Magamama With Kimberly Ann Johnson: Sex, Birth And Motherhood
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Cutting-edge, pioneering conversations on holistic women's health, including sex, birth, motherhood, womanhood, intimacy and trauma with doula, certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and author of The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson.
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74: Steve Hoskinson on Creating Resiliency, Ending Trauma, and Orienting Towards Pleasure
21/06/2019 Duración: 01h05minSteve Hoskinson was one of my Somatic Experiencing teachers and has since gone on to found Organic Intelligence. He hosts The End of Trauma podcast and has made democratizing nervous system information his mission. What Steve Shares: Seeing our humanness through the map of complexity science The importance of joy and pleasure in growth Information on his End of Trauma course The difference between Somatic Experiencing and Organic Intelligence What You’ll Hear: Discerning between ‘natural’ and ‘moral’ in our decision making Being empowered in your choices through knowledge Understanding that your physical body may perceive experiences differently than your thinking brain Respecting your intensity thresholds at any given time Using Complexity Science to understand the three phases of complex systems, such as our nervous system The nature of our biology requires us to build resiliency through pleasure and safety Orienting to your surroundings catalyzes s
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73: Katie Silcox of the Shakti School on the Winding Yogini Path- Questioning, Disillusionment, Redefinition and Reclamation
15/06/2019 Duración: 52minKatie Silcox is a yoga instructor and Ayurveda instructor who studied with world renowned teachers and became disillusioned by some of what she experienced in the yoga world. Her experiences allowed her to become more discerning and offer her students safety and freedom in their own practice. What Katie Shares: When the yoga she was doing wasn’t working anymore [9:25] She wanted to break up with yoga the same month she was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal [11:08] How she learned balance the horizontal vs. vertical relationships of teacher to student by holding space and owning leadership [18:25] Yoga as having your worldview superimposed through a yoga practice [22:00] Shakti needs a structure for which to flow [24:00] How to trust your body to naturally go where it wants to be [33:38] Her current form of practice [34:20] What happens when women abdicate power to a male authority [39:06] What You'll Hear: First level of Polyvagal theory: belonging and safety vs. herd mentality The Me Too movement in
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EP72: Levina and Caleb on Sex Journaling, The Power of Communication, and Slowing Down for Connection
07/06/2019 Duración: 57minSummary:. Levina and Caleb have been journaling together about their sex life for nearly a year. They quickly discovered that creating this intimate and authentic space allowed them to learn more about themselves and each other, both within and outside of sex. They’ve been able to unearth and heal old dynamics, foster curiosity and communication, and continue building an electric sex life. Resources: https://asexjournal.com @asexjournal What They Share: Their dating history and how they created their sex journal How journaling allowed them to uncover new knowledge about themselves How journaling has impacted other couples What You’ll Hear: Journaling and documenting in times of joy and connection Building a space to curious and communicative with both yourself and your partner Creating space in your partnership for ongoing conversations and evolution Recognizing that shared experiences can be different for each person Building a foundation of understanding and com
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EP71: Sabia Wade, the Black Doula, on Birthwork, Activism, Privilege and Full Spectrum Doula Care
30/05/2019 Duración: 01h06minSabia Wade began her birth work with incarcerated people. A full spectrum doula, she is an educator, doula trainer and activist. She says there's no separating activism and birthwork and wants all people to have access to care. She is the founder of For the Village, a non-profit setting out to address disparities in birth and provide community for birthworkers.
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EP70: Gia Lynne on Pleasure-Positive Comprehensive Sex Education for Teens
21/05/2019 Duración: 44minWhat Gia Shares: How her positive experience receiving sex education from her parents informed her path Differences between sensuality and sexuality What's essential for parents to know Her favorite part of her book What You’ll Hear: Defining your reality through language Approaching sex through sense-based experiences Building relationships on the foundation of friendship Teaching youth about the pleasures of sex so that they are able to be more at home and embodied in their sexual relationships Doing self work around sexuality and shame to raise healthier kids The importance of prioritizing your own erotic life Modeling pleasure for your kids Giving kids tools, information, and practice around consent and touch The difference between be taught how to say ‘no’ and learning to negotiate preferences The importance of entering sexual encounters with goal as the primary intention Supporting your children by maintaining familial and c
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*69: MotherCircle-- 5 Women Share their Experiences
03/05/2019 Duración: 01h13minFive very different women share their experiences in MotherCircle: a monthlong dive into the physical, emotional, psychological, relational, sexual and spiritual shifts of becoming a mother.
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EP68: Azita Nahai on Transforming Pain into Purpose, Navigating Spiritual Practice as a Mother, and Healing Trauma Somatically
01/05/2019 Duración: 01h02minWhat Azita Shares: Her own experience with trauma and how it shaped her personal and professional path How she received support to leave her abuser and begin treatment for her trauma How motherhood uprooted her sense of control Her fertility and birth journey What You’ll Hear: Understanding that relational abuse and trauma can take many different forms Finding the permission to be kind and compassionate to yourself Listening to the body’s experience to finally find healing Becoming an active participant in your healing Giving grief time and space, without allowing it to take over forever Navigating recovery while mothering Softening into self compassion for mothering The importance of pausing and allowing inner wisdom to speak Navigating sexual trauma while trying to become pregnant The difference between processing trauma somatically and intellectually Finding time and space to process while caring for a child Allowing your spiritual practice to evol
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EP67: Kendra Cunov on Relating Authentically, Single Motherhood, and the Sacred Masculine
25/04/2019 Duración: 01h03minWhat Kendra Shares: Her realization that there is no mythical ‘daddy’ figure that she missed out on The parts of single parenting that work really well for her The parts of her pregnancies that brought forward wisdom What You’ll Hear: Allowing the relationships in your life to be what they are, without searching for perfection When we relate to others as whole human being with histories, bodies, and experiences, we can approach relationships more fully Allowing the people in our lives to shine in their strengths Honoring what you’re really good at, while also expanding into new areas and roles Examining how to embody our power as women Holding the role of teacher while also continuing to empower others on their own inner authority Sometimes opening ourselves to our own inner wisdom takes removing the obligation to follow it The authentic power that can come from following your inner wisdom rather than social conditioning Taking your own wellbeing
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EP66: Alexandra Sacks on Preparing for Matrescence and Preventing Postpartum Depression
18/04/2019 Duración: 38minWhat She Shares: The history of women and psychiatry How some medical research data is currently being safely collected on pregnant women Her intention for her new book to be a preventative guidebook to reduce postpartum depression How her new podcast is intended for maternal health and support What You’ll Hear: How the scare around Thalidomide affected research into women’s mental health for decades to come. Opening research to include women’s health finally showed that men and women’s health needs often differ The laws that aimed to reduce gender and racial discrimination in medical research A brief discussion on the FDA approved medication for postpartum depression Embarking on research into the causes of and prevention of postpartum depression Making preparations and front loading investments to avoid PPMADs Addressing diseases through the a bio-psycho-social model and a preventative lens Being aware of a biological predisposition towards depr
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EP65: Rachelle Garcia Seliga on Healing Ancestral Grief, Blood Memory, and the Life Force That is Community
09/04/2019 Duración: 01h03minRachelle Garcia Seliga, founder of Innate Traditions, http://www.innatetraditions.com/ancestral-grief/, shares: What is ancestral grief and how is it showing up postpartum Defining and finding community support as if your life depends on it, because it does How she found her life partner New forms, new paradigms, and new models in partnership and business Her personal story of financial health and transformation, how financial need and breadwinning has not allowed her to hide, and insisted she give her gifts.
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64 *Forging A Feminine Path Roundtable- Women Speak!
30/03/2019 Duración: 01h15minFive women share their stories about what changed for them after taking the Forging a Feminine Path course. All of the women mention that understanding women's arousal was groundbreaking for them. Molly Coeling (pronounced Cooling) was able to claim her sexuality for herself, and claim the essence of who she is, through the course. She also found that the course helped her with communication all over the board -- with her mother, with people across party lines. Amy Daniels talks about how the course helped her land back in her body, and helped her work through shame instead of repressing it. Her capacity for pleasure increased, she was able to slow down and create ritual to create more pleasure in her life and honor her body. Maggie Gelineau was able to honor her stories, and be able to share herself more fully with her husband. The course strengthened her relationship. She had an amazing OBGYN appt after the women's arousal class -- she was able to have a healing, present and compassionate experienc
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EP63: Healing Prolapse without Surgery with Kimberly Ann Johnson
25/03/2019 Duración: 30minIt's possible to heal prolapse and not just "manage the symptoms." Prolapse is an increasingly common outcome of birth and postpartum practices. To work with prolapse, you need to understand the contributing factors. In this episode, Kimberly breaks down how to figure out what's contributing to your prolapse and how to deal with it.
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EP62: Jenna Furnari on Ayurvedic Postpartum Care for Long Term Health
22/03/2019 Duración: 54minJenna Furnari works as an Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula in the greater Los Angeles area. She offers phone consultations for families living elsewhere. Jenna hosts an online course to train other doulas, and also offers in-person trainings on Abhyanga, a grounding and gentle bodywork. “The first six weeks after birth really are the foundation behind the way she’s going to show up as a human being, as a mother, as a woman.” “Birth is going to take everything and beyond that out of her. I know that you want to provide this child with every opportunity in the world; and, in order to do that, you and your partner really need to be on the same page at being strong and healthy. In order to get to that really strong and healthy place, she needs to have the care and support to get her there. She’s on going to be able to do it on her own.” Resources: www.jennafurnari.com What She Shares: · How she became a postpartum-specific Ayurvedic practitioner · How her care services are structured · How mothers’ exp
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EP61: Brooke McNamara on the Poetry of Reality and Mothering as Activism
01/03/2019 Duración: 49minWhat She Shares: How the birth of her son was a psycho-spiritual death experience The rich depth of her postpartum experiences Practicing as a Zen Monk AND parenting About her new course “Write to the Heart of Motherhood” What You’ll Hear: Recognizing when you need to surrender, and when you need to stand in your strength Expanding your boundaries to build resiliency Feeling the pain of childbirth as power Pushing yourself out of love, not punishment Birth and postpartum as a rite of passage, and incorporating afterward Re-integrating with society at a new level after a rite of passage Sharing your learning with your community Viewing the interruptions of life as life itself Committing to what resources you Allowing space for creativity and inspiration to come organically Finding ways to interrupt your habits and inner critic Harvesting what is already happening in your mothering Brooke McNamara is a professor at Naropa Univer
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EP60: Dr. Claudia Welch on the Medicine of Subtraction and Balancing Your Hormones
16/02/2019 Duración: 58minWhat Dr. Claudia Shares: Why the title of her book is actually backwards Her “aha!” moment when she was studying hormones The difference between sex hormones and stress hormones How our spiritual and emotional choices reverberate through our physical bodies What You’ll Hear: Understanding that your hormones don’t become imbalanced in a vacuum How Western and Eastern medicines support each other to better understand our hormones Viewing hormonal functions through the lens of duality Hormones govern extremes in the body Understanding why imbalances between sex and stress hormones occur Learning how to decrease stress hormones through lifestyle changes Striving for the sweet spot of balance between yin and yang Learning your own body to understand when it needs more rest versus stimulation Why women in their late 30’s and beyond require more rest Becoming hormonally rearranged in menopause Learning to balance external stressors to supp
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EP59: Christine Caldwell on Bodyfulness, Interconnectedness and Somatics
01/02/2019 Duración: 54minWhat Christine Shares: Her activism centered around the bodylessness present in our culture Translating your physical experience to your social interactions How embracing inquiry and challenges can support your well being How her understanding of the immune system impacted how she runs her psychotherapy practice What You’ll Hear: Incorporating somatic work in your daily life for nervous system health Coming to a practice from pressure, pleasure, or inquiry, and how those may affect your practice How a practice changes when you come with some form of self-regulation Integrating mental and physical processes Respecting the 12 different systems in the body as inherently important in their own right Learning to listen to all systems in the body so that you get a fuller picture of your self and your health Approaching the body from a community organizing standpoint with a non-hierarchical approach Creating space for range and nuance rather than a stark
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EP58: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign, Fertility, and Holistic Reproductive Health
25/01/2019 Duración: 01h09minWhat Lisa Shares: Her journey to understanding female fertility more fully after receiving incorrect information in school How to determine when you’re actually fertile The biology of the menstrual cycle and how different birth controls alter this The importance of male fertility in conception and how to boost male fertility What You’ll Hear: The recent expansion of scientific literature to more fully include the female body Learning about the biology and physiology of the female body and basing health decisions on science The hormonal cycle is intertwined with the rest of your biology Embracing your body through the lens of pleasure rather than fear Developing personal agency around your fertility decisions The difference between the rhythm method and fertility awareness The importance of familiarizing yourself with cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervical positioning The difference between pre-ovulatory and post-ovulatory mucus
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EP57: Bari Tessler Linden on Healing Your Money Story and Learning to Earn More
22/01/2019 Duración: 01h07minWhat Bari Shares: Her journey into perimenopause Learning to lose her shame around money Living through the ebbs and flows of income The phases she guides you through in her year-long money school What You’ll Hear: Responding to the body’s needs through intuitive eating and nourishing movement Respecting the natural ebbs and flows of energy Allowing yourself to expand your financial goals and comfort Moving beyond your current money ceilings Riding the wave of change in life Allowing for financial lulls in order to attend to other important needs Applying the principle of ebbs and flows to money Balancing parenting with earning, and understanding your worth Allowing parenting young children to be the transition it is Working through money koans Feelings of fight, flight, and freeze during financial stress Defining your version of financial sustainability Including future financial needs in your vision The importance o
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Ep56: Tobin Zivon on Authentic Relating in the Age of #Metoo, Open Relating, Polyamory and Meeting a Partner
17/01/2019 Duración: 01h11minWhat He Shares: Some of the golden rules of healthy relating The important ingredients to a flourishing relationship How to reduce drama in your relationship, regardless of structure His shift from ‘doing’ to ‘being’ What You’ll Hear: Moving into authenticity and vulnerability to allow a genuine unfolding within a relationship Discerning when to be vulnerable and when to respect your communication boundaries Finding the living sweet spot of authenticity, vulnerability, and being transparent within each relationship Having ruthless self-awareness toward yourself and your conditioning Following the truth of your heart in your relationship structure Discovering alignment, or not, with your partner Ways to proceed with changes in your relationship dynamic Celebrating your partner in their fullness Healing your attachment styles, wounding, and imprints to have less drama in a relationship Expanding beyond the paradigm of dichotomy Showin
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EP55: Brigit Viksnins on Repairing Relational Ruptures, Re-wilding for Resiliency, Following the Wisdom of the Animal Body
04/01/2019 Duración: 01h05minBrigit is a licensed massage therapist, craniosacral practitioner, a trauma resolution therapist, and believes deeply in the magic of life and the wild wisdom of the body. She especially loves to work with people on boundary repair and stabilization. What She Shares: Sensing your own boundaries for invasions and working towards repair Working with imprints from our own conception and birth to find systemic healing Embracing your family dynamic to foster personal expansion Offering safe attachment with others through secure attachment with one’s self What You’ll Hear: Discovering what in your system is an imprint from trauma or overwhelming experiences Your individual blueprint and its potential for growth Healing imprints so that you can flourish Physical imprints from our own births and how they continue to manifest How relational ruptures with your parent can imprint into your core Honoring lost infants to help create closure and healing for other childre