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Victim 2 Victor: Healing Trauma & Building Real LoveYour Body Is Speaking: Cyclical Wisdom, Fertility Awareness & Reclaiming Trust with Emma GoffWhat if your menstrual cycle wasn’t something to manage or fix - but a language to learn?In this episode, I’m joined by Emma Goff, fertility awareness educator, miscarriage and bereavement doula, certified SymptoPro instructor, and founder of Emmamma, a body literacy and cyclical wellness education platform. As Your Cyclical Doula, Emma supports women in understanding their bodies’ natural rhythms from menarche through menopause, helping them decode fertility signals, hormonal patterns, and emotional shifts with curiosity and compassion.We explore how learning to chart and interpret the body’s signs ca...
2026-02-2425 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationWhen Healing Isn’t Linear: Endometriosis, Gut Health, & Rebuilding Trust With Your Body with AlyssaIn this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m joined by Alyssa Chavez — functional nutritionist, life coach, and former professional ballet dancer — for a grounded conversation about endometriosis, infertility, miscarriage, and what it can look like to rebuild trust with your body after years of pain.Alyssa shares her personal story: coming off birth control, escalating symptoms, being dismissed, receiving an endometriosis diagnosis in 2019, IVF, miscarriage, and the turning point that led her into functional nutrition. We talk about the “whole person” approach: supporting hormones and digestion and inflammation and nervous system health — without turning food into another form o...
2026-02-1952 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Overwhelm to Regulation: Parenting Tools with Mitra CumminsParenting can feel like living in survival mode… and if you’re not careful, “I’m surviving” starts to sound like who you are, not just what you’re in.In this episode, I’m joined by Mitra Cummins (parent coach + entrepreneur, mom of two, 4 months postpartum at the time of recording) from My Introspective Solution. Mitra shares how she supports overwhelmed parents—especially postpartum families and neurodiverse households—in building more regulation, clearer communication, and steadier family rhythms.We talk about:Why survival mode can become an identity (and how to s...
2026-02-1253 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTrusting Your Body Through Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum with Shauna HallWhat if pregnancy, birth, and postpartum weren’t something to “get through” — but an experience you could move through with confidence, intuition, and support?In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m joined by Shauna Hall, a spiritual energetics herbalist, postpartum doula, hypnotherapy practitioner, and host of the Align Your Glow and Soul podcast. Shauna shares how her own pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience reshaped the way she supports women — and why education, energetic awareness, and true postpartum planning matter far more than we’re often taught.We talk about:Why intuition is a practice — not...
2026-02-0540 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Survival Mode to Presence: Matrescence, Rage, and Repair with Sami GarrettMotherhood doesn’t come with a user manual… and for so many moms, the hardest part isn’t loving their kids—it’s feeling resourced enough to stay grounded when everything is loud, sticky, overstimulating, and deeply triggering.In this episode, I’m joined by Sami Garrett, founder of Good Enough Matrescence, a global collective where moms come to expand joy, peace, and presence—and redefine what modern motherhood support can actually look like.Sami shares how her second postpartum season—marked by overwhelm, isolation, and postpartum rage—became the turning point that led her into deeper nervou...
2026-01-2955 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Truth About Postpartum: Milk, Mood & Mothering with Sarah GlennToday’s episode is a conversation with Sarah Glenn, founder of Lactation Station & More and Mothering the Mother. Sarah is a mother of seven, grandmother of eleven, and has spent over three decades supporting families through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and the often-overlooked realities of postpartum.We talk about what many parents feel but don’t always have language for: how hormones shift postpartum, how breastfeeding can impact cycles and fertility, why supply changes throughout the day, and what mental health support can look like when you’re in the thick of it.
2026-01-2253 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationYour Gut Is Your Second Hormone Gland: How Digestion Shapes Hormones, Mood & CyclesIn this conversation, Emma sits down with Certified Nutrition Practitioner and Metabolic Balance® Coach Rachel Einbinder, founder of Rachel Holistic Wellness and creator of The Bloat Fix Method™.Together they unpack one of the most overlooked truths in women’s health:Your gut is your second hormone gland.In this episode, you’ll learn:✨ Why your gut is your second hormone gland✨ How digestion impacts estrogen clearance, PMS, and perimenopause✨ The connection between gut health and mood, energy, and fatigue✨ Why so many “hormonal symptoms” actually start in the gut✨ Simple ste...
2026-01-1552 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationA Brighter Birth: Community Care, Confident Pregnancy, and Cyclical Living with Natalie KarasiewiczIn today's conversation, Emma sits down with birth doula, childbirth educator, and founder of A Brighter Birth Charleston, Natalie Karasiewicz.In this episode, we explore:✨ How Natalie became a doula and why she’s passionate about informed, confident birth✨ The purpose and vision behind A Brighter Birth Charleston✨ What families actually need from pregnancy through postpartum (and why it’s often missing)✨ How doulas shift the emotional, physical, and informational experience of birth✨ The role of community care in maternal health✨ How cycle tracking supports motherhood, personal regulation, and daily rhythms✨ Why body li...
2026-01-0854 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationListening to the Body’s Intelligence: Neuro-Shamanism, Trauma Healing & Cyclical WisdomIn this conversation, Emma sits down with Laura Martinez, neuro-shamanic healer, neuroscientist, and spiritual practitioner, to explore what it truly means to heal by listening to the body.Laura shares her powerful origin story — including discovering that her great-grandmother was a curandera who performed limpiezas and healings in secret — and how ancestral wisdom, neuroscience, and modern trauma-informed care now converge in her work.Together, Emma and Laura unpack how healing happens not by forcing change, but by regulating the nervous system, honoring cyclical rhythms, and reconnecting with the body’s innate intelligence.In t...
2026-01-0142 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Body Remembers: Trauma, Cyclical Healing, and Decolonizing the Stories We CarryIn this episode, Emma sits down with trauma therapist, doctoral researcher, and holistic practitioner Danniel Worthen Cullumber, MSW, LCSW, founder of Willow Medela Wellness. Together, they explore how trauma, chronic stress, and cultural conditioning shape the way women understand and inhabit their bodies—and how healing often begins with rebuilding a relationship with our own internal rhythms.Danniel shares her integrated approach, blending somatic awareness, meaning-centered storytelling, nervous system education, and a decolonizing lens. She explains how the body “remembers” what the mind tries to outrun, why cycles and biorhythms matter in trauma recovery, and how aw...
2025-12-2334 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHonoring Your Body’s Wisdom: Releasing Fear, Reclaiming Presence & Returning to YourselfThis week on The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma sits down with Terri Kozlowski—author, speaker, soul-centered life coach, and proud Native American woman from the Athabascan, Tlingit Raven Clan. Terri’s work blends emotional awareness, spiritual wisdom, and embodied healing to help women move from fear and self-protection into deep self-trust.Together, we explore what it means to reconnect with your body after trauma, burnout, or years of self-neglect. Terri shares why awareness—not control—is the starting point of healing, and how honoring our natural rhythms can become a spiritual, emotional, and physical reset.Inside t...
2025-12-1844 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Wisdom in Procrastination: Embodiment and Feminine Flow with Sarah LavertyIn this episode, Emma is joined by embodiment coach Sarah Laverty, whose work helps women move out of their heads and back into the deep knowing of their bodies. Together they explore the surprising truth that procrastination isn’t a flaw or a failure of willpower — it’s a messenger offering guidance, boundaries, and information we’ve been taught to ignore.Sarah shares how years of anxiety, OCD, and panic shaped her 20s and how discovering embodiment work completely transformed the way she relates to her body and her life. She breaks down why so many women feel stuck in...
2025-12-111h 01
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationLuteal Rage, Nervous System Burnout, and Coming Home to Your Cycle with Gigi HuntIn this episode, Emma sits down with Gigi Hunt — a cycle alignment mentor and neurosomatic practitioner who helps high-achieving women move from burnout, spiraling moods, and “luteal rage” into grounded clarity and emotional steadiness.Gigi shares her powerful story of postpartum depletion, chronic stress, and feeling like a stranger in her own body — and how she eventually realized that her hormones weren’t the problem. Her nervous system was exhausted.Together, Emma and Gigi unpack what’s actually happening during late-cycle intensity, why the luteal phase is a truth-teller (not a flaw), and how emotional patterns rev...
2025-12-0444 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationEndometriosis, Gaslighting & the Holistic Reframe: Reclaiming Women’s Health with IsabelleIn this eye-opening conversation, Emma sits down with holistic practitioner Isabelle GianDomenico, Board-Certified in Holistic Nutrition and founder of Sunrise Wellness & Holistic Health. Isabelle shares her personal experience navigating endometriosis and chronic illness, and how those challenges shaped her commitment to changing the narrative around women’s health. Together, they explore the realities of medical gaslighting, the importance of understanding the root causes beneath symptoms, and how nutrition, supplementation, nervous system support, and lifestyle changes can help women reclaim their well-being. Isabelle breaks down what she wishes every woman knew about their cycles, inflammation, and self-advocacy and of...
2025-11-2650 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFood, Faith, and Freedom: Rewriting Recovery with Stephanie MattreyIn this conversation, licensed acupuncturist and women’s health practitioner Stephanie Mattrey shares her lived experience with anorexia and bulimia and how it informs her work helping women recover from food addiction and disordered eating. We explore the brain-based nature of addiction, why some 12-step frameworks help (and where rigidity can harm), and how faith became an anchoring part of Stephanie’s recovery. Stephanie explains cycle-aware patterns—why cravings and coping often intensify in the luteal phase, what perimenopause can feel like when cycles stretch or sleep shifts, and how to support yourself with steady protein, simple meals...
2025-11-2045 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationRewriting the Script: Purity Culture, Matrescence, and Sexual Healing with Dr. Ashley HudsonLicensed therapist Dr. Ashley Hudson joins Emma to explore how purity culture has shaped sexual beliefs, body awareness, and intimate relationships and what it really looks like to reclaim pleasure, autonomy, and connection. We explore how identity shifts, hormones, and nervous-system changes impact desire after kids, and why many women actually experience better sex as they reconnect with their bodies and rewrite old scripts. Dr. Ashley Hudson @pearlinprocess | pearlinprocess.comGreat Sex Rescue | She Deserves Better | AASECT directory | PSI directory | Kristen Mule with Sex Ed Reclaimed | Center for Faith Sexuality and Gender | God's Design f...
2025-11-1345 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNourish with Nature: Fertility, Food, and Self-Trust with Dietitian Aderet HochToday I’m sitting down with Registered Dietitian Aderet Hoch, founder of Dining with Nature, for a grounded and refreshing conversation about nourishing our bodies across the fertility-to-family continuum—without falling into diet rules, comparison traps, or perfection pressure. We talk about honoring cycles (menstrual, seasonal, and life phases), building a peaceful relationship with food, and why sustainable nourishment starts with self-trust and compassion, not restriction. Aderet shares practical ideas for simple, nourishing meals during busy seasons, the “Venn-diagram menu” trick for feeding a family without turning into a short-order cook, and one incredibly simple habit you can try...
2025-11-0639 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationA Little Update + Two Ways to Learn Fertility Awareness with MeIn this short and sweet mini episode, Emma drops in with a quick hello and a little update. Things have been full behind the scenes, but she’s back and excited about what’s ahead—including a lineup of incredible guest interviews coming soon!Emma also shares two main ways to learn and grow in your fertility awareness practice with her support:SymptoPro Fertility Education — A well-established, evidence-based sympto-thermal method rooted in research and structure. Perfect for couples looking for a natural family planning approach within a Catholic framework.Fertility Knowledg...
2025-10-3006 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationMenstrual Bleeding 101: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and When to Pay AttentionYour menstrual bleed isn’t just a messy inconvenience—it’s a powerful monthly report card from your body. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma breaks down what’s considered “normal” when it comes to menstruation and menstrual bleeding, and the red flags that shouldn’t be brushed off. From heavy periods that leave you exhausted to light or irregular bleeds that hint at hormonal shifts, this episode will help you understand what your cycle is telling you.We’ll cover:Typical cycle length, bleeding duration, and total blood loss (with research-based r...
2025-10-0918 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationGut Health, Hormones, and Body Literacy with Rita JohnsonIn this episode, Emma sits down with Rita Johnson, NTP, to explore the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, and women’s overall well-being.Rita shares her own journey of navigating secondary infertility, healing her gut, and discovering the impact functional medicine and nutrition have on fertility and cycles. Together, Emma and Rita discuss:Why gut health and hormone health are deeply connectedHow charting can serve as a first step toward healing and awarenessPractical ways to begin listening to your body’s cuesThe emotional, spiritual, and physical layers of true holistic careTips for nourishing your...
2025-09-2545 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Loss to Life: How Charting & Support Change Everything with SarahPregnancy after loss carries a unique weight—grief, anxiety, hope, and joy all tangled together. In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Sarah Lingle, a pregnancy after loss doula, wife, and mama, who shares her story of loss, infertility, and ultimately, birth after heartbreak.Sarah opens up about what it was like to navigate early pregnancy losses, advocate for herself in the medical system, and use fertility charting as both a source of clarity and empowerment. She shares how charting helped her know her body’s timing better than her doctors—and how that knowledge quite li...
2025-09-1847 min
Oh Baby?Fertility Awareness EducationOn this episode, we are joined by guest Emma Goff, the Fertility Awareness Educator behind Emmamma and Your Cyclical Doula. She shares with us about her work as a Certified SymptoPro Instructor and FACTS speaker. Learn about how empowering it can be to understand what is going on with your body and when throughout your cycle. We talk about how this awareness education can support women with health concerns and in making family planning decisions. Emma reminds us it's never too late to learn about our own bodies and teach the next generation, shame free. O...
2025-09-1647 min
Truth & Fertility47 | Correcting False Views of Sex for Our Children with Emma Goff from The Cyclical DoulaAs an extreme response of the sexual revolution, purity culture can also bring harmful views of sex, including that it is bad, dirty, or that the body should not be talked about until you say "I do". Today, Emma shares her experience of how learning about her body and menstrual cycle brought greater intimacy in her marriage and how we can help the next generation have a correct and sacred understanding of sex as a gift of self.Emmamma.comInstagram @cyclicaldoulaFACTS About Fertility https://www.factsaboutfertility.org/
2025-09-1647 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationBeyond Band-Aids: Root-Cause Women’s Health and PCOS with Haley of Truth & Fertility PodcastToday I’m joined by Haley Yeager, FertilityCare Practitioner (Creighton), certified SymptoPro instructor, wife, and mom of three, for a grounded, hopeful conversation about PCOS, charting, and what real women’s health looks like.Haley shares how her teen years with irregular cycles led to a PCOS diagnosis, why restorative reproductive medicine changed everything, and how charting gave her answers the pill never could. We also dive into the practical differences between Creighton and sympto-thermal charting, safe apps to use (and which settings to turn off), and how to raise body-literate kids from the...
2025-09-1157 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHow to Get Your Partner on Board with a Fertility Awareness MethodIn this episode, I’m mixing things up a little — sharing more about what’s been going on in my life lately and then diving into one of the questions I hear most often: How do I get my partner on board with fertility awareness?You’ll hear about our full summer of family events, the chaos of traveling standby with little ones, starting our homeschooling journey, my current favorite clothing subscription, and even the comfort TV that’s been getting me through. Then we shift into today’s topic: the role of your partner in charting, and how to a...
2025-09-0431 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Cycles to Symptoms: How Charts Reveal Hidden Health CluesYour fertility chart is more than a family planning tool—it’s a monthly health report card. In this episode, Emma unpacks how cycle tracking can uncover hidden health concerns long before they show up in lab work or symptoms.We’ll explore:Why the menstrual cycle is considered a “fifth vital sign”Common patterns in charts and what they can indicateThe science behind how hormones, thyroid health, stress, and inflammation show up in your cycleHow to present your chart to a healthcare provider for better careMyths about charting that keep people from using it for healthPrac...
2025-08-1429 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationWhat It’s Like to Work With Me (For Couples Avoiding Pregnancy)Thinking about ditching hormonal birth control but worried about unplanned pregnancy? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m sharing how I help individuals and couples confidently avoid pregnancy using fertility awareness-based methods—without hormones or guesswork.We’ll talk about:How the sympto-thermal method (tracking basal body temperature, cervical mucus, and hormone clues) can be up to 99% effective for avoiding pregnancy.What daily charting looks like and how simple it really is—just minutes a day.The difference between SymptoPro and the Fertility Knowledge Collective (FKC), and how my cer...
2025-08-0718 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTrying to Get Pregnant? What It’s Like to Work With MeTrying to get pregnant but feeling overwhelmed, confused, or stuck? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m breaking down exactly what it’s like to work with me when you’re trying to conceive—and how charting your cycle can be a total game changer.We’ll talk about:Why so many fertility challenges are actually easy to troubleshoot once you know what’s happening in your cycle.How I teach couples to use a sympto-thermal method (tracking basal body temperature, cervical mucus, and sometimes hormones) to clearly see their fertile...
2025-07-3122 min
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHow to Raise Body-Literate Kids (Without Feeling Like You Have to Know It All)This episode is the replay of my recent masterclass, where I share the 3 keys to raising body-literate kids and talking about periods, puberty, and body changes with confidence and ease.You’ll Learn:How to talk to kids about their bodies without shameSimple scripts for tricky questionsHow to create a consent-conscious homeWhy modeling body trust is more powerful than any “big talk”Learn more about Matriarch at emmamma.com/matriarchJoin the Red Circle Community on FacebookA First Step Toward Cycle ConfidenceJoin E...
2025-07-2433 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationDragon-Slayers and Body Literacy: Why Knowing Your Anatomy is RevolutionaryThe world feels heavy, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of world my kids are growing up in. One thing I know? Knowledge is power—and understanding our bodies is a form of reclaiming that power.In this episode, we’re breaking down the basics of female reproductive anatomy and the hormones that drive the menstrual cycle. Because if we were taught about our bodies in shame-free, accurate ways from the start, we wouldn’t have to fight so hard to reclaim this knowledge as adults.We’ll talk about:✨ The key play...
2025-01-3117 minThe Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationIt's the real, raw, charted life of Emmamma! Welcome to The Cyclical Doula PodcastIt's the real, raw, charted life of Emmamma! Welcome to the Cyclical Doula Podcast!Today we are diving into a very brief introduction of Emma!Emmamma Resources + Links:Book a Free Inquiry Call with EmmaJoin Matriarch🎙️ Get Involved with the Podcast:Ask a Question for the Podcast: Submit hereLeave a Review + Get a Gift: Claim your gift here📌 Stay Connected:Website: https://emmamma.comInstagram: @cyclicaldoulaEmail: info@emmamma.comText me at: (854) 220-0218
2025-01-0910 min