WISE WOMEN DIARIES

Kris Bayer, a 62 year old author and mother, homebirthed and homeschooled seven children in the ~90's. We discuss the journey of raising children with alternative values, the lessons of grief and loss of a child, the importance of being impeccable with our words and actions with children (and all relationships), and the correlation between how we treat toddlers to how teenagers behave. Kris also shares her insights on navigating the transition from parenting young children to graduating into a peer to peer relationship in adulthood.  Kris' books on Amazon Kris' Website

Iyala (@wildwakening) shares her maturation journey back to her body, through a homebirth transfer, multiple miscarriages, a medical termination, and "early menopause." She emphasizes the importance of learning how to truly be in our bodies and *feel* our grief, learning somatic practices to learn inner safety and self-love, and the complexities of a woman's desire and yearning, yet surrendering.  https://wildwakening.com/ Follow the host on Instagram: @trusting_life_

Bethany Wilde (@bethanyjanewilde) tells the story of her second birth, a simple, normal freebirth... where she discovered a power she didn't know she had. We discuss the complexities of maternal guilt, the spiritual aspects of parenting, and the duality of birth, how it is both simple AND challenging. 

Molly (@molly___flint), a mother and pediatric nurse, shares her deeply insightful personal journey through miscarriages and her drive to achieve a homebirth with her first baby, through masculine knowledge and evidence, without the balance of feminine intuition and inner knowing. We highlight the interplay between ego and logic and how birth is meant to teach us something we do not know, especially when we believe we "know everything" about birth.  Follow the host on instagram at: @trusting_life_ 

Emily Maden (@maidenmedicine) shares her life journey from being a high-level athlete to coming back home to her body through pelvic integration touch. Emily explores her insights on erotic breastfeeding, discovered after her homebirth of her first baby, Hawk. We discuss how women yearn for conscious touch, how to navigate the healing of sexual dynamics in relationship, and reclaiming connection with the Divine through accessing our erotic bodies. Maiden Medicine Website | Serving a Woman's Return to Vitality at every stage through Pelvic, Reproductive, and Sexual Illumination  Follow the host on instagram: @trusting_life_

Andrea (@meetthesmithss) honestly shares the journey to each of her five children: the trials of navigating the System through foster care and adoption, healing the blindness in her eye and MS (going against doctor protocol!), a homebirth that was sabotaged emotionally by the midwife, and a redemptive freebirth. This story was originally published Dec 2023, but there was a glitch in the audio.  Follow the host on Instagram at: @trusting_life_ 

The ego mind can use ANYTHING for it's own control. God can be used for good or evil. Prayer can be used for surrender OR control. In this episode I talk about the many thoughts I have about prayer: why it's so important, but also how we have to be honest with ourselves and be aware of our ego mind.  Follow the host on Instagram at: @trusting_life_ 

Lindsay Courcelle (@lindsaycourcelle), a mother of three and myofascial release therapist, shares some of her life experiences that led her to the woman she is today. We discuss the impact of childhood experiences on our subconscious, reorienting back to Earth after disconnection, the unconscious urge to sabotage aspects of our life when things are going too well, honoring the inner child, and navigating the mother-daughter relationship as adults. We discuss the importance of honoring our human hurts and anger, yet taking responsibility for the creation of our lives by not simmering in our anger forever. Lindsay also discusses her three birth and postpartum experiences.  Lindsay's course FLOW | An Internal Pelvic Myofascial Masterclass is being offered November 23rd!  Additional podcasts with Lindsay talking about myofascial release: Medicine Stories  The Womb Room with Lindsay Rooted Woman with Lindsay Follow the host on Instagram at: @trusting_life_

I share my personal journey with alchemizing insomnia to a deeper surrender through facing my deepest fears. I discuss the German New Medicine explanation of insomnia and how victimhood intensifies symptoms! Also, I learned how to melt into anxiety instead of try to resist and run away from it. Melting into pain or anxiety is learning how to somatically surrender through the body. Follow the host on Instagram at: @trusting_life_

Simoni shares her profound journey from being raised in a third world country to moving to a first world country and reflecting on her childhood experiences, family dynamics, and the impact of her mother's relationships. She reflects on her experiences of sexual abuse, the cultural implications of womanhood, the gifts from slowing down in 2020, learning about German New Medicine and conscious parenting and the transformative power of awareness in parenting.