The Alpha Female Podcast

In this episode, Julia Nichol from Intuition Parenting Support Services takes me through a Birth Story Medicine or Listening Session. We then chat about what Birth Story Medicine is and how it can impact a mother's healing from birth trauma.

Julia Nichol is the founder and owner of Intuition Parenting Support Services. She supports families in so many ways: as a Gentle Sleep Consultant, a Birth, Postpartum & Sibling Doula, a Birth Story Listener, and a Reiki Practitioner. Can you envision life with some or all these offerings? Julia daydreams of a norm where new families are not only celebrated with gifts, but also with much-needed services that nurture the body, mind, and soul.

Julia lives in Russell, Ontario with her husband and two children aged 4 and 7 who are her constant inspiration for her work. She loves to be outdoors as much as she can, forest bathe, dive into a book, and get creative cooking up delicious and nourishing meals.

Julia supports families in Ottawa and surrounding areas as well as virtually.

In this episode, I share details about my twin pregnancy, symptoms I experienced in each trimester, and what I did to support my health. 

Dr. Samina Mitha is a licensed and registered Naturopathic Doctor. She is passionate about helping patients find true clarity and confidence in their health using evidence-based natural therapies. Dr. Samina strives to provide empowerment, support, and education to patients with hormone health concerns in a compassionate environment. 

Dr. Samina focuses her practice on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Fertility and Thyroid health and has completed extensive clinical and education training in Reproductive Health and Fertility. 

Her clinical experience includes working within a fertility clinic alongside the reproductive endocrinologists and nurses to support and treat many fertility patients/couples with PCOS, endometriosis, unexplained infertility, thyroid conditions, and IVF and IUI processes.

Having been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Samina has a personal connection with women who experience hormonal imbalances. Her drive and passion to become a Naturopathic Doctor stemmed from wanting to support women with reproductive concerns.

For some people, having a baby is easy, but for others, like Robyn, it's a long and tough rollercoaster. Her journey starts off just like most of us. She thought having a baby would take no time at all. A year later, she found herself at the fertility clinic, and several ovulation inductions, IUI's, IVF cycles, OHSS, and a miscarriage later, finally conceived.

Now, she is passionate about helping you not only survive the process but thrive! Her superpower? Helping type A women find calm, confidence, and happiness in their TTC journey and feel like warriors. She is a little woo woo. A lot straight shooter and has never turned down a bowl of mashed potato and if you love Salt n Pepa, well… you’re soul sisters.

In The Fertility Warriors podcast, She interviews other fertility warriors and shares advice and tips on how to conceive, how to navigate the world of fertility treatments, and how to be your best and healthiest self. Robyn Birkin is the author of Screw Infertility, the core educator for The Fertility Warrior Intensive course - a 12-week program for women struggling to manage the stress of infertility. You can find her at robynbirkin.com and on Instagram at @robynbirkin.

In this episode, I share details about our IUI procedure that led to the conception of twins. I share resources around working with a naturopath while working with a fertility clinic, the local Ottawa acupuncturist that I saw the month of the procedure, and how the day of the IUI went. 

Emma George is a Registered Nurse and Holistic Nutritionist, with a special interest in reproductive health and fertility. Emma is extremely passionate about helping others get to know their body better as a way of achieving their reproductive health goals. She loves educating and inspiring change through her Instagram account, online courses, and coaching programs. She feels especially passionate about helping clients regulate and understand their natural menstrual cycle and the power of preconception health for optimizing fertility and pregnancy outcomes. She loves to educate and bring awareness to the concepts of epigenetics and fetal programming when it comes to fertility, pregnancy, and early childhood development. She feels that we have the power to help shape the future generation by mindfully supporting the overall wellness and lifestyles of parents and their children, from well before birth and beyond.

In this episode, I share what our infertility journey looked like for 2 years, testing, and what I did to be able to conceive twins in November of 2019. I share resources in terms of how to work with your family doctor, fertility clinic, naturopaths, and more. 

Dr. Rachel Corradetti-Sargeant, ND was destined for a career in Naturopathic Medicine – she’s part total science nerd and part no-holds-barred health nut. During her undergraduate studies in Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, she learned that conceiving would likely be a struggle. She worked with a naturopathic doctor to overcome these issues and it became clear to her that becoming a naturopathic doctor was her destiny.

She studied at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, Ontario. She is licensed through the College of Naturopaths of Ontario and is a professional member of the Canadian and Ontario Associations of Naturopathic Doctors, as well as the Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians. She is also licensed to prescribe a small schedule of pharmaceuticals granted to naturopathic doctors and intravenous infusion therapy.

With a special interest in fertility, she is passionate about empowering her patients to make healthy changes that help them conceive and maintain pregnancies.

When Dr. Corradetti-Sargeant is not seeing patients, she’s running triathlons, contributing to magazine articles (look for her in Clean Eating and Elle magazines), or making a giant mess in the kitchen whipping up the latest healthy desserts! She lives in Stoney Creek, Ontario with her husband and 2 children - both conceived with the assistance of preconception healthcare.

In this episode, I share what I've been up to for the past year since putting the podcast on hold at the end of 2019. 

I also share what to expect in terms of the upcoming series on the show. 

Adri Kyser is an international wellness expert who has spent the past 15 years helping highly-driven women stop feeling stressed and overwhelmed and start living a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life. Using her Enlightened Alchemy method, she has helped thousands of women worldwide achieve everything from reduced pain and stress to increased confidence and productivity. Rather than drawing from only one modality, her extensive list of certifications (including mindfulness, yoga, and Ayurveda) allow her to create a customized wellness experience for clients. As a brand ambassador, she has worked with Athleta and Larabar. When she’s not busy hosting retreats around the globe in exotic locations like Bali, Greece, and Peru, she’s being featured on iHeart Radio, Amazon Prime’s “The Focus”, and Authority Magazine. She’s the co-author of the forthcoming book “Overcoming Adversity in Entrepreneurship” due out at the end of 2019.

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