If you’re planning for birth and thinking through your birth options… and a water birth is on your radar, but you’re still deciding, here are 3 reasons why I chose one. I hope this helps you decide! Ready to prep for your unmedicated birth? Remember to get your mind + nervous system on board to feel calm during labour. It will be the most powerful way you prepare. Join My Lighter Birth Here: www.mylighterway.com/mylighterbirth

I have found I don’t fit in with most mom groups. Not because of anything “wrong” with me, or the moms inside most mom groups. But because of the paradigms, beliefs and ways of connecting that exist within most mom groups. 

One-on-one, I can connect on some level with most moms in many ways. But in a group setting, something shifts. Complaining, gossip, competition, survival mode as the “real” real… It’s just not… for me.

This is one of the reasons I love My Lighter Motherhood. It’s shifting the paradigm, one motherhood experience at a time, to one you enjoy more than suffer through.

 I don’t want you to have to relate to the misery of it all as “just a normal part of it” either - as the main, leading, or dominant experience. 

Inside My Lighter Motherhood, you connect with the growth, magic and awe of it all. You ask for support from gratitude and joy in receiving, rather than a necessity from survival mode.

You connect with other Moms and experience many of the same things on the outside - the night wakeups, the feeding around the clock - and instead of dreading another day collectively, you find growth, purpose, and even pure bliss as your everyday normal.

That’s the energy of loving motherhood.

That’s the energy of My Lighter Motherhood.

How powerful when we all come from that place, together.

Join the movement of Moms creating positive, powerful, present postpartum from the inside out here:

www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

You’re excited for your baby to be born, yet don’t want to wish the time away. You want to be here, now.

Soak in this chapter.

This epi breaks down exactly why this desire is a gift.

And how this gift transcends beyond you, and is one of the keys to awakening in human consciousness.

Inspired by a recent night out with my Dad, where we went to see Eckhart Tolle, author of Power of Now speak, this episode shares why pregnancy is the perfect time to become more present.

Hint: if you’re more present in pregnancy and practice this one skill often, that will naturally lead into a more present postpartum and experience as a Mom.

To embody more presence in pregnancy and get all the inner tools to be more present through postpartum too, you’re invited to join:

Enroll in My Lighter Motherhood: www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

How to Protect Your Mental Health Before Postpartum | Preventing Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
In this episode, Dr Emma Nagy (PhD) shares one of the most important things you can do during pregnancy to protect your mental health and emotional well-being after your baby arrives.
Many women are told to simply watch for signs of postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety and seek help if symptoms appear. But what if there was a more proactive approach?
In this episode, you'll learn how to prepare for postpartum in a way that helps you:
✨ Reduce your risk of postpartum depression and anxiety
✨ Feel calmer, more confident, and emotionally prepared for motherhood
✨ Recognise challenges earlier and respond more effectively
✨ Protect your energy and mental well-being during the newborn stage
✨ Create a more peaceful and present postpartum experience
If you're pregnant and want to feel prepared, supported, and empowered heading into postpartum, this conversation is for you.
Resources Mentioned
My Lighter Motherhood
My Lighter Motherhood is my signature program for pregnant women who want to create a peaceful, present, and emotionally supported postpartum experience.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
Rewire anxiety and build emotional resilience before your baby arrives
Create your personalised postpartum support plan
Navigate baby blues and difficult emotions with confidence
Protect your energy on little sleep
Feel like yourself while adjusting to motherhood
Enjoy the newborn stage and first year with your baby more fully
Join My Lighter Motherhood here:
www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood
Connect with Dr Emma Nagy
Dr Emma Nagy is a maternal wellbeing educator, researcher, and founder of My Lighter Motherhood. With a PhD in Mental Health Promotion, she helps ambitious women prepare for peaceful births, present postpartums, and joyful first years with their babies.

Is the urge to nest to prep for baby growing and getting stronger?! Inside this episode, I’m sharing 2 secret tips to supercharge your nesting and make space for postpartum harmony. These are 2 tips I WISH I had! I hope you enjoy!! 💖 Enrol in My Lighter Motherhood: Manifest a first year with your baby you adore from the start! Start in pregnancy: https://www.mylighterway.com/mylighte...

I didn’t need more parenting advice this time.
I didn’t need to buy much.
What I needed to return to myself.
In pregnancy #2, I worked on strengthening my intuition, rewiring anxiety, and connecting with myself and my faith - deeper.
What this led to unveiled a next chapter where I was more present with my kids, more at peace within myself, more aligned with my life’s purpose, and had a lot of fun in pregnancy and postpartum!
I felt like myself again - this time, more than ever, deeply rooted in my purposes inside and outside of motherhood.
I want more moms to get to experience postpartum and their baby’s first year in a way that feels joyful, and where you feel deeply like yourself.
The results of this inner work, I know you’ll find too, are mind-blowing.
To prepare yourself for this transition, rewire anxiety, strengthen your intuition, feel rooted within yourself, and be present while having a lot of fun in your baby’s first year…
You’re invited to enrol in My Lighter Motherhood.
www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

Thanks for listening!
Connect with me:
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OCD in pregnancy and postpartum is widely misunderstood.
Less is known or shared about it compared to postpartum anxiety or depression, and even many health care professionals tend to know little about it, miss spotting it, or are unfamiliar with how to treat it.

In this episode with Dr Jenny Yip, we dive into:
-What OCD is, and how it’s different from anxiety
-Common intrusive thoughts that moms experiencing OCD might have
-The difference between intrusive thoughts that tend to pop in pregnancy versus postpartum
-Dr. Jenny’s 3-step process to rewiring OCD thoughts and impulses
-the beautifully protective place intrusive thoughts come from
-the hope that you can rewire this
About our guest:
Dr Jenny Yip, PsyD, ABPP, is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience treating OCD and anxiety disorders. Drawing from her own experience with OCD, she has dedicated her career to helping individuals and families overcome mental health challenges. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at USC Keck School of Medicine and founded the Renewed Freedom Centre in Los Angeles and the Little Thinkers Centre. She is also the author of two books on managing anxiety and co-host of the Stress Less Life Podcast, and developed the Stress Less Mama Masterclass.

Dr Jenny Yip - Contact & Resources:
∙ Instagram: / drjennyyip
∙ Facebook: / drjennycyip
∙ Stress Less Mama Masterclass https://dryip.com/the-stress-less-lif...

Connect with Emma:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mylighterway

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Xo Emma

Use this meditation in your first, second or third trimester to relax, connect with God, and cleanse your energy.
In less than 30 minutes, you’ll feel more connected to yourself, your baby, and your faith.
Use it for an afternoon nap to feel refreshed, to clear anxiety, or to drift off to sleep, and soak in this moment of your pregnancy deeper.
Created for relaxation purposes by Emma Nagy.
Music: Royalty Free music purchased from indiemusicbox.com; “Enlightenment” by Chris Collins.

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If you’re looking for examples of powerful home births - the kind you find your power in and feel really good about - here are 2!

🕊️ Inside this episode:
Why Sami chose a home birth and what helped her prepare
The powerful lesson she learned about her own power from birth with baby #1 and how she used this in birth #2
Sami’s two powerful home birth stories
How to prepare YOURSELF for a smoother transition into a calm birth + tap into the power within you
Connect with Sami:
www.goodenoughmatrescence.com
/ goodenoughmatrescence

Resources to help YOU feel prepared for birth + the newborn stage:
▶️▶️▶️ 🎉Take My Lighter Birth – Birth Mindset Course ($27)
Manifest your lighter, calmer, more confident birth experience:
https://www.mylighterway.com/mylighte...

▶️▶️▶️▶️ 💖 Enroll in My Lighter Motherhood – Pregnancy ... The Foundational Years
Manifest a first year with baby you adore from the start. Begin embodying the calm, peaceful, present you - in pregnancy:
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🎧 Recommended if you are:
✨ Planning your first pregnancy [3 WAYS TO PREP]
→ • Ready for to Get Pregnant Soon? 3 Simple W...
🤍 Pregnant & want to relax and connect with your baby [20 MIN MEDITATION]
→ • Pregnancy Meditation to Connect with Baby ...
💦 Planning an unmedicated birth [SHARING MY WATER BIRTH STORY]
→ • My Calm Hypnobirthing Story (Positive Hosp...
🤰 Prepping for postpartum [MASTERCLASS]
→ • Pregnancy Masterclass: Prepare Your Mind, ...
👶 A 2nd time mom wanting a more peaceful, present experience this time [VISION BOARD PARTY]
→ • VISION BOARD PARTY! Expecting Baby #2

🤍 CONNECT WITH ME
Emma Nagy - Mom of 2, Founder of My Lighter Motherhood, PhD Mental Health Promotion
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/ mylighterway

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Just a quick note — this episode is for education and support, not medical advice.

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When it comes to your fourth trimester, should you plan it? Or wing it?

With so much information out there about what to have ready for baby, it can feel like a lot to tease through.

Today, Emma sheds light onto which parts to have a plan for, and how to go with the flow for the rest.

🕊️ Inside this episode:

Resources to help YOU feel prepared for birth + the newborn stage:

🎉Take My Lighter Birth – Birth Mindset Course ($27)

Manifest your lighter, calmer, more confident birth:

https://www.mylighterway.com/mylighterbirth

💖 Enroll in My Lighter Motherhood – Pregnancy > The Foundational Years Manifest your more easeful, peaceful first year with baby, where you refuse to settle for survival mode, and you don't lose yourself in motherhood - you find your favourite most fullfilled version of you YET

https://www.mylighterway.com/mylightermotherhood

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