Welcome back to Beyond The Bedroom™.

This episode marks the opening of 2026 — a pause, a reset, and a grounding moment before we continue our perimenopause conversation next week.

In this episode, we widen the lens.

We talk about what many people call trauma — not as a diagnosis or a dramatic event, but as unprocessed survival and carried life impact that shows up in our bodies, relationships, parenting, and health over time.

This conversation explores:

• stress and nervous system regulation

• pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal care experiences

• postpartum depression and emotional overwhelm

• relationship stress and abuse — and how children absorb it

• how early environments shape later patterns

• why behavior is often communication, not defiance

This is not a blame-based conversation.

It’s about awareness, because awareness creates choice.

As we move into 2026 — the Year of the Horse — this episode invites us to move forward with intention, honesty, and care.

✨ We’ll return to perimenopause and hormonal health in Episode Nine.

✨ This episode is a grounding reset for the year ahead.

Take care of your body.

Take care of your heart.

And take care of the woman you’re becoming.

— Jaclyn

Host, Beyond The Bedroom™

Birth should never feel like battle.

Pain should never be ignored.

And a woman in active labor should never have to prove she is in pain — but in America, she often does.

In this urgent and deeply personal episode, Jaclyn exposes the harsh reality of medical racism, birth trauma, and the systemic biases that continue to endanger Black and Indigenous women at alarming rates.

Triggered by a recent viral video of a Black mother left sitting in a chair while in active labor — only to deliver her baby twelve minutes later — Jaclyn opens a necessary conversation about the failures happening in delivery rooms across the country.

This episode weaves together:

• The story of Carrie Jones, forced to answer questions instead of being taken to a delivery room.

• A heartbreaking YouTube comment from a woman denied pain relief because she “wasn’t married.”

• The tragic death of Kira Johnson at Cedars-Sinai.

• The cultural lie that Black women can “tolerate more pain.”

• Jaclyn’s own traumatic delivery experience.

• Her Aunt Bert’s story of being dismissed, judged, and placed on a mattress on the floor.

• The generational trauma that childbirth neglect leaves inside families.

• What EVERY woman needs to know about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — your legal right to emergency care.

• How racism, bias, and medical gaslighting create deadly conditions.

• And what needs to change NOW.

Jaclyn speaks with tenderness and fire — as a mother, as a daughter, as a niece, and as a woman who refuses to stay silent.

She ends with a message to every listener:

💜 If you were dismissed, ignored, or harmed during childbirth, you are not alone. Your story matters. And if you want to share it, Jaclyn wants to hear it.

Next week, the show returns to the perimenopause series with Episode 8 — but today, this conversation can’t wait.

The Perimenopause Files: Hot Flashes, Night Sweats & Finding Yourself Again

This episode took me a minute to record — not because I didn’t want to talk about it, but because, chile… I was living it.

From grocery aisle meltdowns to 2 a.m. night sweats, we’re unpacking the mystery, the madness, and the magic of perimenopause.

I talk about my first real hot flash (yes, in public), what happened when I finally went to see my male OBGYN, and how wearing an HRT patch helped me start feeling like me again.

We laugh, we learn, we talk hormones, body shifts, and the beauty of listening to your body with compassion — not shame.

💜 Because this isn’t the end — it’s the remix.

🎧 Listen now to Beyond The Bedroom™ — where healing begins when we finally speak the truth.

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In this episode of Beyond The Bedroom™, Jaclyn takes us back to a viral 2017 moment — a room full of men deciding the future of women’s healthcare. No women. No voices. No balance.

We talk about what happens when women aren’t at the table — and how that silence echoes through policies, paychecks, and pain.

This isn’t just about healthcare. It’s about power, representation, and reclaiming our seat.

✨ Listen, reflect, and pull up your own chair.

#BeyondTheBedroom #WomensHealth #RepresentationMatters

We’ve all been there: it’s late, you can’t sleep, and suddenly you’re 15 clicks deep into Dr. Google’s worst-case scenarios. From “Why is my period purple?” to “Can you die from holding in a fart?” — nothing is off-limits at 2 a.m.

In this episode of Beyond the Bedroom™, Jaclyn dives into the hilarious, awkward, and sometimes heartbreaking questions women secretly Google in the dark. We’ll laugh at the ridiculous, tear up at the reality, and uncover what these late-night searches really say about women’s health.

💡 Why do we trust Google more than our doctors sometimes?

💡 What myths keep showing up in those search results?

💡 And how can we start asking these questions out loud without shame?

✨ Funny. Raw. Real.

Because your body isn’t weird, the silence around it is.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify + Apple Podcasts.

After a miscarriage and weeks of unanswered pain, I went to the ER at 5 AM, begging to be believed. The doctor brushed me off, reluctantly ordered a CT scan, and sent me home ‘all clear.’ Hours later, the hospital called: I had appendicitis.

In this episode, I share the raw story of being dismissed, misdiagnosed, and nearly ignored, only to discover a tumor growing in my appendix. This isn’t just my story; it’s the story of countless women whose pain is minimized, doubted, or delayed in healthcare.

💔 A true story of dismissal, bias, and survival.
🎙 Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.”

What happens when women’s pain is dismissed? Silence creeps in. Self-doubt grows. And lives are put at risk.

In this episode of Beyond the Bedroom, Jaclyn Huff takes listeners deeper into the impact of silence — from her own postpartum journey to the systemic dismissal that women face every day.

From historical roots in medicine to modern ERs where women are told ‘it’s nothing’ while battling life-threatening conditions, Jaclyn connects personal stories to a broader truth: silence isn’t harmless. It’s deadly.

This episode is both a reflection and a call to action because when women speak, we break the silence. And breaking the silence saves lives.”

In this heartfelt episode, Jaclyn Huff shares her personal journey through motherhood and the struggles of postpartum depression. She honors the memories of two women who lost their battles with mental health issues and reflects on her own experiences during and after childbirth. Jaclyn candidly discusses the overwhelming feelings of numbness, disconnection, and guilt that accompanied her postpartum journey, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the signs of postpartum depression and seeking help. The episode serves as a powerful reminder that mothers deserve to be heard and supported in their struggles.

Beyond the Bedroom is a raw, intimate podcast about the parts of womanhood we were told to stay quiet about — from postpartum depression to perimenopause, from trauma to body image, intimacy to aging, and everything in between.

I’m Jaclyn Huff — a mother, survivor, and truth-teller. I’m not a doctor. I’m not here to make this sound perfect. I stumble, I pause, and I record from my kitchen table — because our stories matter more than polish.

This trailer is your invitation into a space where silence ends and truth begins.

✨ Here’s what you’ll hear inside Beyond the Bedroom:

Postpartum mental health & maternal trauma

Domestic violence and sexual abuse

Hormonal shifts, aging, and body image

The silence and dismissal of women’s pain across history

And the voices of women are finally saying it all

Men, you’re welcome here too — because women’s health is family health, partner health, community health.

🎙️ Subscribe now. The truths medicine won’t tell are about to be spoken out loud.