compassion and vulnerability of the group rich and rewarding.

EP63: Healing Prolapse without Surgery with Kimberly Ann Johnson Mar 25, 2019

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It's possible to heal prolapse and not just "manage the symptoms." Prolapse is an increasingly common outcome of birth and postpartum practices. To work with prolapse, you need to understand the contributing factors. In this episode, Kimberly breaks down how to figure out what's contributing to your prolapse and how to deal with it.

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