pregnancy

Dec
19
Empowered Birth Planning Tips: Expert Insights with Hays The Doula

Empowered Birth Planning Tips: Expert Insights with Hays The Doula

Learn how to feel more empowered and informed so you can have the birth and postpartum experience that leaves you feeling capable and proud.
1 min read
Dec
14
2023 Intentional Holiday Gift Guide

2023 Intentional Holiday Gift Guide

Here’s my super simple and intentional gift guide that is low-clutter for your friends who also don’t want excess stuff in their homes. Consumables are ALWAYS a great idea, because you know they will be enjoyed and not create any excess clutter when they’re used up.
5 min read
Oct
23
A Conversation with Dr. Berlin: Enhancing Birth and Postpartum Through Bodywork, Nervous System Regulation, and Informed Choices

A Conversation with Dr. Berlin: Enhancing Birth and Postpartum Through Bodywork, Nervous System Regulation, and Informed Choices

On today’s podcast, I chat with Dr. Berlin about his work as a bodyworker, advocate for informed choice, and how he helps his clients feel more settled in their nervous systems so they can have the best birth experience and postpartum recovery possible.
1 min read
Sep
16
Mini Series #2: Favorite Resources for Pregnancy

Mini Series #2: Favorite Resources for Pregnancy

Part Two in a mini series where I go through my top recommended resources for pregnancy. Don’t let the abundance of resources in the world overwhelm you! Know that everything I recommend I’ve either tested myself or seen to work well in my 9+ years of work with clients.
2 min read
Aug
10
Mini Series #1: Favorite Resources for Preconception

Mini Series #1: Favorite Resources for Preconception

Part 1 in a mini series where I go through my top recommended resources for preconception. Don’t let the abundance of resources in the world overwhelm you! Know that everything I recommend I’ve either tested myself or seen to work well in my 9+ years of work with clients.
1 min read
Jun
29
Lily Nichols on Fueling Fertility: Demystifying Preconception Nutrition with Real Food

Lily Nichols on Fueling Fertility: Demystifying Preconception Nutrition with Real Food

On this episode I chat with Lily Nichols about preconception nutrition, how the common recommendations are outdated and even potentially harmful, and we take a deeper look at folate and how folic acid supplementation isn’t all it’s chalked up to be.
1 min read
Dec
06
How to Prepare for Birth: Why It’s A Mental Game

How to Prepare for Birth: Why It’s A Mental Game

We know there is a tight connection between the mind and the body. Tension in one will bring tension to the other. Similarly, relaxed openness in one will bring relaxed openness in the other. So, when we only prepare ourselves physically, we are missing half of the equation!
4 min read