Becoming Maternal

Becoming Maternal

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Becoming Maternal episodes

  • The One About Infertility as a Chronic Illness

    Thrive (In)Fertility is back!

    Let's talk about infertility as a chronic illness! Take a listen to find ways to help you get through self-limiting thoughts, mental health challenges and hopefully gain a little perspective!

    Visit us on IG & FB @tennesseereproductivetherapy

    26 min
  • The One About Thriving Through Pregnancy After Loss

    Meet Leighton Keen! She is a therapist at Tennessee Reproductive Therapy. Her story includes back-in-back miscarriages, an anxiety-filled pregnancy and finally a successful birth to her beautiful daughter. 

    On today's podcast, Leighton shares her story and the lessons she learned along the way. I hope that you'll join us!

    IG + FB @tennesseereproductivetherapy
    www.tennesseereprodcutivetherapy.com

    35 min
  • The One About Preparing Your Body For Pregnancy

    Our guest this week is Brittany Anderson. She is a Nurse Practitioner at Nashville Brain and Body and an online coach for those in the seasons of preconception to postpartum. She lit up as we spoke about all things nutrition, body movement and even statistics! If you are trying or wanting to get your body ready for pregnancy, you don't want to miss this episode!

    IG: @nashvillebrainandbody or @britteanderson
    Online at www.brittanyanderson.net

    You can find me at www.tennesseereproductivetherapy.com

    31 min
  • The One About Losing My Second Pregnancy & the Realness of Miscarriage

    Trigger warning: there is graphic content in this episode about miscarriage and our guests' experience with her own first trimester miscarriage

    My guest this week is Kristen Brust who is just a beautifully engaging, witty and amazing soul. You are going to adore her. She is our first guest who is not a reproductive professional and she is the right person to step into this space.

    Kristen and her husband experienced a first trimester miscarriage when their daughter was just a year old. She shares how the experience of miscarriage has shaped her and what she has learned through it. 

    Check out her podcast: In Kristen We Brust @inkristenwebrust
    IG @kristen.brust
    Her husbands IG (which she explains in the episode): @locash

    I hope you enjoy this weeks podcast!


    51 min
  • The One About Grief

    The word grief and loss is so entangled in our reproductive journey. Whether it is the loss of your sex life, the loss of friendships, the loss of a biological connection to your child or the loss of a pregnancy, grief is present.

    Join us this week as Cathie interviews Litsa Williams about what grief is, how grief it presents itself in our stories and how we can cope with grief.

    Litsa Williams MA, LCSW-C is a co-founder of the grief community What’s Your Grief.  Litsa received her master's degree in social work from The University of Maryland and has a master’s in Philosophy for The University of Warwick (UK). Litsa has been working in the field of grief and loss for 12 years and previously worked in homeless services in Baltimore, MD.  Before founding What’s Your Grief, Litsa supported patients and families in the hospital at end of life in circumstances of unexpected and often traumatic death, and provided ongoing grief and bereavement support in the years following the loss.  Feeling frustrated with the online and print materials that were available for grievers, she co-founded What’s Your Grief as a resource offering concrete, practical, creative, down-to-earth, and relatable grief support.  What’s Your Grief has grown to be one of the largest online grief support communities, with over 5 million annual visitors and offering hundreds of free articles on all topics around grief and loss, a weekly podcast, and online courses.  She has been interviewed as a grief expert for NPR, Washington Post, US News, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and the BBC.

    48 min

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