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My Vulnerable VoiceThe Birth Series - My Home Birth After 2 CesareansIn this episode recorded with Katie Hickey back in 2022 for Katie's podcast I talk about my experience of planning to have a home birth after two previous emergency caesareans. I talk through my own journey of navigating the system, unlearning and letting go of trauma using various fear release and other techniques. I also talk about how this birth affected me and started my journey as a birth worker and how I have used my own experience and tools to work with my clients for the last 10 years as a doula and coach.If you would like...2024-09-2623 minMy Vulnerable VoiceThe Birth Series Carmen Cardoso Rocha - VBA2C And The Transformation Of Visualization And BirthCarmen is doula, mother to 3 girls and a quantum birth and life coach. Carmen brings together an unconventional approach to childbirth preparation that is pioneering the way to achieving the birth of your dreams! Some will think it's totally woo, She chooses to believe that it's another path that's still new, however with time, and as people continue to witness results they will view this as a revolutionary approach to birth. As a Quantum and Transformational Life Coach this incredible skill set helps mumpreneurs achieve not only the birth of their dreams, but also find their deeper purpose, as w...2023-09-2140 minMy Vulnerable VoiceSophie Frabotta - Spirituality, Motherhood & Finding your DharmaSophie Frabotta is a spiritual healer and mentor. It is her loving mission to bring ancient wisdom to the modern heart. Sophie helps aspiring coaches clean up their wounded energy, call forth the truth of their being and create their life to reflect their soul purpose. Sophie has a spiritual life coach certification for women and men and is honored to walk next to them through their spiritual awakening into their souls calling. In this episode we delve into Sophie's soul journey to finding her dharma, her incredibly powerful birth experience and how she works as a sp...2023-06-1647 minMy Vulnerable VoiceMarques Ogden - NFL Player To Janitor To EntrepreneurMarques Ogden a former NFL player who went from eight figures to $8.25/hour by not accepting responsibility for his role in failing his first entrepreneurial venture. Now, he's risen from the ashes to share his experiences and powerful story so others don't make the same mistake.Growing up in a single parent home with a father that inspired perseverance and fairness, Marques Ogden learned how to define his values and set goals. Ogden attended Howard University from 1998-2002 where he played Division I football. He then followed his dream and his brother Jonathan’s footsteps, eventually getting drafted in...2023-05-2325 minMy Vulnerable VoiceThe Birth Series Kemi Johnson - Why Stepping Into Your Authenticity Is the Path To Positive BirthAs an experienced Birthkeeper, former NHS and former Independent Midwife in the UK, Kemi provides services to women and families seeking more than the conveyor-belt style of care and education that the NHS is providing people with currently. As well as working with first-time mothers-to-be, Kemi can help people unravel their thoughts regarding previous births.They walk away lighter, more informed and able to plan future births with strength and confidence restored. Often birthing women and people are gaslighted about their birth events - Kemi is able to assist them to dig down to what really happened. Half of he...2023-05-1156 min
The Better Birth podcast with Erin FungS7 Ep 12 - birth photography with Hannah PalamaraWhy would you want to have your birth documented? Have you considered a birth photographer? In this episode I talk to doula and birth photographer Hannah Palamara. Hannah has a decade of knowledge in birth work, and is an amazing photographer and videographer. We discuss why birth photography requires a completely different set of skills and awareness, how to choose your photographer, and why people decide to have their births photographed.
If you'd like to find out more about Hannah you can go to www.hannahpalamara.com or find her on instagram at www...2023-05-0826 minMy Vulnerable VoiceThe Birth Series Erin Fung - The Maternity System, Postpartum Depression And Why To Educate Yourself for BirthErin, founder of Better Birth. offers support to expectant parents internationally, hosting online and in person antenatal and hypnobirthing courses. Her passion is dispelling societal beliefs that birth is dangerous or a medical event, and empowering parents to make informed and confident decisions on how and where they want to birth their babies.Find Erin Here https://www.instagram.com/betterbirthuk/Find me here https://www.instagram.com/hannahpalamarahonestly/https://www.hannahpalamarabirthphotography.com/Support the show2023-05-0243 minMy Vulnerable VoiceGemma Akinade - Alcoholism, Sobriety And Becoming A WidowToday I am speaking with my close friend an amazing human Gemma Akinade. Gemma shares about her own journey to sobriety, the terrible places her alcoholism took her to and how her life has been transformed since getting sober. We also talk about how Gemma is a fellow widow and how difficult it has been becoming the only parent to her children and losing her best friend suddenly. It's a beautiful vulnerable episode today people I hope you enjoy it as much as me. Find me online https://www.hannahpalamarabirthphotography.com/https://www.i...2023-04-2537 minMy Vulnerable VoiceBilly Lahr - Mindful Midlife Crisis, Mindfulness and Alcohol SabbaticalsBilly Lahr is currently the host of The Mindful Midlife Crisis, a podcast for people navigating the complexities and possibilities of life’s second half. Billy spent 21 years as an educator but became disenfranchised the last half due to budding mental health concerns and lack of job satisfaction. In 2021, Billy left his job as dean of students in order to travel the world in search of more meaningful life experiences. Since then, Billy has been focused on helping others navigate their own midlife crisis more mindfully through practical and intentional daily routines that focus on consistency, discipline, and mindful aware...2023-04-061h 19My Vulnerable VoiceApril Adams - Healing The Subconscious MindApril Adams is an Emotional Health Consultant, specializing in resolving resentment, worries, longing, emotional triggers and self-sabotage. Her primary tool is an evidence-based audio track that is designed to get to the root of any emotional issue and unplug the negative emotional charge attached to it on the subconscious level of the mind.She loves working with Empaths and women having relationship struggles. She has been in the nurturing industry for over 25 years and is the author of two Amazon Bestselling books.April has recently become the International Director of Orpheus Academy - guiding the next generation...2023-03-2248 minMy Vulnerable VoiceErica Hoke -Healing from Infertility and Conscious ConceptionErica Hoke is the infertile mother of 4 boys, coach, author, publisher and course creator. All her pregnancies came after the age of 35 and after being told that she had a less than 1% chance of conceiving. After struggling for years with endometriosis, uterine fibroids, PCOS, thyroid disease, factor 5 Leiden and MTHFR, she was unable and unwilling to participate in traditional IVF or IUI methods and set off to get to the bottom of her infertility issues via continual changes to her diet and lifestyle and traditional Chinese medicine.Now she fiercely shares her story and the stories of others...2023-03-1451 minMy Vulnerable VoiceTerry Tucker - How Taking Personal Responsibility Will Build ResilienceTerry Tucker is a motivational speaker, author, and international podcast guest on the topics of motivation, mindset, and self-development. He has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University. In his professional career, Terry has been a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a motivational speaker, and for the past ten years, a cancer warrior (which has resulted in the amputation of his foot in 2018 and his leg in 2020). He is th...2023-02-2852 minMy Vulnerable VoiceSherisse Bisram - Letting Go Of Toxic Masculinity and Embracing The FeminineSherisse is the embodiment of everything she stands for authentic strength, loyalty and empowerment. Although, the journey to get to there did not come easy. Growing up in a volatile household and as a woman of colour in a predominantly white area added understandable hardships and like all young women, Sherisse faced unwanted attention. In addition, she was undermined by society for being outspoken in her opinion rather than playing to the expected norm of being “seen and not heard”. Understandably she was forced to build resilience, and as a result, at 23 she noticed that she had difficulty showing vuln...2023-02-2154 minMy Vulnerable VoiceThe Birth Series Bec Wallis Birthkeeper - The Journey To The Ancient Wisdom Of Sacred BirthBec Wallis is a birth keeper, women's coach and womb healer. In this episode Bec shares her story of suffering with severe depression, anxiety and agoraphobia to then having a spiritual awakening on her travels around the world. Her exploration into healing led her straight to the path of a holding space for women. Bec mostly works with first time mothers planning to freebirth as well as supporting women in conception and developing a relationship with their womb. www.instgram.com/becwallisbirthkeeperPlanet Birth UK Wild Pregnancy, Freebirth + Home Birth Support https://www.facebook.com/g...2023-02-1753 minMy Vulnerable VoiceNicoleta Porojanu - Healing Transgenerational TraumaNicoleta is a Psychologist, Counsellor, Psychotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner and Coach. To heal transgenerational trauma, in her work, Nicoleta creates a bridge between psychology and disciplines like anthropology, epigenetics, quantum physics, logotherapy, transpersonal psychology and eastern spirituality traditions, which she found to be essential in understanding human life and suffering.https://nicoletaporojanu.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYW7pyD5rGgucvMs9BV4wTAhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-to-happiness/id1519638320Support the show2023-02-141h 01My Vulnerable VoiceBianca Thomas - Taking control of your life after trauma and abuseBianca is a cognitive behavioural therapist and coach who helps ambitious, heart-driven people learn the scientific tools to transform, find happiness, love themselves, embrace their own identity and change their limiting beliefs.She is the COO, CFO and co-founder of Evolve Ventures Technologies LLC, and host of the Evolve Ventures podcast who's mission is to accelerate the mindset of the world to shift to unlimited potential through software, breaking limiting beliefs and elite brain health.In this episode Bianca shares an honest account of how overcoming an abusive relationship and past trauma has led her into a...2023-02-0751 min