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Being a surrogate is a selfless and noble act but it's also complicated and emotional. Add in religious considerations pregnancy loss and everything is heightened almost beyond measure. In this week's episode, Raquel and Jennifer speak with guest Kelila Green Siciliano about her decision to become a surrogate and the journey that has grown from that decision.

Kelila Green Siciliano is a mom, a surrogate, a pregnancy loss survivor, the founder of OursAndYRS: A Pregnancy Loss Survival Toolkit, a speaker, the host of the podcast, “Pushing Through Loss”, and a coach. Kelila speaks about her experience with surrogacy and pregnancy loss, creating her loss survival toolkit, and how she learned to use personal challenges to work with and not against her in order to help others feel empowered to activate their own inner strength warrior.

Where to find Kelila:
Website: https://www.kelilagreenspeaker.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oursandyrs/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelila.green
Podcast: Pushing Through Loss

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We're talking about anger in this week's episode. Given the state of the world it's no wonder that anger is a repeat topic of conversation. Listen in as we speak with guest Bronwyn Schweigerdt about anger and what it might be trying to tell us.

Browyn Schweigerdt may be the most evocative psychotherapist you’ve ever heard. Instead of fixing peoples’ messes, her goal is to elicit feelings you’re most ashamed to have, such as hatred and betrayal. She knows that even though feelings are invisible, they don’t evaporate, but store away in our bodies when they’re disowned.

Where to find Bronwyn:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-schweigerdt-3124857/
Podcast: https://angryattherightthings.podbean.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555715646671, https://www.facebook.com/bronwyn.schweigerdt

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In this week's episode, Raquel and Jennifer speak with guest Cait West about her new book, Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy, which chronicles her upbringing in the world of ultra-conservative, high control, patriarchal religion. The discussion touches on how things started to shift for Cait, how she left, what her life is like now, and how she's helping others looking to break away.

Cait West is a writer and editor based in Grand Rapids, MI. Her work has been published in The Revealer, Religion Dispatches, Fourth Genre, and Hawai’i Pacific Review, among others. As a survivor of Christian patriarchy movement, she serves on the editorial board for Tears of Eden, a nonprofit providing resources for survivors of spiritual abuse. Cait also cohosts the podcast Survivors Discuss.

Where to find Cait West:
Website: https://www.caitwest.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caitwestwrites/
Substack: https://caitwest.substack.com/
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/caitwestwrites

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