🐚 Content Warning: This episode contains a detailed discussion of pregnancy loss and miscarriage, which may be triggering for some listeners.

Topics covered

• My personal experience with pregnancy loss during a pilgrimage in Malta
• Why I feel pregnancy loss needs to be spoken about more openly in society
• The emotional aftermath, including identity crisis, grief, and body changes
• How this experience has transformed my perspective on fertility and motherhood
• The practical ways I've been supporting myself through the healing process
• How this experience has informed and deepened my professional work
• The importance of community support during pregnancy loss

About my experience 

Unlike previous pregnancy losses in my life, this one happened at a time when I was ready and excited to become a mother, with a partner I deeply love and trust. The loss occurred unexpectedly during a pilgrimage I was hosting in Malta, where I first discovered I was bleeding while at an ancient temple.

The experience has transformed me in profound ways, leaving me in what feels like a liminal identity space - no longer who I was before, but not yet the mother I was becoming. I've experienced a complex mix of emotions: grief for the loss, love for the soul that was briefly with me, gratitude for the insights received, fear about future pregnancies, and confusion about who I am now.

I share this story in detail because pregnancy loss is still treated as taboo, leaving many to suffer in isolation. This experience should be honored as a significant rite of passage, deserving of community support and recognition.

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About the Host
I’m Iris Josephina—functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones and more. 

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