Ever wonder how much your life was shaped before you even took your first breath?

Our journey doesn't start at birth – it begins in the womb, where we're already soaking up the world around us.

In this episode, we're diving into the hidden influences of our earliest environment. I'm sharing how stress echoes through generations, some personal reflections about my own pregnancies (including the fears I had about my daughter’s exposure to stress before birth), and why understanding these early imprints can be so empowering as we heal. 

In this episode I'm sharing:

• How our prenatal experience sets the stage for life and how the womb may not be the paradise we think it is
• How chronic stress during pregnancy can alter genetic functioning and impact a child's stress response for life 
• My personal journey with prenatal anxiety after a traumatic miscarriage and its potential effects on my daughter
• The generational nature of trauma and how our ancestors’ stress might still be living in our bodies
• The broader societal issue of women being the emotional shock absorbers of the world (and what it’s costing us)
• Why we need to shift our perspective from blaming parents and what we should be looking at instead
• The empowering realization that healing is always possible, no matter when we become aware of these patterns

I'd love to connect with you about this episode! If you resonate with anything shared this week, please send me a DM on Instagram – I'd love to hear from you!

REFERENCED:

31. Trauma, dissociation & healing through breathwork (my untold story)

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