WISE WOMEN DIARIES

A Midwife’s Four Births | Kassie’s Story

Kassie is now an authentic midwife but reflects on her four births, beginning at the age of 19. Throughout her 20's, she discovered her passion of homebirth, becoming a doula, then a midwife, and she even got fired from a midwife practice for "trusting birth too much." Hence, she now practices as a traditional midwife, attracting clients that do not want an authority figure in birth, just the simple presence of a wise woman. 

A Radical Homebirth at 20 Years Old... 17 Years Ago | Niecia’s Story

Niecia Nelson (@iamaltar on instagram) shares her beautiful, radical homebirth on a little island in Canada..... from 17 years ago. It is an incredible story that brought me to tears and left me speechless in so many moments.

 

Niecia is a mother, teacher + steward of the feminine frequency that rests in the female physiology. She chaperones women back to their true nature using a psycho-biological approach that is grounded in the wisdom of their own bodies. Niecia believes that robust fertility, abundant energy, and embracing of motherhood are all birth rights for every woman. That belief shepherded her through her own dance with burnout, diet culture, and complex PTSD, and landed her in her body for the first time in her adult life. Since then, she has dedicated her time to understanding how our relationships with nature, nutrition and minerals influence and direct our psychology and perception of the world around us. Niecia’s offerings are a rare pairing of psychology and bioenergetics, drawing on both her diverse professional background and her eternal studies at the feet of the universe.

 

Niecia's offering:

"Every woman is born into a body which becomes their physical house for the rest of their lives. If we want to ground down into our potential, we must tend to our house at the roots. Eat To Go Deep is a rich nutrition and physiology program that guides you to prepare your body and mind to receive deeper threads of expansion - whether that is spiritual work, nervous system re-patterning, womb work, unwinding of complex trauma, or even receiving abundance . We touch on everything from minerals, to eating for your latitude, to what nervous system practices are appropriate for what bioenergetic patterns (hormonal imbalances etc), to how food changes your psychology, and so much more. 

Eat To Go Deep is the course I needed during my biggest transformations, but couldn't find, and it ties together the most important aspects of my work: food, energy, nature, psychology, bioenergetics."

Find more here: www.eattogodeep.com

Listeners can receive $55 off with code: WISEWOMAN 

 

 

Learning to Trust the Body Through Miscarriage & Birth | Katelyn’s Story

When we don't trust, we want to control. This is the crux of what Katelyn had to learn through a hard miscarriage, a traumatic hospital birth, and a homebirth with her second daughter. Katelyn tells her story from the place of the most power: radical responsibility. 

The Body Reflects the Emotional Conflicts in Life

German New Medicine | I have shed the belief that body symptoms are wrong or stupid, or that you can eat perfect and have no body symptoms. I have learned the basics of German New Medicine, which has freed my mind and body from the fear of gluten, sugar, seed oils, germs, and cancer! I discovered how my "seasonal allergies" were an intelligent adaptation of my body, reversing my victim mentality to Peace.

Listen to this episode if you want TRUE FREEDOM from Fear!

I highly recommend listening to any podcasts with Dr Melissa Sell. Her knowledge on German New Medicine is profound. 

Email me at wisewomendiaries@gmail.com if you have an amazing German New Medicine healing story you would love to share on the podcast!

Do We Show Up for Others in Love Only When it’s Convenient for Us?

The two big topics I am talking about this month:

Are a difference of values the cause of friction in relationships? 

Do we only show up and love people when its convenient for us? 

Radical Honesty: Do you Secretly Enjoy the Pain in Your Life?

I was introduced to the concept of Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott and it blew my mind. The truth is, most of us secretly benefit from the pain and suffering in our life, we're just not aware and not willing to be honesty about it. For example: if we are chronically sick, we are probably filling the emotional need of love, attention, and being cared for, so in all honesty, being sick, brings us many benefits. In this episode I discuss the shadow work I have been doing and sharing the insights, like... how could I be benefiting from "infertility?" I discovered that I actually do benefit! I also discuss how what we desire we also fear and that we all have thresholds, "ceilings" on how much money we think is appropriate to make.

 

Please email wisewomendiaries@gmail.com if you have a "kink story" you would love to share on this podcast!

The Realities of IVF No One Talks About | Andrea’s Story

The successes of IVF are common stories, but no one talks about the possibility of  constant heartbreak in the journey of IVF, the consequences of the hormone drugs, and the dark side of the fertility business. Andrea shares with us her fertility journey- how she faced her victimhood and blossomed into a more trusting, heart-centered woman through it all. 

She credits working with Patty Markham Peterson (my mom!) to shift out of victim mindset and into a grander, spiritual perspective that helped her anchor into Peace. (instagram @pattymarkhampeterson)

Please email wisewomendiaries@gmail.com if you want to share your own story of the dark realities of the medical fertility business or if you experienced fertility issues and were able to shed a victim mindset.

A Pharmacist’s Unassisted Homebirth | Holly’s Story

Holly is a pharmacist in the System but has so much awareness and wisdom. She shares her story of a repressed childhood memory of a doctor touching her without consent, her two unmedicated hospital birth stories and an unassisted birth at home. After her homebirth, she chose to bring her baby to the hospital because of a medical need and details the harrowing experience of fighting for the respect of her baby and navigating intuition in a place where everything is fear mongered. She learned how to fully advocate for herself and her baby while health professionals were bullying and disrespecting her.

Holly is on instagram at @womensinstincts

Postpartum Awakening into Motherhood | Cynthia’s Story

Cynthia shares her story of the postpartum underworld after the birth of her first child, which includes a unique experience with postpartum psychosis... her spiritual awakening. A "bipolar diagnosis" in her 20's set her on a quest of becoming a student to health and fitness with the goal of not taking medication, but then the surprise pregnancy with her daughter was the catalyst for her accelerated spiritual growth. Cynthia could have become a victim to a "diagnosis" and could have stayed on meds for her entire life..... but she didn't. Instead she took responsibility for her health, her life, and motherhood, and now she thrives as a wise, mature mother... and I am lucky enough to have her in my life. 

Cynthia has offerings for women (especially mother's), in person, or online. Her instagram is @cynthiaspenla, her website is www.cynthiaspenla.com

Note: We mention Dr Kelly Brogan a few times in this podcast. Cynthia and I both love to learn from Kelly (her podcast is Reclamation Radio). Dr Kelly Brogan was a normal psychiatrist that prescribed anti-depressants to pregnant women until she learned the truth of science literature. She wrote a few books about the myths of big pharma meds and now dedicates her life to helping people NOT take these meds and take responsibility for their lives through a holistic lens of health. 

A Doctor’s Homebirth & Miscarriage Without the Medical System | Sarah’s Story

Sarah is my hilarious, dear friend, who is a doctor (veterinarian) and a first time mom. She shares with us her story of homebirth with her first daughter, contemplating freebirth, lessons in the first year as a new mom, miscarrying at home, and the hard mental complexities of pregnancy after a loss. I love Sarah's raw honesty so so so much.