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Cat & Nat UnfilteredRedefining Family with Julia KarolDescription: In this repeat episode Julia Karol is back for part two, giving us the inside scoop on how she chose a sperm donor, what actually goes into picking a donor and whether a sperm bank tells you how many times that sperm has been chosen. If you’re as curious as we are, you need to check out Julia’s podcast, Strok'd. She brings together real stories from people redefining family in their own way—because no one should feel alone in this journey. She keeps it honest, funny, raw, and totally relatable as she explores what family really ...2025-02-2026 min
Cat & Nat UnfilteredJulia Karol Is a Solo Mom by ChoiceShe created her family on her own terms. In this encore episode, we had such a great time talking to Julia Karol about her journey to becoming a solo mom by choice that we had to make it a two-part series. After an unexpected breakup with the partner she thought she’d start a family with, Julia took matters into her own hands. She explored her options for motherhood and ultimately embarked on a fertility journey to become a solo parent—all while documenting it on the first season of her podcast, Stork’d.Want to hear more a...2025-02-1329 min
The Love Lab (Uncensored)Solo Parent by Choice: Julia Karol on IVF, Parenting, and Building CommunityIn this episode, Kate Graham and Rebecca Eudy interview Julia Karol, host of the Stork'd podcast. Julia shares her experience of becoming a solo parent by choice, her journey through IVF, and how this decision has affected her relationships and personal growth. They discuss the practical and emotional challenges of solo parenthood, navigating the complexities of IVF, and the support systems that can emerge for single parents. Learn more about Julia's work: https://www.storkdpodcast.com/ https://juliakarol.substack.com/ 2024-10-2945 min
Imponderabilia - Karol PaciorekJulia Pietrucha: jak odnaleźć szczęście i pewność siebieJulia Pietrucha wróciła z nową płytą "Neonova", gdzie znaleźć można single "Lekkość" [Kwiat Jabłoni na feacie], czy "Nic złego". Rozmawiamy o tym jak odnaleźć szczęście i pewność siebie, wszak Julia przeszła od kariery aktorskiej do muzycznej (choć do aktorstwa właśnie wraca). Zaczynamy rozmowę od muzyki i życia, a kończymy na macierzyństwie, astrologii i numerologii, doskonałego odsłuchu!2024-10-072h 20
Women's Wellness with Abbe Feder66. Julia Karol: Solo Mom by ChoiceThis week, Abbe is joined by Julia Karol, host of the podcast Stork'd. Together, they talk about Julia's journey to building her family, grieving the loss of a relationship, and deciding to become a solo mom. Listen in on topics like:
Becoming a solo parent
Choosing the right sperm donor
The meaning of "family"
Challenges and fulfilling moments in parenting
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Stork'dFertility Freedom - Host Julia Explores Family TodayIn this bonus episode, Julia took a moment on the 4th of July to reflect on the importance of reproductive freedom. She appreciates living in Massachusetts, where mandatory insurance coverage allowed her to undergo IVF treatments. However, she expresses concerns about potential changes to these laws due to the current political climate, noting that some states already have restrictions. Julia emphasizes the need to cherish our freedoms to build families in ways that feel right to us. She also reflectes on the diverse stories shared on the Stork'd podcast—some heartbreaking, others showcasing resilience and determination as individuals navigated va...2024-07-0418 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 17 - We Need to Talk About Sperm Quality - With WeNatal Founders Ronit Menash and Vida Delrahim Ronit Menash and Vida Delrahim, the founders of WeNatal, join Julia on a poignant episode of the podcast to share their journeys to expand their respective families and create WeNatal. As close friends who endured miscarriages within days of each other, their bond grew even stronger. Together, they uncovered a vital revelation: the quality of sperm can significantly affect fertility, contributing up to half of the reason for miscarriage. In response, they developed specialized supplements for both men and women to boost fertility before trying to conceive. They delve into the potential impact of these supplements, particularly for couples...2024-04-3051 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 16 - IVF Costs WHAT?! Fertility Loans and Making Fertility More Affordable with Angela Rastegar, CEO of Sunfish Julia sits down with Angela Rastegar, the driving force behind Sunfish, a company committed to dismantling financial barriers for hopeful parents navigating fertility challenges. Economic constraints often force individuals to abandon their dreams of parenthood. Sunfish steps in with personalized financial planning services and complimentary consultations. They are backed by a dedicated team of data scientists who analyze medical records and statistics to forecast fertility treatments’ duration and success rates, thus anticipating associated costs. What truly sets Sunfish apart is their groundbreaking money back guarantee: in the event of a failed treatment, they offer a par...2024-04-2342 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 14 - Healing from Miscarriage Through Writing with Shani Rogers, Author of Blue & Pink Balloons *Trigger warning for miscarriage* Shani Rogers, the author of the book "Blue and Pink Balloons," a narrative crafted for her daughter that addresses the sensitive topic of miscarriage. Shani shares her story of trying for a second and healing from miscarriage. Together, Shani and Julia, who also shares her journey through miscarriage, shed light on the prevalence of this experience among women. Often, amidst the turmoil of miscarriage within a family, the experiences of siblings can be overlooked. Yet, they, too, undergo a profound sense of loss. Collaborating with her four-year-old daughter...2024-04-0237 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 13 - There Has Got to Be a Better Way to Do This: Improving Pumping at Work With Patrice Meagher, MilkMatePatrice Meagher, the creator of MilkMate, joins Julia to address the challenge new mothers face in the workplace: the lack of a safe and private environment for breastfeeding. Patrice shares her journey as a working mom of four, when unsuitable pumping spaces at work forced her to end her breastfeeding journey prematurely. We discuss the politics of feeding your child, how time inefficient and emotionally draining pumping can be, the unique challenges of pumping at work and so much more. Are you struggling with finding a suitable place to breastfeed at work? Are you spending too...2024-03-2635 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 12 - Supported AF: Building Community Through Infertility and Grief With Alison PratoAlison Prato, an acclaimed journalist, has become one of the go - to voices in the fertility world sharing her infertility story and supporting others in their fertility journey. Ali’s experience with secondary infertility included undergoing procedures like IUIs and IVF, and grappling with depression, grief, and relationship challenges. Her message is clear: you are not alone. This message became especially important to Ali when she lost her mother this year. Julia and Ali discuss how families evolve even beyond IF and family building and how to navigate grief and change. In...2024-03-1948 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 9 - Memorializing Fertility Intentions in Contracts - Fertility Law With James Mahan, Surrogates CornerGoing through a fertility journey, you need a great fertility doctor and…. a lawyer? Both intended parents and those helping them conceive by donating sperm, eggs, embryos or serving as surrogates need lawyers to protect their rights and support the intention behind the relationship. James Mahan, a seasoned attorney and founder of The Surrogates Corner, brings his expertise to discuss putting your family-building intentions into a contractIn today’s episode Julia speaks with James to learn all the details of current fertility law practices including how and when to seek legal support, the are current political and ethical trends impac...2024-02-2758 min
Infertile AF: Infertility and Modern Family BuildingJulia Karol's Infertility Story: Solo mom by choiceToday, Ali is talking to solo mom by choice Julia Karol, Stork'd podcast host, about everything from when she decided to embark on the solo parenting route to where she is today. Julia talks about freezing her eggs, why she prefers the term "solo parent by choice" to "single parent by choice;" the complex, interesting process of choosing a sperm donor; going through IUIs; and what happened when Covid hit and the clinics shut down (think at-home insemination). She also talks about the financial side of assisted reproductive technology and using a sperm donor, the legal documents one needs as a s...2024-02-0151 min
Stork'dS6 Ep 6 - Heart Centered: Fostering Teens & Navigating Complexity with Gina Nicole BallardGina Ballard approaches everything in life with an open heart, a willingness to stand in truth, deep compassion and a lot of humor and her family journey embodies all of those traits. Gina is a passionate advocate for fostering. She and her husband focus on providing a safe, welcoming home for teenagers in the foster care system and have most recently adopted a teenage son. Prior to becoming a foster parent, she and her first husband experienced setbacks to their family building due to a PCOS diagnosis. Gina ultimately meets the love of her life and navigates com...2024-01-3055 min
Stork'dS6 EP1 - The Hardest 4 Days with Jodi Klaristenfeld and FLRRISH - Supporting Premature Babies and Their FamiliesJodi Klaristenfeld shares her harrowing experience with preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome which nearly claimed her life and that of her unborn daughter. Jodi shares her experience healing emotionally from her daughter’s premature birth and how hard she fought to get her daughter the resources she needed to grow, thrive and flourish once she was home from the NICU. Jodi quickly realized how hard it is for families with premature babies to get their children the resources they need, leading to the inception of FLRRISH. FLRRiSH serves as a platform providing NICU parent education, resources, and support, aiding families in...2023-12-0550 min
Yoga Birth BabiesSolo Parenting with Julia KarolWhat does “Family” mean to you? Today’s guest Julia Karol began to ask herself this question at the start of the pandemic. To get answers she turned to friends, family, neighbors, and experts. Along the way she found many answers and stumbled upon many variations of family. From alternative families, the family positivity movement, to solo parenting Julia was able to choose the path to a family that best suited her. In today’s episode of Yoga| Birth| Babies I speak with Stork’d host Julia Karol about the many different types of families and specifically her journey as...2023-08-0252 min
Stork'dS5 EP21 - Sparkle Glitter Unicorn Fertility Treatments - Transforming Infertility with Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh the Egg WhispererIn today's episode, Julia talks with Dr. Aimee, a renowned fertility specialist recognized as the "egg whisperer." Together, Julia and Dr. Aimee delve into her complete “obsession to bring more love into this world” by helping more intended parents conceive. They also discuss the many ways she is changing the patient experience by shifting the mindset around fertility treatment - from one of a battle to one of glitter, hope, and magic. Dr. Aimee distinguishes her approach to in vitro fertilization (IVF) from that of her peers, emphasizing her focus on "OLS (Ovarian Life Support)" and her...2023-07-2735 min
Stork'dS5 EP20 - Redefining Our Relationship to Our Body as Moms With Brooke Cates, Bloom Method CEOJoin Julia and Brooke Cates, CEO and founder of The Bloom Method fitness program, for your motherhood journey. The Bloom Method keeps you active during pregnancy and postpartum. Brooke shares how the system was conceived and encourages women to listen to their bodies. In today’s world, the culture can guilt women into strenuous exercise programs, and Brooke says that’s not OK. Over 60,000 women have experienced this method, which prepares you for birth and is perfect as you chase your toddler. Brooke also shares her non-traditional journey into entrepreneurship, carving her own path and following her intuition. We disc...2023-07-2047 min
Stork'dS3 EP19 - The Lucky Time - Predicting Pregnancy Through Fertility Astrology With Nicola Smuts AllsopCan an astrologer predict the best time to do IVF? In the latest episode of Stork'd, Julia and Nicola Smuts Allsop delve into her journey as a fertility astrologer and how she predicts the “lucky time” for conception. Nicola's personal experiences with infertility lend a captivating touch to her narrative. She discusses the influence of diverse planetary alignments on a couple's fertility prospects and also addresses the naysayers. In addition, Nicola expresses her conviction in the impact of the "placebo effect." Enjoy this enlightening installment of Stork'd. IN THIS EPISODE: [02:39] Nicola shares...2023-07-131h 00
Stork'dS5 EP18 - The "WTF Moment" with Alona Shaked - Pursuing International Fertility Treatments After Conquering CancerJoin Julia and Alona Shaked as they delve into her remarkable story. She was a 28-year-old lawyer who embarked on a challenging journey of fighting breast cancer and also discovered the heartbreaking truth that cancer treatments can significantly impact fertility. Explore the highs and lows of Alona's international path to building a family as she pursues fertility treatment in both Israel and the US. . Witness how Alona has transformed the setbacks she experienced into a coaching business catering to professional women who have undergone profound life changes. IN THIS EPISODE: [02:25] Alona sh...2023-07-0658 min
One Bad MotherEpisode 507: Let's Get Stork'd! with Julia KarolSpecial delivery! One Alternative Family with Fertility and Sperm Complications on the side. Julia Karol, host of the Stork'd podcast, sits down with with Biz to talk different familial configurations, rude billboards, and going it alone.Listen to the Stork'd podcast wherever fine pods are cast. Learn more about Julia and Stork'd by visiting her website, www.storkdpodcast.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a member!Share a personal or commercial message on the show...2023-06-3058 min
The Midlife Makeover Show - Empty Nest, Divorce, Health, Career, Self-Care, Empowered Women, Spiritual Growth, Mindset, Stress Management, Aging, Weight Loss, Menopause, Motivation, Life After 40104 🥰 The Many Modern Ways to Define and Create Family with Julia KarolHow do you define family? Has your family changed over the decades and the definition of family has changed as well? On today’s show, you will meet Julia Karol, a mom, creative leader, warm friend, animal lover, champion of alternative families, and host of the podcast, Stork’d. Stork'd is one woman’s exploration to discover the many modern ways people define and create family.
Join Julia and I as we explore the concept of today’s modern family and share our journeys in defining and creating our own families. Enjoy!
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Stork'dS5 EP17 - Finding Your Voice as a New Parent With Dr. Rebekah Diamond, Author of Parent Like a PediatricianToday, Julia and Dr. Rebekah Diamond, author of Parent Like a Pediatrician, focus on parenting newborns and children. Where do you turn when you have questions? When seeking guidance, do you rely on friends, family, or social media input to glean insights from "expert" influencers? Julia and Rebekah discuss how to filter through the well-intentioned relatives and the mistruths on social media to find your own voice and inner wisdom as a parent. This book, and this episode, focus on empowering parents to make data driven choices that suit your own individual goals for how you want to parent...2023-06-2948 min
Stork'dS5 EP16 - Rebuilding with Christina Bailey: Reciprocal IVF, Finding Love and Winning Your Embryos Back After DivorceJulia and Christina Bailey engage in a heartfelt conversation about the challenges and triumphs of healing from divorce, falling in love, fertility and creating a family in a same-sex relationship. We discuss her first fertility journey using reciprocal IVF with her ex wife - she used her eggs and her ex carried. We discuss Christina’s heartbreak over her divorce and her experience parenting through the pain and how she slowly re-emerged and started dating again. In a brand new relationship, she communicated to her girlfriend, “I am expanding my family, are you on board?”. A conversation which resulted in a set...2023-06-2258 min
Stork'dS5 EP14 - Hitting the Reset Button - Manifesting a Book, Soulmate and New Life While Praying for a Baby With Maressa Brown, Author of Raising Baby by the StarsJournalist Maressa Brown joins Julia to discuss her new book, Raising Baby by the Stars. She explains how astrology can teach you about your child and support your parenting. Maressa also made a few major life pivots that found her restructuring her life as a married woman employed in lifestyle journalism in NYC to a single woman freelance writing for women’s magazines in LA. Now engaged, Maressa and her fiancé are currently going through IVF, and Maressa shares the raw emotions of being in the midst of a fertility journey. Don’t miss this episode of Stork’d. 2023-06-0846 min
Stork'dS5 EP13 - Advocating for Your Birth Experience with HeHe StewartHeHe Stewart, advocate, educator and founder of Maternity Concierge and The Birth Lounge, joins Julia to discuss pregnancy, informed consent and the education of the birthing process. HeHe is passionate about helping people prepare for a pregnancy and birth experience. She educates women on their rights, the role of the hospital and physician and topics you may have yet to consider. This episode is for anyone who has childbirth in the future, along with your support team. You don’t want to miss this educational episode of Stork’d. IN THIS EPISODE: ● ...2023-06-0146 min
Stork'dS5 EP12 - Giving a Child the Best Life in Two Homes - Divorce and Co-parenting with Fiona KongFiona Kong, an author and a single parent, joins Julia for a conversation about her book titled Home Sweet Homes Journal. Fiona's life underwent significant changes with divorce, a job loss, and the impact of the COVID pandemic. During this transformative period, Fiona took the opportunity to contemplate her upbringing and the kind of co-parent she aspired to become. During this period, the idea for the Home Sweet Homes Journal and Planner came to be. Fiona has devised a valuable resource that enables parents to support their children's transition between homes as well as to gain insight into their...2023-05-2541 min
Doing Relationships RightThe Family Positivity Movement: Becoming a Solo Mom By Choice with host of Stork'd Podcast, Julia KarolFamily styles are changing, and today we're unpacking all of it. We're discussing solo parenting by choice, and what that means. Doing Relationships Right podcast is BACK with all new guest episodes! This week we have Stork'd Podcast host and solo mom by choice Julia Karol! Listen to this episode, head over to jenniferhurvitz.com, and subscribe so you don't miss her What's Happenin' Hurvitz monthly newsletter! Listen to Doing Relationships Right as we unpack this and much more. Where to Find Julia: Website: https://www.s...2023-05-2337 min
Stork'dS5 EP11 - “I Just Knew She Was Going to Come To Me” - Discussing Adoption and Artistic Expression with Artist Michelle ArmasArtist and painter Michelle Armas joins Julia on Stork'd to discuss her unbelievable journey to adopt her daughter. Michelle shares a little about her experience with discomfort, pain, and medical gaslighting due to endometriosis. After very uncomfortable fertility treatments, Michelle and her husband follow their hearts (and an original vision Michelle had of herself with a daughter) to begin the adoption process. Surprisingly (fate? Luck?) Michelle and her husband have an unbelievable adoption process. Where most prospective parents can wait months or even years to be approved and matched with a child, for Michelle it only took 4 days. 2023-05-1847 min
Rewrite the Mother Code with Dr. Gertrude Lyons93: Overcoming the Challenges of Self-Mothering and Solo Parenting with Julia KarolMotherhood, according to many women, is one of the most beautiful aspects of life. And although it brings immense joy and fulfillment to mothers, it also comes with challenges and sacrifices along the way.One of these challenges is solo parenting as a mother who bears all the responsibilities of both parents, which can be incredibly demanding, exhausting and overwhelming. They are burdened with the responsibility of making important decisions alone and dealing with the emotional well-being of both themselves and their children.It’s not easy balancing all these responsibilities and often, single mothers te...2023-05-1646 min
Cat & Nat UnfilteredThe New Modern Family with Julia KarolJulia Karol is back to talk about how she chose a sperm donor (think online dating) and what the process to creating the new modern family looked like for her. How DO you choose a sperm donor? Is the sperm bank allowed to tell you how many times that sperm has been chosen? We encourage you to listen to Julia's podcast Stork'd where she interviews other people sharing their stories, helping no one feel alone. Stork’d is not only a sounding board for diverse voices, but has unfolded as Julia’s audio diary – documenting her journey from decision to tre...2023-05-1126 min
Stork'dS5 EP10 - Who Am I Now? Exploring Identity, Parenting and MORE with Majka BurhardtMajka Burhardt, the author of the book More, joins Julia on Stork'd to explore the joys and challenges of early parenthood. They delve into the transformative effect of having a child on one's sense of self and discuss whether it necessitates letting go of activities you love. What are some strategies for carving out time in a busy schedule? How do you maintain relationships with your partner? What does it mean to want “more”? This is a raw look at navigating early childhood. Listen as Julia and Majka discuss creating a family and how to maintain your identity. ...2023-05-1146 min
Cat & Nat UnfilteredSolo Mom By Choice with Julia KarolShe is building her family her way! We loved talking with Julia Karol about her journey to becoming a solo mom by choice so much that we needed to make it a two part series. After an unexpected breakup with the partner she thought she would start a family with, Julia took her future into her own hands. She began exploring her options for motherhood and ultimately made the decision to embark on a fertility journey to become a solo parent while recording the first season of her podcast, Stork'd. For more of Julia's journey and her podcast check...2023-05-0429 min
Stork'dS5 EP9 - IVF Looks Like Me: Elizabeth Carr, the First IVF Baby in the USElizabeth Carr, author and advocate, is the first IVF baby born in the United States and the first medicated IVF Baby in the world. She joins Julia to discuss her journey from conception through her 41 years of an IVF advocate. Elizabeth’s parent's story is impressive, particularly regarding the lack of general knowledge about IVF, yet they pioneered this journey of building their family. She will discuss how IVF has affected who she is, the ups and downs of naysayers, and why she continues to be the voice of advocacy for IVF - especially now that it is facing inc...2023-05-0457 min
The New Mom Boss Podcast154. Alternative Family Structures and the Family Positivity Movement with Julia KarolWelcome back to the New Mom Boss Podcast! I’m excited to introduce Julia Karol, my special guest who is leading the way for alternative family structures. Julia hosts a podcast called Stork’d, where she invites everyday friends, family, neighbors, and experts to share their journey of what it means to create and define a family. In this episode, we dive into some really important topics, including why alternative structures need support, single parenting, and the family positivity movement that Julia is starting. She shares incredible insights that she’s discovered in motherhood and als...2023-05-0439 min
Stork'dS5 EP8 - Raising Parents: Positive Discipline with Julietta Skoog and SproutableJulietta Skoog, co-founder of Be Sproutable, joins Julia to discuss positive discipline. You don’t get training for how to be a parent. Suddenly you just are one and you then have to develop your identity as a parent even as you are caring for a child. So what does parenting mean for you and how will you parent your child? This episode is packed with information on the definition of being a positive discipline parent and how to achieve that goal. The tagline of Be Sproutable is: “Raising Kids, Growing Ourselves.” Hear examples of positive discipline and the t...2023-04-2751 min
Stork'dS5 EP7 - We Are a Team: Fertility Treatments and Relationships with The IVF Dad, Keegan PrueKeegan Prue, the author of The IVF Dad, joins Julia to share the story of infertility he and his wife Olivia experienced. Keegan wrote this book from a man’s perspective, and he puts pen to paper to help other men as well as couples to deal with this disappointment and to help them work through the feelings and the process. You will hear the details of this couple's journey through infertility with nothing held back. Today's conversation is authentic and encouraging. Don’t miss this episode of Stork’d. IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] J...2023-04-2052 min
Stork'dS5 EP6 - Conception Deception: Eve Wiley on Fertility FraudOn this episode of Stork'd, Julia talks with Eve Wiley, a proponent and champion of legislation to prevent fertility fraud in the unregulated reproductive medicine industry. Eve’s mother was the victim of artificial insemination by her fertility doctor using his sperm without her consent. Eve’s story takes her on a roller coaster journey of learning that neither her mother’s husband, her dad, nor the sperm donor of record was her father. You will hear the shocking truths about what is allowed in this industry and why legislation is necessary. You don’t want to miss this dramatic...2023-04-1358 min
Stork'dS5 EP5 - For the Silent Sufferers - Making Infertility Visible to Communities of Color With Monique FarookMonique Farook, the host of the award-winning Infertility and Me podcast, joins Julia to discuss her journey through infertility. Monique faced a multi-year battle with infertility in which she grappled with feelings of shame and anger, experienced racial discrimination by her doctors, navigated a tubal blockage, hypothyroidism, surgery, and natural cycle IVF. We discuss her decision to return to the medical system following a loss of trust in the medical community following experiencing racial bias in her fertility treatment. We laugh about the challenges of raising toddler boys and celebrate that her podcast reaches the unseen and underserved communities fac...2023-04-0649 min
Stork'dWhen Social Media Shames a Grieving Mom With Amanda MakulecAmanda Makulec, a public health data expert, joins Julia to share her heartbreaking story of losing her 3-month-old son. As a researcher, Amanda had written an article regarding the advocacy of Covid vaccines during pregnancy. When her son passed during Covid, there was an instantaneous response on social media blaming Amanda for his death due to taking the Covid vaccine. This episode will make you mad, and it will make you cry, and it will make you see the subjects of social media posts with new compassion. Don’t miss the story of the Makulec family. IN...2023-03-3057 min
Stork'dS5 EP3 - Why is Being Childfree Still Taboo? - Discussing Women Without Kids with Ruby WarringtonRuby Warrington, author, book doula founder of The Numinous, and movement maker joins Julia to discuss her newest book, Women Without Kids. Ruby uniquely has her finger on the pulse of social revolutions and her latest book explores the growing phenomenon of women living childfree by choice or circumstance. Together Ruby and Julia discuss some of the many reasons more women are choosing to be childfree including feminist history, financial independence, environmentalism, and social norms. Ruby opens up candidly about her personal decision not to have kids and the many expectations others had for her an...2023-03-231h 01
Stork'dS5 EP2 - Do You Call Him Donor or Daddy? With Chrysta Bilton, Author of Normal FamilyChrysta Bilton, author of Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings, joins Julia to discuss her book. Get ready for an exhilarating story. Chrysta shares what life was like for a child born of a lesbian mother and her father, who donated sperm for a living. Her family was bold, sometimes dysfunctional, and anything but traditional. Chrysta tells her story in a truthful, enlightening, engaging, and sometimes funny way. You’ll hear about alcoholism, shame, lies, schizophrenia, cryobanks, self-perception, nurture versus nature, and how Chrysta navigated through it all to become a successful wife, parent, siblin...2023-03-1647 min
Stork'dS5 EP1 - Gray Flamingos - Host Julia Karol Embraces the Hot MessHost, Julia Karol, launches the fifth season of Stork’d! She walks us through some exciting topics coming up in this fifth season. Episodes include experiencing shame for not wanting to have children, losing a child and being blamed and trolled on social media, navigating IVF as a couple, fertility fraud, consent during your birth experience, fertility astrology, parenting approaches and so much more. Today, Julia shares her parenting journey and how becoming a parent has transformed her. She explores the Gray Flamingo analogy and asks the question: is it ok to lose yourself in your parenting? Jul...2023-03-0926 min
Infertility And Me: Stories of Infertility Survivors, IVF, & TTCSingle mom by choice w/Julia Karol (BFP)If this podcast has helped you, please consider leaving a 5 star Rating & Review on Apple iTunes or Spotify. Ratings & Reviews help increase the show's visibility so that we can reach more friends who may be silently suffering too!Have you considered being a single parent by choice or know someone who has? Whether man, woman, or non-binary, the decision to pursue parenthood without a mate is tough.Will family support you, can you handle the judgement of outsiders, are you emotionally, and financially prepared? Monique chats with Julia Karol about how she realized her dreams...2022-10-2532 min
Stork'dS4 EP8 - Everything You Wish You Could Ask a Fertility Doctor - The Inside Scoop on Egg Freezing and Fertility With Dr. Bendikson and KindbodyDr. Bendikson is an OB/GYN and a nationally recognized leader in the fertility field. She has gone through fertility testing herself and now counsels clients about family planning decisions like egg freezing and other fertility treatment options. This conversation demystifies the scary and overwhelming aspects of egg freezing and fertility testing. We talk about all the things - fertility age ranges, the quality and number of your eggs, and the technology behind testing. Join us as we talk about how we can become more educated and proactive with our fertility and family planning! IN T...2022-08-2548 min
Stork'dS4 EP7 - Controlling Your Own Destiny Through Egg Freezing With Cameron RogersToday’s wonderful guest is Cameron Rogers! Cam has built her career advising high net-worth clients on professional investing and wealth management, and recently made the decision to invest in her future through egg freezing. First off, she shares her thought process behind her choice and the social components that she has faced as a single, career-minded woman. She explains the emotional, physical, and financial investment that fertility preservation requires and talks about how meaningful community was during the process. PS - this is a great episode to listen to if, like me, you have ever felt pressure from ot...2022-08-1841 min
Stork'dS4 EP6 - The Grief Gal - Watching a Parent Pass Away From ALS, and Mentoring Others Through Grief With Chelsea London LloydChelsea London Lloyd, a comedian, actress and self proclaimed “grief gal” and I chat about her unique relationship with humor and grief. As a child, she grew up with two sick parents and after a long 15 year journey with ALS, her father passed away. His passing has informed her life’s purpose, her art and her podcast, Dying of Laughter. Now as an adult, she has a beautiful, dynamic relationship with grief and helps others who are experiencing loss. In today’s episode, we talk about the importance of volunteerism and practical ways to show up for people when they’re g...2022-08-1143 min
Stork'dS4 EP5 - We Didn’t Find Any Sperm: Grappling With Male Factor Infertility and Building a Family Through Adoption With TJ PeytenNearly 50% of infertility is a male factor, meaning it’s related to men not women. Even with this shocking percentage, it’s not openly discussed. In this week's episode, we are speaking with TJ Peyten who has become an advocate for male factor infertility after she and her husband experienced it first hand. TJ shares about her deep longing for motherhood and the differences in how men and women process and grieve in the midst of male infertility. Listen as Julia and TJ have a beautiful conversation about disappointment, infertility awareness, and the miracle of building a family through adop...2022-08-0448 min
Stork'dS4 EP4 - From Divorce to the Dating Pool With Jen WormanIn this episode, I speak with Chicago blogger and social media influencer, Jen Worman about divorce, dating and solo parenting! We cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time – like owning your actions in any relationship, showing up for yourself, and unapologetically reaching for your dreams. Jen opens up about her divorce, her experience dating with kids, and how she has learned the important truth that you can only control yourself. Grab a glass of wine and listen to this fun conversation as we talk about celebrating where you are in your life and creating your own...2022-07-2846 min
Stork'dS4 EP3 - A Sneakerhead's Collection Funded IVF After 8 Miscarriages With Lauren WynnIn today’s episode, I’m speaking with Lauren Wynn about her 8 miscarriages, emergency surgery and ultimately building her family through IVF. What’s more, Lauren’s husband EJ sold much of his prized and valuable sneaker collection to cover the cost of their fertility treatments. After experiencing her 8 miscarriages, Lauren has become a women’s and fertility health advocate and their story shows just how complicated, expensive and painful the family building journey can be for some. Lauren has a significant amount of medical information and relationship advice to share - we joke that she’s gotten a medical degre...2022-07-2142 min
Stork'dS4 EP2 - Delightful Donor Conception: Discovering Donor Conceived Siblings, Raising Donor Conceived Children and Joyfully Navigating Self Identity With Sydney SharonIn this week’s episode, I am joined by Sydney Sharon, who discusses the topic of donor-conception. Sydney is one of the rare people who has experienced donor conception from all angles: she has used donor sperm, is raising donor conceived children, has a father who was a donor and is building relationships with her newly expanded “BioFam” of siblings. In this episode, Sydney discusses her upbringing, meeting her lovely wife Britt, their Jewish beliefs, and how they have worked through their decisions regarding selecting a donor for their children. She also talks about how she learned she has six sib...2022-07-1449 min
Stork'dS4 EP1 - Choose Your Hard (If You Can): Family Building Tradeoffs and Intro to Stork'd Season 4Welcome to Season 4 of Stork’d! This introduction episode kicks off with the concept of “Choose Your Hard”, assuming that you have access to those choices. Throughout this episode, you will hear snippets of Julia and several of her guests from this upcoming season discussing their family building stories. This episode focuses on a compilation of choices, tradeoffs and experiences guests encounter in building their families including: choosing divorce, to freeze eggs, to do one more round of IVF after many miscarriages, or to not have kids. The episode also features stories from families facing circumstances outside of their control...2022-07-0726 min
Yoga MagicChoosing Joy Over Cultural Expectation: The Spiritual Journey of Solo Parenting with Julia KarolAshley sits down with friend and fellow podcaster Julia Karol. Julia is building a family. Along the way, she is asking anyone and everyone about how they came to make the decisions they did regarding family life. On her podcast Stork'd, she's opening up an honest, funny, raw, and earnest conversation looking at what creating a family really means and how it might show up differently than expected. Julia herself has created a family in a non-traditional way as a solo parent. While fiercely rooted in her spiritual practice, intuitive guidance and dedication to her own joy, she manifested...2022-04-071h 00
Stork'dS3 EP11 - Life Forever Changed with Jordana Kier and LOLA: Building a Family & Company Through Thoughtful Parental LeaveIn this week’s episode, we get to hear from Jordana Kier, the founder of LOLA, which is a feminine and reproductive health products company. Jordana talks about how becoming a dog mom for the first time primed her for motherhood in a variety of ways. She speaks to the process of embracing new roles like CEO and Mom and how she balances the two. Jordana shares her own maternity leave experience and how LOLA’s parental leave differs from other companies and benefits parents and families. Listen in as Julia and Jordana talk about identity, personal and professional grow...2022-03-1744 min
Stork'dS3 EP10 - Coming From a Place of Fullness With Ashley Sondergaard - Self Care Through Miscarriage*Trigger warning for anyone who has experienced miscarriage or loss.* In this week’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Ashley Sondergaard. Ashley is the host of the “Yoga Magic” podcast where she explores the depths of self care, something that touches every component of our lives – spiritual, physical, and emotional. Ashley shares her own story of how her self care toolkit has evolved after stepping into parenthood and in the midst of a painful experience with miscarriage. Ashley reminds us what self care truly means and how it ultimately boils down to the absence of “should” from our liv...2021-12-1647 min
Stork'dS3 EP9 - I Didn’t Think It Was Possible Part 2 With Tammy - Becoming a Solo Parent at 52 Through an Embryo Donation From a FriendWhat do you do when the two things that you want most in life are in conflict with one another? When Tammy had to decide between staying married or not having a family, she chose divorce and received an embryo donation from her friend, Michael. Although her heart-wrenching situation was unique to her, it’s something we can universally relate to. It’s the harsh reality that we rarely get everything we want. Tammy’s story highlights the difficult trade-offs we often make but also reveals the beautiful experience of becoming a mom – something she had dreamed of for decades...2021-12-1644 min
Stork'dS3 EP8 - I Didn’t Think It Was Possible Part 1 With Michael Mills - Trailblazing Gay Surrogacy in the UK and Donating an Embryo to a FriendIn this week’s episode, we speak with Michael Mills about how he and his partner pioneered the path for gay people in the UK to grow their families. They did so during a time when family building options were fairly limited in the US and almost non-existent in the UK. As a gay man, Michael always believed that having a family or children was beyond the realm of possibility. It wasn’t until the early 2000s after meeting his now husband, did he hear about surrogacy and gestational carrier options for same-sex couples. After a few setbacks, some grea...2021-12-1651 min
Stork'dS3 EP7 - Hold for Miracles With Gwen Dittmar: Healing PCOS and Saying Yes to FamilyIn this week’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with spiritual coach and healer, Gwen Dittmar. Gwen shares the incredible journey of healing her body and soul through holistic medicine and how despite being told she would never have children because of PCOS, is now a mom of two. She teaches us that sobriety can be a tool to find an access to who you are at your core. She illustrates the complexities of co-parenting children with two different fathers, and talks about her experience of rediscovering her femininity through creative expression. Her story is one of he...2021-12-1646 min
Stork'dS3 EP6 - Embracing Worthiness With Tara Krueger - Navigating Epilepsy and ParentingIn this week’s episode, I speak with Tara Krueger about building a family and making a meaningful life in the context of having a long-term health condition. Tara has epilepsy and shares how that has impacted the way in which she is raising her children and the family structure they have created around her epilepsy. This is an important episode because there are not enough conversations about health conditions and how they impact ourselves, our self identity and our family building. Tara is passionate about educating people about epilepsy, silencing the shame around the illness and proving that ju...2021-12-1641 min
Stork'dS3 EP5 - 135 Days in the Hospital With Aaron Kartchner- A Stay at Home Dad Discusses Parenting and Experiences in the NICUIn this week’s episode, we talk with Aaron Kartchner about fatherhood and what it’s like to be a non-stereotypical stay at home dad. Aaron’s first daughter was born extremely premature at 27 weeks resulting in a 135-day stay in the NICU. She was born weighing just one point 5.5 ounces. As a result, Aaron chose to step into the role of primary caretaker. Aaron discusses how parenting impacts self-identity, how he approaches gender roles and how much of the world is set up to support moms who are often the primary caretaker. We discuss the experience of parenting a chil...2021-12-1651 min
Stork'dS3 EP4 - Love Is a Birthright With Annie Compton - Storytelling and AdoptionIn this week’s episode, we chat with Annie Compton, a mom, storyteller, and Emmy nominated writer and producer. Annie shares a beautiful narrative of choosing adoption as her first priority in her family building. We hear of her experience with private domestic adoption and the joy of becoming an adoptive parent. We discuss the experience of having an open adoption and a relationship with her daughter’s biological family as well as address some of the myths and misconceptions about adoption, specifically the myth that an adopted child should feel “lucky” to have been adopted, when it is the paren...2021-12-1647 min
Stork'dS3 EP3 - A Kaleidoscope of Support With Paige Pieroni - Building a Family Through Surrogacy and Egg Donation Due to Turner’s SyndromeIn this week’s episode, we talk with Paige Pieroni about Turner Syndrome and the incredible family building journey she and her husband are on. Turner Syndrome is a genetic condition which affects female chromosomes at birth, and one of the main ways it impacts Paige is that she is unable to have children as a result of underdeveloped ovaries. Knowing this at a young age, Paige was very open about her inability to have children and she and her husband always planned to pursue non-traditional means of family building. However, they never imagined that two separate women who kn...2021-12-1649 min
Stork'dS3 EP2 - More People to Love You With Saundra & Susan - Building a Village Family and Finding a Known Sperm DonorIn this episode, I speak with Saundra and Susan who have built a community which they lovingly call their village family. Filled with friends, family and neighbors, the village family was composed to create a diverse and rich environment for their daughter to grow and thrive in. We talk about community as family and how to build your community. We also explore a fertility journey including considering adoption and using a known sperm donor. This episode highlights the joys and value in having a community to reach out to in order to navigate the highs and lows of parenthood.2021-12-1650 min
Stork'dS3 EP1 - Storms Get Tired Too - Season 3 Intro and Celebrating a New BabyWelcome to season 3! Today, we discuss the upcoming Season 3 and I share an important life update. In many ways, the start of Stork’d and my own family building journey have run parallel to each other. I share my journey behind choosing to become a single mom through sperm donation and how Stork’d began from my own exploration of different family building experiences. I share about single parenting, community, self-care, and how this is just the beginning of my story. I’m so excited for you to listen to Season 3 and I’m thrilled to share the special and uniq...2021-12-1622 min
Stork'dS2 EP15 - How Do You Define Family? A Special Edition Episode Featuring 13 Season Two GuestsThis special edition episode is a compilation of 13 special guests from Season 2 answering the question, “how do you define family?” This compilation is pulled from informative interviews with a range of everyday friends, family, neighbors, and experts sharing their own journey to define and create a family. This episode features Emily Westerfield, Drunk Aunt Overseas, Carmela, Laney, Jorge, Jenna Guadagni, Caroline, Dara Kurtz, Ambi Kavanagh, Ali Vander Baan, Tom Webb, Kelly Fay and Ashe Hornsby. In this episode: [00:18] Emily Westerfield [00:48] Drunk Aunt Overseas [01:42] Carmela [02:23] Laney [03:49] Jorge [04:08] Jenna Guadagni [05:17] Caroline [06:00] Dara Kurtz [07:14] Ambi Kavanagh [07:25] Ali Vander Baan [08:33] Tom Web...2021-11-2410 min
Stork'dS2 EP14 - The Special Place With Ashe Hornsby: A Story about Loss, Grief and RebuildingThey were the perfect family of four. Their life was full of love and Ash and her husband were reaching all of their goals. After the unexpected passing of her husband, Ashe was suddenly a young widow and single mom. In this episode, Ashe Hornsby joins Julia, as she shares her interesting tale about loss, growth and family blending. Ashe candidly shares her journey through grief and healing and how losing her husband reshaped her family life, challenged her business, allowed her to grow and find love again. Show notes: https://www.storkdpodcast.com/season2 ...2021-06-1055 min
Stork'dS2 EP13 - Turn your Wound into your Wand with Kelly Fay: An Adoption Story Told Through PoetryIn this week’s episode, we are joined by Kelly Fay. In this episode, Kelly shares her experience as an adoptee and her journey to explore her own self-identity. She will share her experience discovering her adoption as a child, her personal evolution, her relationship with her adoptive parents, and her experience reconnecting with her biological family. This episode, digs deep into the crevices and corners of her soul, exploring her relationship and feelings about adoption. Enjoy a Stork’d first, as our guest shares with us a poem she wrote about the emotions surrounding adoption. This poem is so p...2021-06-1043 min
Stork'dS2 EP12 - "Why is this Laminated?" with Filmmaker Tom Webb: A Fertility Journey and Exploration of MasculinityWhen we hear about fertility issues, we often hear stories from the female’s perspective. In the middle of his own family building process, Director Tom Webb realized that he didn’t often hear the male’s point of view as a couple battles infertility. Because of this, Tom set out to make a documentary, The Easy Bit, that focused on some of the physical aspects, but mostly the emotional journey a male goes through as he supports his partner and they navigate the challenge together. The Easy Bit explores the lives of six men who tell their st...2021-06-1042 min
Stork'dS2 EP11 - Nourish Yourself with Ali: Acupuncture and Other Tools to Support FertilityIn this episode, we talk about the tools and resources one can use to support family building, starting from the journey of fertility and conceiving. Ali Vadber Baan, a master acupuncturist whose passion for whole health, provides an integrative style of care to help her patients achieve their unique wellness and fertility goals. After years of unexplained medical symptoms from stress and hormone imbalance, she set out to resolve her issues through integrative medicine. She is here to share her knowledge about how acupuncture can support and nourish the fertility and pregnancy process. Ali provides the tools a...2021-06-1040 min
Stork'dS2 EP10 - Magic and Miracles with Ambi: A Fertility Journey Combining Intuition and ScienceCould you be happy in life without finding love and having a family? This was the question that Ambi Kavanah was asking herself in her mid 30’s. She did indeed find love in the coming years, only to be faced with fertility issues after marriage. Several failed IUI attempts, surgeries and about to move forward with IVF, Ambi was tired of the pressure to get pregnant and the anxious energy she felt. Ambi, a Lawyer, turned modern day Alchemist, healer and author, allowed modern medicine and intuitive wisdom to shape her journey into motherhood. Tune in and listen to Am...2021-06-1043 min
Stork'dS2 EP9 - Embrace the Crazy Perfect with Dara Kurtz, Author: an Intergenerational Wisdom StoryIn this week’s episode, we are joined with Dara Kurtz, a mother, author, and cancer survivor. Dara navigates the depths of difficult and complicated questions, and the question she is exploring today deals with the dynamics of intergenerational mother-daughter relationships. Twenty years after her mother’s passing, Dara unexpectedly found several letters written to her from her mother and grandmother. While reading these letters, Dara went through a self-exploration journey and gained priceless wisdom that she now shares with her own daughters. This special episode is focused on the way mothers and daughters connect, the challenges of r...2021-06-1043 min
Stork'dS2 EP8 - The Stars Aligning with Caroline: Traveling to Denmark for Fertility TreatmentsCaroline Priebe’s journey to Motherhood is what some would consider unconventional. Living in New York City and not feeling confident she would meet someone, Caroline made the decision to pursue motherhood without a partner. After feeling resentful towards the fertility clinics and processes in the United States, Caroline researched clinics overseas, and in the end decided to celebrate her 40th birthday in Denmark, with an intrauterine insemination. Caroline joins Julia in this episode to discuss her journey in becoming a single mother by choice, the challenges the process brings, the benefits of travelling abroad for fertility treatments and ho...2021-06-1043 min
Stork'dS2 EP7 - Don't Give Yourself a Ceiling with Jenna Guadagni, a Story of Personal Growth While Solo ParentingAs Jenna Guadagni walked away with her three month old daughter from a relationship that was no longer serving her, she knew she was making the best decision for herself and her child. In this week’s episode, we talk with Jenna, a multi hyphenated woman exploring all levels of what strikes her passion in life. She is a trained Shaman, master yoga instructor, meditation teacher, student in Ayurvedic doctor school, and a proud mom. Jenna takes us on her family journey and embraces the ever changing definition of the term “family”; balancing single parenthood, empowering her daughter through spirit...2021-06-1042 min
Stork'dS2 EP6 - Writing a New Story from Crooked Script with Jorge: a Divorce and Blending StoryIn this episode, Jorge shares his perspective and experience of going through a divorce and blending two families. He reveals to us his journey in love, relationships, and spirituality. I once opened up to Jorge about a complicated relationship I was going through. He gave me an interesting perspective on what to understand and how to think about that relationship. I’m glad he’s here today to share his wisdom about the dynamics of relationships and how to honor each other in a respectful, cherishing way that equally builds each other up. Jorge makes a comment about love that...2021-06-1045 min
Stork'dS2 EP5 - You Get to Decide What is Beautiful with Laney: a Transnational, Transracial Adoption StoryFor this episode, we are joined by an incredible woman named Laney, who is here to talk about her important journey as a transracial and transnational adoptee. We get a glimpse of her life as she shares her resiliency in trying to find her biological family, yearning to experience that moment of reunification. As a Chinese national adopted by an American family, Laney was determined to follow a path of meaningful exploration of cultural and self identity, digging deep to decipher who she was at her core. Laney offers insightful information for reframing and reshaping the way we think...2021-06-1049 min
Stork'dS2 EP4 - Making Fertility Financially Accessible with Carmela: Building EggFund and a Family1 in 8 Americans struggle with infertility. Of those, 75% simply cannot afford the financial burden that comes with infertility treatments. The truth is when it costs this much for fertility treatment, building a family by carrying a child is not a given. In this episode of Stork’d, Julia is joined by Carmela Rea, founder and CEO of EggFund, a company helping more people afford a baby, no matter their path to parenthood. EggFund is America’s largest network of lenders specializing in fertility loans. Carmela knows first hand what the challenges of infertility can bring. She shares her own story of i...2021-06-1043 min
Stork'dS2 EP3 - A Safe Space with @Drunkauntoverseas - a Conversation about Choosing to be ChildfreeChildfree by choice is a growing community of people whose definition of family does not include having children. In this episode, we are joined by a woman who runs an Instagram account called Drunk Aunt Overseas. Her mission is to normalize and create a community of people who are choosing to be childfree. It is important to include all definitions of family building and today we are focusing our attention on the people who are defining their lives and definitions of a family outside of children. This episode aims to share one woman’s decision to remain childfree. In th...2021-06-1047 min
Stork'dS2 EP2 - Following a Calling with Emily Westerfield: Supporting Intended Parents as a SurrogateAfter seeing a close relative go through infertility, Emily Westerfield discovered that surrogacy was her calling. Not only has Emily been a gestational surrogate three times, but she is also a Director of a surrogacy agency helping match families with surrogates and helping to facilitate the process before, during, and after the birth of a child. The perspective Emily offers as a mother, as a surrogate, and as a facilitator really sheds a light on the fertility options that are available now. Emily talks about what the families might be feeling as they work with their surrogate, what it’s...2021-06-1050 min
Stork'dS2 EP1 - Everyone Deserves a Family: Host Julia Karol Continues Her Journey to Build a FamilyWelcome to Season Two of the Stork’d Podcast! In this episode, we revisit host Julia Karol’s family-building journey and learn more about what has transpired in her story since the last season. This episode will also introduce Season 2 and provide an overview as to the purpose of the podcast and why it was created. I’m thrilled to take you on this exciting season two journey, exploring the many different ways in which people build and define family. https://www.storkdpodcast.com/season2 In This Episode: [ 0:51 ] What Stork’s podcast is all about. [ 4:11 ] My family bu...2021-06-1022 min
Stork'dS1 EP14 - How Do You Define Family? A Special Edition Episode Featuring Season One GuestsThis special edition episode is a compilation of 11 special guests from Season 1 answering the question, “What Does Family Mean To You?” This compilation is pulled from informative interviews with a range of everyday friends, family, neighbors, and experts sharing their own journey to define and create a family. This episode features Molly, Arden O’Connor, Christian & Jamie, Suman, Brooke James, David Vendetti, Keren Eldad, Ashon Avent, Raven, Mia, and Maureen Brown. Keep up with Stork'd at https://www.storkdpodcast.com/ Follow on Instagram @storkd_podcast2021-06-0306 min
Beyond The Balance Sheet PodcastA First-Person Account: The Fertility Journey With Julia KarolJulia Karol is the president and COO of the Watermill Group. She has a number of different philanthropic engagements and was named the Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A by Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine for three consecutive years. Julia is also the host of Stork’d, a podcast that explores and celebrates the many paths to building a family. As a person who went through it herself, Julia shares her advice on how you can get through your own fertility journey. Family building is one of the biggest decisions you can make in life, and with the...2021-06-0231 min
Jenny Karol ॐJenny Karol & InWinter - ENTRANCE 022 on Afterhours.FM [December 2020]💢Jenny Karol & InWinterr - ENTRANCE 022 on Afterhours.FM [December 2020]
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01 Spaceptima - Allegro (Extended Mix) Trance.Mission
02 Ahmed Helmy - Symphony (Extended Mix) Suanda Music
03 INVIRON - 45 (Extended Mix) Trance.Mission
04 Synastry - Turbulence (Extended Mix) Redux Recordings
05 Eximinds - Sonata (Extended Mix) Suanda Music
06 Ahmed Helmy - Astro Interplay Records
07 DaWTone - For The Soul Yeiskomp Records / Music EDM label
InWinter Guest :
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04 Whiteout,Denis Ken...2021-01-221h 01
Haotycznie Uporządkowane Jednostki#13 lek. Julia PiątekNaszym gościem jest Julia Piątek, lekarz medycyny ratunkowej, znana na Instagramie jako @emergency_queen, autorka strony witamynasorze.pl. Rozmawiamy m.in. ale nie tylko, o aktualnej sytuacji epidemiologicznej, o pracy na SORze, o zaangażowaniu i braku zaangażowania. 2020-10-221h 51
Stork'dS1 EP13 - Beyond my Wildest Dreams with Mia - the magic of things working out following divorce, PCOS, and miscarriageMia is 39 and pregnant with her first child after becoming diagnosed with PCOS and having a few miscarriages along her fertility journey. She joins Julia on this episode of Stork’d to speak on the challenges of being divorced in her mid-thirties and not letting her biological clock stop her from making her dreams of becoming a mother a reality. Mia describes the transformation she has undergone in the past few years before becoming pregnant, detailing the roles of emotional intuition and logic in her journey to accepting her past, letting go of old dating patterns, and finding her cu...2020-10-1338 min
Stork'dS1 EP12 - Made with Love Part 2, Raven's success with at home inseminationRaven and her wife are expecting their first child, due any day now! In this episode,we follow Raven through her fertility journey, including the decision to try for a baby, creative ways of finding and choosing a sperm donor, and how she and her wife, Brittany, decided at home-insemination was right for them. Raven shares the anxieties they experienced as well as how Brittany was able to be physically and emotionally involved in the process. We also talk about the influence of her wife’s upbringing in an adopted family and the closeness of their families on...2020-10-1334 min
Stork'dS1 EP11 - Made with Love Part 1, Maureen Brown, CEO of Mosie Baby on How she launched her fertility businessMaureen and her husband experienced unexplained infertility as they were trying to conceive their first born. With fewer support groups and products on the Internet to ease their experience, they felt extremely frustrated and isolated. They created a product, the Mosie syringe, to add a low risk, low intervention option to the market for people experiencing the same thing. Their first child was the inspiration for that product and their second child was the result of that product. In this episode, we discuss removing the shame around artificial insemination and empowering people to embrace this path. Maureen speaks on...2020-10-1335 min
Stork'dS1 EP10 - More heart, more passion with Ashon Avent: From teen parent to father of five, an entrepreneur shares his story of growthAshon Avent’s family building journey started at the age of 16. Now, at 41, with five children, he is the Owner of Main Event Sports & Apparel, as well as I 2 Can Be Healthy LLC, where he helps people who have diabetes and obesity make healthy choices. In this episode, Ashon shares the story of his journey from a high school athlete and dad to businessman and family man. Detailing monumental moments of growth and learning, he describes what it’s like to feel the pressure to provide for his child and figure out what to do with his life...2020-10-1339 min
Stork'dS1 EP9 - Staying Positive on Your Journey with Coach Keren Eldad: Conversations with a life coachAre you ready to get clear on your vision? Keren Eldad is here to help us get over our mental roadblocks. Keren Eldad encourages us to let go of the template, stop thinking that your life needs to look a certain way, and accept the many different varieties in which families come. A family may look one way to you, or you may think it should look one way, but everyone has a different path. Keren invites us to ask the question, “what am I afraid of?” You will hear Keren describe her coaching philosophy and wh...2020-10-1330 min
Stork'dS1 EP8 - Through the Belly of the Whale with David Vendetti - a story of adoption, yoga, and belongingDavid Vendetti has learned to be resilient and reflective through transitions, having been adopted, married twice, and the owner of a yoga studio that recently closed its doors due to COVID-19. As an adopted child, David lacked a sense of belonging. While he has always felt loved and supported by his adoptive family, this missing piece resulted in a strong desire to create relationships and communities that foster belonging for others—from supporting his classmates in a new grade school; to choreographing dance classes based on kindness rather than perfection; to his leadership in establishing a yoga community widely kn...2020-10-1340 min
Stork'dS1 EP7 - Learning to Grieve with Brooke James, Host of the Grief CoachAfter Brooke's father's death, she realized that no one knew how to speak to her about grief. Most people are uncomfortable with the topic, which is why she started The Grief Coach Podcast. Grief, love, and pain can be hard to talk about and articulate in words with family members. With this loss, Brooke had to reformulate her own expectations around what a family life looked like. Luckily, her family came together despite losing their gravitational center. We discuss how traditions are less than ideal when you don't fit into the standard box and why Brooke felt pr...2020-10-1338 min
Stork'dS1 EP6 - A Return on Hope with Suman: maintaining hope through an 8 year fertility journeySuman and his wife’s family building journey started in 2012 and they’re finally expecting twins! Having gone through 8 years of trying to conceive, including experiencing three IVF processes, his wife’s fibroid surgery, and deep consideration around adoption, Suman rode waves of hope and a rollercoaster of emotions. Suman wrestles with the disappointment of not hitting the milestones expected of him by his Indian heritage. As the journey progresses and Suman confronts the growing unlikelihood of conceiving, he and his wife consider a life without children. His perspective is heavily rooted in statistics, but he also has real emotio...2020-10-1335 min
Stork'dS1 EP5 - Create Your Own Rules with Christian and Jamie: A polyamorous love storyJamie and Christian are a polyamorous couple. Together, they share what polyamory means to them and confront common misconceptions about their relationship. They discuss defining their rules according to what makes them happy as a couple, rather than conforming to cultural norms. And, they describe ways in which polyamorous relationships require the same core elements of communication, respect, and foundational trust as successful monogamous relationships—perhaps even more so since they involve more than one person. The story in this episode provides a model for giving yourself permission to define or redefine your family according to your own...2020-10-1336 min
Stork'dS1 EP4 - The Missing Piece with Arden O'Connor: Solving the puzzle with egg donor, sperm donor and surrogateArden O’Connor learned early on in her adult life that she wasn’t going to be taking a traditional path towards having children. In her twenties, Arden had leukemia, which left her unable to conceive a baby naturally. Now 42 and single, she is putting the puzzle pieces together with a sperm donor, an egg donor and a surrogate. In this episode, Arden answers the big questions for herself about how she defines family and how she wants to build hers. Her choices are influenced by her health risks, a tragic loss in her family, her Catholic upbringing, and a lo...2020-10-1341 min
Stork'dS1 EP3 - 8,228 Miles Away: cross continent parenting in COVID-19This episode is about shaping and reshaping our families. Sometimes the paths that we forge result from external constraints. For Cristin Marona, that constraint was posed by the global COVID 19 Pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, Cristin’s first major decision as a new mom was to move to the United States, leaving her husband in Africa for an undefined period. As a public health professional, Cristin shares how her maternal instincts and risk assessment led her to leave their Tanzanian home, and the population she serves, to ensure better health care for her baby. Cristin returns to the...2020-10-1336 min
Stork'dS1 EP2 - The Detour is Where the Juice is with Molly: creating a blended familyAfter having two kids with her first husband, Molly realized she wasn’t in a fulfilling relationship. In this episode, we discuss the process of self-reflection that led her to this realization, how she stepped away from her first marriage and met her current husband, and the dynamics of their large, six child blended family. She discusses dealing with the guilt around the impacts of divorce on her children, her flexible co-parenting arrangement and continued friendship with her ex-husband, and the ways in which she has incorporated more fun and magic into the blending process. Molly shares th...2020-10-1339 min
Stork'dS1 EP1 - Journey to Stork'd, Host Julia Karol shares her journey to build a family and a podcastJulia has been exploring new ways of building a family since her last relationship ended when she was 34. Grieving the loss of a relationship and the loss of the path she expected for herself drove her into a period of healing and self-discovery. She started asking anyone and everyone about how they came to make the decisions they did regarding family life and she reflected on whether that resonated with her or not. She was in awe of the various ways in which someone can create a family, many of which aren’t explicitly shared with the world. ...2020-10-1318 min
Stork'dTrailer - Stork'd Season 1Julia Karol Introduces Season 1 of Stork'd: What is family? 2020-10-1301 min
Private Equity Fast PitchJulia Karol, Watermill GroupJulia Karol is President and COO of Watermill Group. She is responsible for overall firm operations and helping Watermill portfolio companies develop and implement their strategies. Previously, as a Watermill Principal, Julia helped guide the day-to-day operations of the firm, directed the firm’s investor relations and managed fundraising initiatives for acquisitions. Prior to joining Watermill, Julia worked at Jumpstart, a national nonprofit organization. While at Jumpstart, she managed Boston-area fundraising, coordinated communication and marketing efforts, cultivated partnerships, developed alumni relations programming, and oversaw staff recruitment efforts. Julia currently serves as a Partner wit...2020-05-0832 min
Jenny Karol ॐJenny Karol - ENTRANCE 012 on Afterhours.FM (incl. Jeff-Rush GM) [February 2020]💢Jenny Karol - ENTRANCE 012 on Afterhours.FM (incl. Jeff Rush GM) [February 2020] #vocal trance
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01 Shane Infinity - Lost In Time (Extended Intro Mix)` Defcon Recordings
02 Xpectra & Maureen Sky Jones - See the Light (Tycoos Remix)`Trance All-Stars Records
03 Born 87, Hidden Tigress - Summer Night (Trance Reserve Remix)`Yeiskomp Records
04 Mobil ft. Helga - Nothing To Feel (Alex Byrka Euphoric Mix)`Blue Soho Recordings
05 Night Sky - Dopamine (Original Mix)`Time Leap Records
06 Soarsonic - We Will Meet Someday (Original Mix)`Pegasus Music
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