WISE WOMEN DIARIES

Priscilla, a Christian and homeschooling mother of five, shares how her unstable childhood allowed her to intentionally create a home life with stability for her five children. She explains how the shame she felt getting pregnant before marriage at 19 years old, stayed within her body, feeling the deep shame with every pregnancy, years later. Priscilla also speaks about the joy of the teenage years and how important it is to teach young adults about financial responsibility. We also speak about the current reality of many millennial women who went into financial debt because of college, realizing later on that they wish they could stay home with their babies, but it's not possible because of school debt.      

Jules (@jules_alma) a holistic doula and yoni mapping guide, shares her story of body disconnection to reconnection after engaging with the medical system when she was 17 years old for a microperforated hymen. She quickly felt jaded about the System, but everything changed when she had her IUD removed at 20 years old: she realized that she was on a pharmaceutical induced dream-state on birth control. This began her quest and life passion for the female body, birth and the power of our sexuality! We discuss the power of listening and connecting to our yoni, why women feel sex is a "chore," and how birth always provides the perfect "medicine" for growth.  https://julesalma.com/ Follow the host on instagram: @trusting_birth 

Athena Wilder (@wildwillingwisdom) is a fertility astrologer and astroherbalist, a mother, and host of the Cosmic Conceptions podcast. She shares the journey of "unconsciously conceiving" her daughter while living in New York City, working in the fashion world which led her to reorient her life in drastically new ways. The year 2020 triggered a few years of intense fire walks... that led her to deep inner healing, shadow work with poverty and wanting to conceive her second baby, including 'existential kink' work (being radically honest about how your subconscious/ego/shadow is benefitting from the pain and suffering in your present reality). Athena is passionate about talking about preconception, consciously conceiving, fertility astrology, and the dark agenda of the medical industry with "infertility." We refer to Carolyn Elliott's book 'Existential Kink' https://www.wildwillingwisdom.com/   Follow the host at @trusting_birth Instagram

Sara shares her journey of becoming "awake" from the tragic loss of her boyfriend at 24 and her two birth experiences that did not go the way she planned. Then when her second child was 'colic,' that furthered Sara's awakening. In this conversation, Sara discusses her journey of conscious parenting and the lessons she has learned along the way, including how to embrace grandparents that do not live in the same exact value system, yet love and acceptance is predominant. 

Kate shares her journey of self-discovery and motherhood through navigating complex family dynamics. She had four mothers in childhood, her biological mother was an abusive narcissist and Katie was donor conceived, which adds another layer of complexity to a child. Keeping the concept of nature vs nurture in mind, this story shows the power of choice and co-creation despite upbringing!   Follow the host @trusting_birth instagram

Karolina (@moonlightmotherhood) shares her contrasting experiences of two pregnancies and births: a hospital for her first birth and a freebirth with her second birth. She discusses how disconnected she felt from her body in her first pregnancy compared to her second birth, where she centered body connection, intuition, nature, and pleasure!  https://www.moonlightmotherhood.com/ Karolina has beautiful, artistic astrology and human design chart offerings on Etsy, along with a pregnancy and postpartum journal: Etsy Shop

Lindsey Lockett (@iamlindseylockett) shares her journey to self awareness, nervous system regulation, and healing from parental emotional abandonment, physical abuse, and spiritual abuse from religion. Her life experiences led her to become a guide to others to help heal their trauma, holistically, through nervous system regulation, breathwork, somatic work, and becoming aware of unconscious patterns and soul fractures from the past. In this episode, Lindsey shares her story but we also talk about the disconnect from millennials and boomers, how Lindsey reckons with her past parenting choices like spanking now that her children are adults, how to fully feel shame as a parent without projecting it unto children, the path to discovering our authentic self, rebelling against societal expectations and norms, and how social media is... the wild west! Lindsey has many online offerings for others wanting to learn how to identify their body sensations, heal C-PTSD patterns, learn nervous system tools, and find true safety within their body. https://lindseylockett.com/ Follow the host @trusting_birth instagram

Saying Yes to a new experience, like podcasting, can reveal layers of fears and  limiting beliefs.... for healing and liberation. Do you want to sit in your comfort zone, afraid, letting Fear run your life? Or do you want to learn more about yourself from being brave and courageous and saying Yes even IF you're afraid? Also for mothers, podcasting for the first time is a perfect opportunity to model to children how we can do hard things and we can Mother ourselves through fears! 

Autumn (@autumnklender) a mom of 4 under 4 and a birthkeeper, shares her journey from being medicated as a teen to finding her authentic self, health issues that started to wake her up to western medicine, then meeting her husband and becoming a mother. Her four births perfectly reflect Autumn's journey to finding her voice and trusting her voice.... a C-section, a hospital VBAC, homebirth with midwives, and lastly, six weeks ago, a freebirth! Autumn also explains how finding German New Medicine has shifted her life for the better.

Carly Rae Beaudry, an expert in female physiology, opens up about her powerful journey from drug and sex addiction to reclaiming her identity and purpose. She delves into the contrast between 'fast food sex' and nourishing intimacy, urging women to take charge of their pleasure. Carly also shares transformative practices for self-discovery and body awareness. With themes of personal responsibility, emotional intelligence, and the importance of genuine connections, she inspires women to embrace their bodies and their desires.