Shows
A. Swift MomentS2 Ep6 - COVID-19 & Parenting w/ Tara HaelleS2 Ep6 - COVID-19 & Parenting w/ Tara Haelle by Ariel Swift & Caity Mehl2020-03-1544 min
A. Swift MomentS2 Ep.5 - Guest Dr. Amy Gilland - COVID - 19 & Doula CareS2 Ep.5 - Guest Dr. Amy Gilland - COVID - 19 & Doula Care by Ariel Swift & Caity Mehl2020-03-1435 min
A. Swift MomentS2 Ep 4 Emboudior, Following Your Passion Into Body Positive ArtArtist Rebecca Lynn Craig talks about entering parenthood after being diagnosed with PCOS, and her sex-positive work as an embroidery artist at Emboudior.2019-09-2338 min
A. Swift MomentS2.Ep3 Doula Partnerships, Prenatal Appointments With Kara PlanteChicago doula partners Ariel and Kara talk about how they found and continue to work on their work partnership, how the prenatal appointment has changed in the last 4 years, and communication.2019-09-141h 13
A. Swift MomentASMoment S2 E2 - Guest Ciara JohnsonTalking with a professional woman about her choice to not have children, and how that has impacted her profession, relationships, and outlook on life.2019-09-0156 min
A. Swift MomentFed Up Gemma Hartley ASwiftMoment S2 EP1Emotional Labor: The load. The mental labor. Author Gemma Hartley sums it up in the introduction of her book Fed UP: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward as, “a special kind of invested effort encompassing the anticipation of needs, the weighing and balancing of competing priorities, and the empathy of putting oneself in someone else’s shoes, among other factors.” Or, it’s knowing about homework assignments and meal planning. It’s how holidays magically seem to happen. It’s remembering birthdays, anniversaries, and when to buy toilet paper. It’s a lot, but it is also invisible.
The invisible work tha...2018-11-1254 min
A. Swift MomentEp. 13 -BRAWN And Making DecisionsBirth plans are en Vogue, but what happens when they can't be followed? What happens when you need to change course? Today's episode explores a tool to increase communication in the labor room and help laboring people feel empowered during their birth.
Hosts: Ariel Swift, Caity Ann Mehl
Music Provided by: BenSound2018-07-2954 min
A. Swift MomentWhat Do Doulas Do?Ariel Swift and Caity Mehl take today's episode to talk about what doulas do because even after decades of momentum, there is still broad confusion about the purpose, role, and benefit to having a pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support.2018-07-0555 min
A. Swift MomentEp. 11 - 6 Needs Of Kids To ThriveWhen you think about what a kid needs to move through this world, as parents , we can get stuck on the stuff. But when we put the stuff aside, we are left with the emotional child. The person. This episode with my co-host Caity Mehl, we’re going to go through the 6 basic needs of children that influence how these core beliefs develop.2018-06-221h 00
A. Swift MomentEp. 10 - Close and Personal with CPSCo-host Caity Mehl shares her personal experience with FCCS, and how it was both terrifiying and affirming.2018-06-1328 min
A. Swift MomentSAHM Vs Housewife A Swift Moment Ep. 9How the heck do we (women-identifying) SAHMs and Housewives do it? How did it get this way? We unpack two very different terms.2018-06-1327 min
A. Swift MomentResentment - Ep. 8 A Swift MomentResentment - Ep. 8 A Swift Moment by Ariel Swift & Caity Mehl2018-06-051h 03
A. Swift MomentEp. 7 Co-dependency, building healthy relationships - Guest Caity MehlUnpacking co-dependency, building healthy relations, and becoming a more mindful you.2018-03-0648 min
A. Swift MomentFinding Your Why - Episode 6 With Ariel Swift And Catie MehlWere you one of the millions who watched Simon Sinek's Ted Talk? Ariel and Catie unpack how it can be extremely helpful to use your why to inform your parenting choices.2018-03-0322 min
A. Swift MomentA.Swift Moment Ep. 5 - Getting Parenting Off AutopilotThe only person you can control is yourself, but what about habits, superhighways of neurological predisposition? Forming new speech habits requires knowing some of the phrasings to use. Catie Mehl helps us and we explore thoughts vs. feelings and end it with a real-world example.2018-01-2510 min
A. Swift MomentA.Swift Moment Episode 3, With Guest Catie Mehl: Oxytocin, Habits, Sleep, and FeelingsWhat happens when two birth professionals, and friends, get together? They talk! Special guest, Catie Mehl of Columbus Birth & Parenting joins Ariel in this first of many conversations that happen around the kitchen table. Oxytocin, forming new habits, sleep teaching, and the FEELINGS are all part of today's episode.2018-01-1831 min
A. Swift MomentParenting In A Harvey Weinstein World By Ariel SwiftWhen real life news reiterates a parenting philosophy, it doesn't make it easier to follow through.2017-11-2012 min
A. Swift MomentASwiftMoment.episode1ASwiftMoment.episode1 by Ariel Swift & Caity Mehl2017-11-0203 min