In this episode of The Calmer Mom Podcast, host Michelle Noble chats with Selena Shelley, a licensed Mental Health Counselor and an approved trainer for "When Survivors Give Birth." With over 25 years of experience working with pregnant, birthing, and postpartum trauma survivors, Selena shares her insights into the emotional journey of motherhood and the importance of trauma-informed support during the perinatal period.

Key Takeaways:

• Empowering children and respecting their body consent is key to raising independent and confident individuals.
• While nurturing self-expression is important, setting boundaries is also crucial, as demonstrated by Selena's example about her daughter's use of makeup.
• Engaging in emotional and trauma-related work during pregnancy offers an opportunity for healing and a smoother motherhood experience.
• The metaphor of passing a baton symbolizes the important transition of care and responsibility from parent to child, which is a significant aspect of parenthood.

Homeplay:

Ask yourself: What healing do I still need to make my pregnancy, birth, and parenting experience smoother?

Resources:

The Calmer Mom Most Popular Pregnancy Quiz Yet! https://bit.ly/calmer-mom-pregnancy-quiz

Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions

Selenas’s Website: https://www.selenashelley.com

When Survivors Give Birth: https://whensurvivorsgivebirth.net/

Open Arms Perinatal Services: https://openarmsps.org/

Other Resources: https://pattch.org/

https://www.postpartum.net/

https://perinatalsupport.org/

In this episode, host Michelle Noble speaks with Diana Jyoti, hospice nurse, intuitive healer and spiritual teacher to explore the concept of receiving. As mothers, it can be easy to get caught up in the daily grind of responsibilities, leaving little room for self-reflection and inner work.

However, by opening ourselves up to vulnerability and embracing discomfort, we can tap into a deeper level of receptivity and access the resources we need to grow and heal.

In this conversation, Diana and Michelle share their own personal journeys of self-discovery and offer practical advice for moms looking to cultivate a receiving state in conception, pregnancy, and beyond. Tune in to learn how to embrace discomfort, release fear, communicate with your baby (even before they are born!), and tap into your own inner wisdom.

Key Takeaways:

• Set aside fear and choose greater possibilities: By acknowledging and setting aside our fears, we can make choices that lead to greater possibilities.
• Our children choose us: By opening our hearts, our beings and our consciousness to our babies, we add to the communion, the receiving, and the gift of the pregnancy and motherhood experience.
• Healing ourselves is critical to hearing the messages our little ones are asking to share with us. And healing requires courage, vulnerability, and support.
• Homeplay - Questions for beginning and end of life, and every relationship in between: What do you want? Where are you? How do you want this process to look? Do you even want to be in this process? What are your goals?
• Cultivate curiosity, wonderment, and listening. Embrace vulnerability and willingness to receive.
• Tap into the energy of what you would like your life to be like. It will give you a compass for making choices.
• A healthy ecosystem requires both creation and destruction: As in Nature, Motherhood can include both creation and destruction in order for the ecosystem of our lives, our bodies, and our families to thrive.
• Embrace vulnerability and willingness to receive: By embracing vulnerability and being willing to receive from everything, we can experience the gifts and resources available from others and the universe.
• Let go of control : By letting go of control, you open yourself to receiving the gifts and resources that are available, so you can discover new insights, ideas, and possibilities that can lead to great change.

Resources:

Stories of the Goddess: Divine Feminine Frequency Keepers: http://www.bit.ly/3Z8zeXE

To learn more about or schedule a session with Diana Jyoti: https://www.dianajyoti.com

The Calmer Mom Most Popular Pregnancy Quiz Yet! https://bit.ly/calmer-mom-pregnancy-quiz

Would you like to get to know your baby and talk with them even before birth? Join the Hi Baby Challenge: https://www.calmermom.solutions/hi-baby Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions

In this episode of The Calmer Mom Podcast, host Michelle Noble speaks with Dr. Allison Feldt, a women's health and pelvic floor physical therapist, about the importance of pelvic floor health for women during pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. They discuss common issues related to pelvic floor dysfunction, the benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy, and how it can even impact fertility.

What was talked about in this episode:

• The importance of pelvic floor health and how it can impact a woman's life
• Common issues related to pelvic floor dysfunction, such as incontinence and painful intercourse
• The benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy, including improved bladder and bowel control, decreased pain, and improved sexual function
• The impact of pelvic floor physical therapy on fertility, including how tight pelvic floor muscles can lead to infertility and how physical therapy can improve blood flow to reproductive organs
• Tips for finding a pelvic floor physical therapist and resources for online programs

Resources:

The Calmer Mom Most Popular Pregnancy Quiz Yet! https://bit.ly/calmer-mom-pregnancy-quiz

Dr. Allison Body Motion PT website: https://bodymotionpt.com/

The Edmonds Moms Room Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edmonds-moms-room/id1456862341

Body Motion PT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodymotionpt/

Would you like to get to know your baby and talk with them even before birth? Join the Hi Baby Challenge: https://www.calmermom.solutions/hi-baby

Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions

In this episode of The Calmer Mom Podcast, we are joined by John Ashford, an Access Consciousness® facilitator and life coach. John shares his insights on the importance of creating a loving and nurturing womb space for the emotional and energetic well-being of a child, and the role men can play in that We also discuss the impact of one's environment during pregnancy, ways to shift our own energies, and the sacredness of the divine feminine.

What was talked about in this episode:

• The importance of creating a nurturing womb space and the impact it has on a child's emotional and energetic wellbeing, and the role men can play in that.
• How our emotional state and environment during pregnancy can affect a child's development and their future relationships.
• John's work with men in the Portland program called "Soi" which helps them embrace their inner kings and support their partners during pregnancy.
• The power of self-love, forgiveness, and seeing ourselves and others as a "poem in the palm of God's hand" (Note: We got the lyric a bit wrong; it’s actually “every singe soul is a poem written on the back of God’s hand.” Apologies to Michael Franti. Thank you for all your beautiful lyrics and music. You are a poem!)

Key takeaways:

• Stop the guilt and judgment, and choose to be kind to yourself, especially during pregnancy.
• Honor yourself and your partner, and create a space of love and connection for your child.
• Embrace the concept of being a "poem in the palm of God's hand" and see how it changes your perspective and relationships.

Resources:

The Calmer Mom Most Popular Pregnancy Quiz Yet! https://bit.ly/calmer-mom-pregnancy-quiz

Visit John Ashford's website: www.beingjohnashford.com

Access Consciousness: https://accessconsciousness.com/

Shannon O’Hara: https://www.shannon-ohara.com/

Song “Every Single Soul” by Michael Franti that features the line "every single soul is a poem written on the back of God's hand"

Would you like to get to know your baby and talk with them even before birth? Join the Hi Baby Challenge: https://www.calmermom.solutions/hi-baby

Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions

In this episode, host Michelle Noble welcomes her best friend Lisa to the show. They discuss how to create greater ease in motherhood, let go of self-judgment and be true to oneself. Michelle shares how she and Lisa met and formed a strong friendship that has spanned eight years, during which they have supported each other and facilitated each other's growth.

What was talked about in this episode:

• The importance of creating greater ease in motherhood and letting go of self-judgment.
• The benefits of using the tools of Access Consciousness®, including “running bars”, to create ease and joy in life.
• The power of having a friend who has your back and supports you in being true to yourself.
• The story of how Michelle and Lisa met at the school bus stop and formed a strong friendship based on shared values and interests.
• Why putting on your “miracle goggles” versus your “problem goggles” can change your whole experience of pregnancy, birth and motherhood.

Resources:

5 Minute Quiz - What if pregnancy doesn't have to suck? https://calmermomproject.outgrow.us/pregnancy-quiz

Access Consciousness: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/ for information on running bars and other tools for creating ease and joy in life. The Clearing Statement: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/theclearingstatement

Would you like to get to know your baby and talk with them even before birth? Join the Hi Baby Challenge: https://www.calmermom.solutions/hi-baby

Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions

In the first episode of The Calmer Mom Podcast, Michelle Noble shares her journey to creating an extraordinary experience in pregnancy and motherhood. She highlights the fact that what is considered normal or usual in pregnancy, birth, and motherhood doesn't work for most women and their children. The episode is about the possibility of creating a different experience, unique to yourself and your baby, and a creation that is about communion and trusting you.

What was talked about in this episode:

• It is possible to have a greater experience in pregnancy and motherhood than is considered normal or usual, but most women are settling for less because they don’t know they have a choice .
• Looking in the usual places, such as Google and reading books, can provide information about how to have a normal or usual pregnancy, but not about creating a unique experience.
• Michelle Noble shares her background as a massage therapist, craniosacral practitioner, life coach, and energy transformation specialist working with the tools of Access Consciousness®
• Michelle shares her experience of getting pregnant and planning a home birth, but still not having the birth of her dreams.
• Michelle talks about the impact of focusing on what she did not want, instead of inviting, allowing, and being curious so she could receive and be open to having the birth of her dreams.

Resources:

5 Minute Quiz - What if pregnancy doesn't have to suck? https://calmermomproject.outgrow.us/pregnancy-quiz

Access Consciousness: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/

Would you like to get to know your baby and talk with them even before birth? Join the Hi Baby Challenge: https://www.calmermom.solutions/hi-baby

Learn more about The Calmer Mom: https://www.calmermom.solutions