Support & Connect with Reilly! 

www.birthasyouare.com 

This week I sit down with my friend Reilly Campbell and we talk about her life path that is deeply rooted in love. Reilly is a home-maker, a nanny, and a big sister in her family and in her community in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she leads a women’s circle. Join us as we discuss what is real in today’s world, mothers and babies, the importance of community and ceremony, and so much more.  

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 2:17-10:17 

Manifesting her dream postpartum bedroom

The most important work

What is real?

The difference between boys and men 

The magic of storytelling

Reclaiming life as sacred 

Honoring women & mothers 

The power of being seen

Closing of the bones

Creating beautiful spaces 

How environment affects energy

Setting up for a restful postpartum

Healing our menstrual cycles 

Reuniting with our essence 

The constant shifting of womanhood 

Alchemizing emotions

External & internal algorithms 

It's all Love 

Play as a daily practice

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Intro Music by: Symmetry

This week is a solo episode as we move into another round of interviews and stories (season 2?). I start with a little life update and then rant about many topics such as sobriety, entrepreneurship, trust, self-discovery, intentional living, and unlearning. I hope you enjoy the episode and find a little nugget of inspiration to tuck in your front pocket. Love you! 

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I discuss: 

I'm back! 

Meditation 2:36- 10:46

Life update

Old Florida

What we do to Earth, we do to ourselves

A better way

Slow & simple living

Entrepreneurship 

Planting seeds

Creativity is so important

Sobriety 

Falling in love with myself

Unlearning & relearning

We’re oppressing each other…oops

The world needs more love

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Support & Connect with Regina!  

IG:@bravebabybird, @thebrowncarecollective 

Regina Fields is a wellness creator, owner of Brave Baby Bird, co-founder of The Brown Care Collective and a dear friend of mine. In this episode Regina shares how she fell into the modern American trap of going to school, getting a job, doing all the things you’re “supposed” to do, yet still found herself miserable and hating her life. A breast cancer diagnosis followed by a series of life changing moments led her to a place of awakening and put her on her path to healing and wellness. We talk about the power of choice, faith, and persistence. Regina’s story is inspiring, relatable, and powerful. I am so grateful to be in sisterhood with such a beautiful and generous woman! Enjoy the episode! 

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We discuss: 

How we met/fell in love

Letting go

Meditation 7:55 -18:03

Setting Intentions

How she always felt different

A series of life changing moments

Trust, faith, & encouragement

Freeing herself from the trap

Getting diagnosed with breast cancer

Feeling guilty for surviving

Choosing to get up and onto her mat

Youtube as a healing tool

Everything is connected

You are not stuck

Conversations with God 

Following your dreams 

Reclaiming time 

Generational healing

Making an impact without burning out

Self care or community care?

Brown Care Collective

Support local 

She just knows it

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Intro Music by: Symmetry

Support & Connect with Stella!  

IG:@stellasfreedomstory, @freedombirthstory

This week, Stella Udeozor and I walk the story spiral together as she shares how her ancestors guided her away from cult-ish dogmatic religion towards true freedom. Stella shares her story of going on a year long international Christian mission trip to spread the gospel and how she started questioning her beliefs and the work they were doing just a few months into the trip. The breakdown of her beliefs led to an intense spiritual initiation as she opened up to communication with spirits other than Jesus. Stella is a portal keeper and shares many transmissions and deep wisdom in this episode and in her community. Grab your tea and get ready to reclaim your power as you listen to this episode! 

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 2:11-6:06 

Setting Intentions

Solar plexus

Goddess Oshun

Questioning religious beliefs

Going on an international mission trip

Showing up to a Sangoma’s house

Being beckoned by her ancestors 

The Christian agenda 

Jesus

Heaven on Earth

Story medicine

Portals

Reclaiming her money story

Easy money tip

The lost art of healing

The gifts of Womanhood 

Being separated from her mother at 11 y/o

The last 6 months she spent with her mom 

A new relationship with her mother as an ancestor

Angels & Ancestors 

Holding the bigness

Embracing our shadows

Reconnecting to culture & language 

Integration as the way forward

Medicine Mother 

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Support & Connect with Steven!  

IG: @theancestorshand

https://www.youtube.com/@theancestorshand 

Facebook: The Ancestors Hand

In part two of Steven’s story, we talk about the relationship he has cultivated with the forest, plants, animals, and fungi. Steven explains how he isn’t really reclaiming anything, it’s more like the forest has claimed him. He works as The Ancestors Hand and does what is asked of him by the forest and ancestors. We talk about the lie of separation and disconnection that is being sold to us and it feels personally freeing for me to remember it as exactly that, a lie. Steven shares how his hope for the future is rooted in regenerative practices and us actually *doing less*. There are many gifts woven into this episode and the last, thank you Steven for your presence and generosity! 

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We discuss: 

We are nature

Plants can recognize people

His time in The Ocala National Forest

Developing ways of getting lost 

His prayer to the forestTalking with the beautyberry

The river

Openness, receptivity, & collaboration

Getting curious about fear

Abusing plant medicine

Engaging with the medicine without ingesting

A sober psychedelic experience

Is technology disconnecting us from nature?

Where is humanity headed?

Ethnobotany 

Everybody has to eat

We need to do less

Regenerative practices

What if it isn’t a problem?

Go hug a tree

Support & Connect with Steven!  

IG: @theancestorshand

https://www.youtube.com/@theancestorshand 

Facebook: The Ancestors Hand

This week I sit down with my dear friend Steven Mañe and he shares a bit about how his discovery and dedication to meditation along with support from his loving parents helped him heal from depression that he felt as early as third grade. Steven has pretty much always felt like an alien in our modern culture of separation and disconnection from who we truly are and where we come from. He is on a journey of reclaiming and embodying the truth that we are interconnected with everything. This is part one of his story, stay tuned til next week for part two. Enjoy! 

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 4:04- 9:21

Intentions

Being a shy & observant child

Falling into depression in middle school

Learning about Buddha in school

Finding meditation in 8th grade 

Self medicating with weed & alcohol

Meditating his way out of depression & anxiety 

Taking a vow of silence

Feeling depressed in 3rd grade

Receiving support from his parents 

The sacred rebel

The heartbeat method

Looking within

Getting sick after going to India

Contemplating death

To be continued…

Support & Connect with Natalie! 

IG: @moonbaby_magic

https://www.moonbabymagic.com/ 

Check out her podcast: Moon Baby Magic 

Natalie Elliot from Moon Baby Magic comes on the show this week and we discuss all things Sacred Womanhood. Natalie is a women’s health coach specializing in womb and menstrual cycle wellness. Natalie tells us how she went from being completely disconnected from her body as a child to becoming deeply devoted to honoring her body temple today. She shares how she overcame and transformed her fear of touching her yoni through patience, persistence, and ceremony. We get the education and information about our menstrual cycle that we should’ve gotten 20 years ago in this episode and sooo much more. 

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 2:26-6:43

Intentions

Living in tune with her cycle & body

Women are Earth

Don’t tell me what to do

Standard American childhood

Fear around tampons

Fear around touching her own yoni 

Shame around sexuality & self-pleasure

Googling in 2020

Finding The Yoni Temple School

Softening > forcing

Her first yoni steam ceremony

Magical women in SoCal

Falling in love with her period

Internal massage

How our desires whisper to us 

Word of the year

We can do whatever we want 

Free will vs destiny 

Attuning to your menstrual cycle 

What exactly is the menstrual cycle?

Our cycles as a spiritual practice 

Shifting the way we care for pregnant women and mothers 

Learning more about men and honoring them for who they are 

Parenthood as a rite of passage 

Getting the whole family attuned to your cycle

Men are generous

Feminism 

Men are single focused, women are multi-focused

Returning your blood to the Earth

Support & Connect with Alexis! 

IG: @livingbyintention

https://www.livingbyintention.com/ 

Spotify: Alexis Ré

Alexis Holland, owner of Living by Intention, takes us on a journey through storytelling in this week’s episode. Alexis is a dynamic woman, she is a changemaker, activator, and innovator. Alexis shares with us how she was born with a memory of something much older than herself. Growing up she questioned pretty much everything her family did and ate as she saw so clearly firsthand that these things were making them sick. This question of “how can I heal my lineage?” is what has been guiding her since she came out the womb and what continues to guide her today. Alexis is an ever-flowing well of creativity and inspiration. Her indigenous roots shine through her as she infuses the spirit of generosity and collaboration in everything she does. It is truly an honor for me to be able to call her my friend and share a little bit of her magic on this podcast episode. Enjoy the show! 

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 3:00-7:07

Starting every meeting with meditation

Intentions 

Being a Polymath

Born knowing 

Family disease as a doorway 

The path to prevention

Her Gospel roots 

How can Alexis heal her lineage?

How to save the planet 

The impossibility of erasure 

California & the New Hollywood 

You are exactly where you’re meant to be

Moving towards stewardship

La Laguna

When the movie in your head becomes your reality 

Honoring Kaia- half husky, half coyote

Initiation into death doulaship 

Death as a transference of energy 

A bridge between wellbeing & corporate 

Dissolving obstacles 

Reclaiming our worth & asserting our value

You are who you surround yourself with

Removing toxic energy from our lives

Choosing to heal

The loss of basic human skills

How do we heal our families?

Leading by example

Healthy ways of embracing beauty & femininity

Teaching our daughters

Self-forgiveness & self-love 

Time is not linear

It's been one year since Alexis’ father died

Please plan for your death 

Generational healing continues in the spirit realm

Energy in motion

Finding solace in each other's stories

Dancing with my grief 

Cancer vs Depression- it's all disease 

Byproducts of assimilation

One choice at a time

Healing with nature’s rhythms 

Compassion for the haters

Returning to who we are & keeping on the path 

Prioritize exploring outside 

Serenading Mauna Kea 

Alexis blesses us with her song

Support & Connect with Molly! 

https://www.mamasomahealingarts.com/ 

IG: @mamasoma.healingarts 

Molly Rose Finnoti comes on the podcast to talk about her work in the world as a Mother, yoga teacher and somatic trauma resolution practitioner. Molly brings us on her journey from trying to make herself smaller as a young girl all the way to embodying the bigness of her current roles as Mother in her household, as well as a Matriarch in her community she’s spent the last decade building and caring for. Molly shares her beautiful home birth story with us, and we talk about how she navigates her deep devotion to her spirituality while balancing being a full-time mom and soul-led entrepreneur! Molly is based in St. Petersburg, FL, and you can find all of her current offerings on her website mamasomahealingarts.com or by following her on Instagram @mamasoma.healingarts

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We discuss: 

How we met

Meditation 3:07-8:30

Intentions 

Mama Soma 

Embodiment

The wounded healer

Being both Mother & Sadhaka 

The psychedelic trip of maiden to mother

Integrating our humanness

The wordless & the formless 

Somatic work as subconscious work 

Finding Yoga at 16

Caring for her Nana 

How Yoga saved her

Getting her teaching certification after practicing for 10 years 

Naming Rachel Miller as our teacher

Thank your teachers! 

Soul-led entrepreneurship 

Money is feminine 

Crone energy 

Birth story medicine

Letting go of goals in birth

Molly’s homebirth story

Postpartum bliss

The men are so important!

The reverence all Mothers deserve

Support & Connect with Madeline!

https://oceanembodied.com/ 

IG/Tiktok: @ocean_embodied 

https://www.youtube.com/@oceanembodied 

https://www.skool.com/ocean-embodied/about 

Madeline Mrugal, owner of Ocean Embodied, and I dive into a conversation about intuition, embodiment, grief, rage, and self-love. We traverse through time from the death portal all the way into the birth portal as Madeline shares her beautiful free-birth story and the story of how her son told her that a free birth was their unique path. These are the stories of an intuitive, embodied woman and mother on a journey to open her heart and heal one million souls every time she does exactly that! 

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We discuss:

How we met

Meditation 1:55- 3:43 

Intentions 

Intuition, feminine embodiment, & understanding our emotions

The tension between her intuition & her belief that she was born wrong

A psychic experience at 8 years old

Clairvoyance in highschool 

Love & loss as portals

Developing her intuitive powers 

A moment in time

Honoring pain, anger, & rage

I’m inherently stupid & bad

Opening into hard emotions

Universal law: Everything is both positive & negative 

Reclaiming authentic expression

Edging

Intimate relationships as spiritual teachers 

How our desire to talk it out as women is repelling men to outer space 

Energetic law: The more we want something from a place of lack, the more we repel it

There's something bigger going on 

Beginning pregnancy in the medical system

Tuning in to her son’s sense of being violated during the anatomy scan

The glucose test as the last straw

Exploring her other birthing options and discovering free birth

Choosing the path of freebirth

A powerful tantric release led by her partner the night before she gave birth

Maddy & Eros’ birth story 

The power & gift of an undisturbed birth

Summoning wisdom from the wise women who came before her

You will get what you put in

The opportunity for healing generational trauma through birth

A woman’s capacity to love herself

The small moments & choices are what facilitate change 

How opening your heart can impact the world 

How gentle, loving & accepting can you be with yourself?

Calling motherhood hard is a choice 

IT’S OK!!! 

Honoring Yolande Norris-Clark as our teacher

Feeling stuck is proof that there are infinite paths to getting unstuck 

Grief counseling 

No one wants to be a clogged toilet 

Somatic work is hard!

Being seen is the medicine 

A world without hierarchy 

A Blessing 

Maddy’s not-so-secret recipe