Treska Stein, Dream Tender, Breathwork teacher & founder of Sheepä hides, shares how she  regulates her nervous system, how to explore your dream world to reveal subconscious guidance, and how important our outer environment is in keeping us connected. We loved hearing about her childhood growing up in the high desert and the simple breathwork techniques we can use to help us return home to ourselves. Treska empowers us to embrace our inner imperfectionist - Amen sister.

Topics We Discuss: 

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• Breathwork
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• Dream Tending
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• Decluttering
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In the Episode, We Learn:

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• She was born in Germany and moved to Taos, New Mexico when she was four.
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• She started to explore breathwork when she couldn’t get relief from her anxiety.
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• About nervous system regulation and the vagus nerve.
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• Anxiety is often the experience of not feeling a suppressed emotion.
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• The different breathwork techniques that she loves to use in her practice.
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• Why she’s a big fan of gradualism in breathwork.
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• Why she loves sighing and yawning when trying to downregulate your system.
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• How she found dream tending.
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• During a dream tending session, she gets curious with you around what your unconscious might be communicating to you through a dream.
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• How dream tending can bring you an insight into what you need to process emotionally.
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• What recurring dreams mean.
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• About her program, Decluttering from the Inside Out, which includes a financial wellness coach and a space alchemist.
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• How she practices intentional sparseness in her home space.
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• About her natural and ethical sheepskin company, Sheepä hides.
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Resources:

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• Connect with Paige on IG @treska___stein
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• Sister Sister website
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• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana
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• Sheepä hides
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Affiliates:

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• OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare
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• Living Libations organic and wildcrafted
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The episode we have all been waiting for is here! Lindsay shares all the incredible and hilarious details of Pfeiffer’s home birth! We love hearing about Lindsay’s transcendent, out of body experience that she likens to Bruce Almighty meeting God for the first time. Hah! We are in awe of Lindsay’s strength as she recounts the moments that challenged her and changed her forever. We are so excited to share Lindsay’s journey of bringing Pfeiffer Earth side.

Topics We Discuss: 

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• Labor
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• Birth
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• Postpartum
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In the Episode, Lindsay shares:

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• Her experience with her water breaking.
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• How her doula got her to start dancing in between contractions.
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• That even though she didn’t use hypnobirthing during her labor, it helped prepare her mindset for labor.
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• How she felt like Bruce Almighty when he met God.
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• She felt completely calm and quiet inside her body.
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• That she actually didn’t feel grounded in the tub, which was not what she expected.
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• From 2am-6am, she felt like she completely lost any concept of time and had an out of body, transcendent experience.
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• As the sun started to rise, that is when everything started to pick up again.
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• The mind game that was happening during the pushing process.
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• Pfeiffer passed meconium as she came out and had to go to the hospital.
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• Her postpartum experience with blood clots and bleeding.
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• She has a whole new respect for the strength and intelligence that her body has.
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• There is nothing she would do differently and credits vocalizing along the waves of contractions as the greatest tool she had.
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Resources:

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• Lindsay’s IG
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• Australian Birth Stories podcast and IG
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• Doing it at Home podcast
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• Happy Home Birth podcast
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• Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy podcast
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• Evidence Based Birth podcast
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• Down to Birth podcast
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• The Birth Hour podcast
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• Conception and Pregnancy Coach Kate Caddle
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• Eva Rose Birth IG
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• The Naked Doula IG
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• Spirit Babies by Walter Makichen
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• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
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• Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
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Affiliates:

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• OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare
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• Living Libations organic and wildcrafted
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Paige Patterson, actor and postpartum doula, reflects on the highs and lows of her journey navigating an artistic career and how postpartum work has transformed her life. We loved connecting the patterns of how she was showing up in the world when she was met with “success,” and what she has learned from the darker times in her life. Paige’s passionate focus on being in love with all cycles of life and embracing her unique ways of living feels like a message we all needed to hear. 

Topics We Discuss: 

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• Acting
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• Postpartum Doula 
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• Receptivity
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In the Episode, We Learn:

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• She became deeply obsessed with theater in highschool, studied it in undergrad, and then went on to get her MFA at Columbia University.
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• About her immersive experience applying and auditioning for the MFA program at Columbia.
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• She met her husband and best friends while living in New York.
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• She got signed with Paradigm and a great management company right out of college.
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• How the casting directors in New York really coached her at the start of her career.
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• About her years-long lesson of enjoying her wins in the moment and not focusing on what is next.
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• The reckoning she had after coming off of a 14 episode run and not booking for 3 years.
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• How she checks in with herself to step into her own power and pleasure.
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• About her beautiful mentorship experience with Birdsong Brooklyn.
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• How she discovered her unique offer to the world as a human and as a doula.
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• About her postpartum doula offering, which includes day shifts, overnight shifts, and planning calls.
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• The importance of sacred boundaries.
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• After birth you have to give yourself space to heal: “Ideally 2 weeks in bed, 2 weeks by the bed.”
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• The importance of giving yourself permission to grieve your old life - give yourself space to have two contradictory feelings like grief and gratitude.
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• How she is focusing on being in love with her life as it is now.
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• Some tips on how to help your body complete cycles and restore your nervous system.
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Resources:

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• Connect with Paige on IG @paigeisapeach
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• Birdsong Brooklyn mentorship program
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• Skyting Yoga
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• Davie-Blue (Somatics)
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• The Twelfth House podcast from Holisticism
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• The first 40 Days by Harry N. Abrams
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• Awakening Fertility by Harry N. Abrams
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Affiliates:

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• OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare
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• Living Libations organic and wildcrafted
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