The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

We are wrapping up this year with Dr. Sasha Heinz,Ph.D., MAPP. She is an academic who went mainstream, using her background as a developmental psychologist to become a mindset coach. Her private coaching practice is grounded in psychological science, and she teaches clients the tools to change their lives for good. An expert in positive psychology and adult development, Dr. Heinz has based her entire career on helping clients make real transformations, giving them the tools to develop their mental fitness by facing challenges and breaking our mind's default modes for stress, self-criticism, and anxiety. She was one of the first 33 people in history to receive a degree in Positive Psychology.

Dr. Heinz brings a fresh and desperately needed perspective to adult personal development. While all things "self-help" have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, more than 60% of adults are still not high functioning in terms of their cognitive framework. With the proliferation of personal development experts, it's more important than ever to center the conversation about growth and development in adulthood around compelling theory and research.

Stay tuned for the new brand of the podcast launching Janurary 9th!

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https://mindyourmind.com/

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This week, Arianna Taboada is on the podcast. She is an entrepreneur, author, coach and health researcher who recently published The Expecting Entrepreneur: A Guide to Parental Leave Planning for Self Employed Business Owners. We dive into the importance of parental leave for the health of yourself, your baby and your business. Arianna gives us tips for building postpartum networks to support your physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

Connect here:

Theexpectingentrepeneur.com

https://mainstreetalliance.org/

Each year on December 1-7, a coalition of organizations (including CURE Epilepsy) recognize Infantile Spasms Awareness Week, a critical opportunity to raise awareness and educate the public about infantile spasms. Kelly Cervantes is on this episode sharing a mother's journey through epilepsy. Kelly has a deeply touching personal story to share after loosing her daughter, Adelaide to infantile spasms.

Since this life altering moment, Kelly has dedicated her time to helping other parents navigate having a child with Epilepsy as well as bringing more research, awareness and support. Together with Cure Epilespy, they can not emphasize enough the importance to bring awareness to the incurable disease that impacts 1 out of 26 people at some point during their lifetime.

https://www.cureepilepsy.org/

https://www.instagram.com/kellygc411/?hl=en

https://www.kellycervantes.com/blog

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https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en

https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

Anais Goldberg is a home cook turned entrepreneur and the creator of Cook Intuitively with Anais. Her passion for cooking stemmed from watching her Mexican and Cuban grandmothers in the kitchen at a young age. Their use of flavors and invigorated senses enthralled Anais as she intuitively absorbed every essence of what it meant to cook. But it was when Anais walked down her health journey after recovering from her two consecutive pregnancies and being left with a laundry list of inflammatory issues, which she attributed to motherhood wear and tear, that Anais' relationship with food changed. She shares in this episode how to create healthy meals for yourself when you are busy and raising kids to be contientious of their food choices.

https://cookwithanais.podia.com/

https://biologicyouth.com/

https://www.instagram.com/anaisgoldberg/?hl=en

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

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Nayanka Paul From Bloody Btches is on this episode sharing about the disparities menstruating people in our country face. She has started a grass roots in her local community and an online communal space curated for Black menstruators to engage freely in conversations about menstruation, sexual health, pleasure, & liberation. We dive into period poverty, access to feminine hygene products and how change has to start with us.

Period: End of Sentence ( Can be found on Netflix)

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https://linktr.ee/BloodyBtchs

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

This week I am sharing stories from pregnant Americans who are opening up about their dark emotions in pregnancy. This is 1 of 4 epsiodes that are shedding light on new research around the mental health crisis among pregnant Americans. This new research has been conducted by Nonfiction and is called The Invisible Weight that has been commission by Twill.

The remaining three episodes can be found at

https://www.twill.health/theinvisibleweight

Amelia Kriss is a Drama Therapist and Certified Coach in private practice in the Bay Area, California, where she lives with her husband and two powerhouse daughters. She works primarily with recovering people-pleasers and "Nice" girls who are ready to deconstruct self-shrinking patterns, and find more ease & joy. Amelia is also deeply committed to Birth Story Medicine work--helping birthing parents integrate, and move forward from, unresolved issues connected to the experience of giving birth. She believes that supporting parents through birthing as a rite of passage is an important (and too often missing) piece of creating healthier & happier families.

https://ameliakriss.com/

https://www.birthingforreal.com/

https://www.instagram.com/akcollaborative/

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https://www.instagram.com/miraculousmamas/

https://miraculousmamas.com/

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Meagan Heaton is the co-founded the VBAC Link in 2018. She really found her love for birth in 2014 after her second C-Section, and since has supported over 300 couples as a birth doula. Meagan's passion for VBAC started after her own experiences. She had two C-sections and then went on to have a VBA2C. Her drive is to help women like herself feel educated, supported, and empowered during their birthing time.

We dive into this episode the research, statictics and facts about vaginal and cesarean births. The pros and cons of VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and what your providers may not be telling you. We also talk about the arrive trial which has increased the cesarean rate in first time moms.

https://www.instagram.com/thevbaclink/?hl=en

https://www.thevbaclink.com/

https://www.thevbaclink.com/the-arrive-trial/

https://www.thevbaclink.com/vbac-provider/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-113-the-evidence-on-vbac/

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https://miraculousmamas.com/

Kelley Nemiro is an entrepeneaur, health coach and pilates instructor sharing her story and expertise on this episode.

After years of health issues withou answers, Kelley was done accepting that as a standard way to go through life and set out on a personal journey to change the way she felt. After trying nearly every lifestyle diet, she turned to plant-based whole foods, low impact movement, mindfulness, and meditation and watched her life transform over time.

With the mission to help women know they are not alone and that they can feel better in their bodies and mind, Kelley completed her health coaching certification and launched Wellness by Kelley shortly after. Knowing how daunting it is to take your health into your own hands, Kelley provides help to her community in an affordable and sustainable way to set women up for success in their personal health journey! She finds her purpose and fulfillment in helping women find a sense of balance in their life and feel better than they ever have.

Connect with Kelley

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjx3kzksqnX/?hl=en

https://www.wellnessbykelley.com/

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

Holly Kohlmann is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician and Trained Babywearing Educator. She is on this episode telling sharing her wisdom with us and answering questions on how to keep our babies safe while wearing them and driving them.

Connect with Holly

https://www.instagram.com/mamagoose_oc/?hl=en

https://mamagooseoc.com/

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https://miraculousmamas.com/blog

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