Meet Deborah Binun, a psychotherapist, birth educator, and author, who conducted the first piece of detailed research worldwide on primary to phobia, the pathological fear of childbirth. She's also the author of my favorite childbirth resource ever, the Missing Peace in Childbirth , which focuses on sharing the three principles. A profound psychological paradigm enabling clients to see their birth and indeed their whole life from an entirely new perspective. With this perspective comes freedom o...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Meet Jamie Mossay, who has been serving the San Diego community as a bodyworker and massage therapist for 20 years, specializing in pregnant families. She's the creator of the DANCES approach to prenatal bodywork and Birthing From Within's Touch From Within course, and co-author and illustrator of the book The Breech Release: Opening Pathways for Midwifery and Prenatal Bodywork. Her approach to birth support and her own spiritual path transformed utterly when she discovered Birthing From Within®...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Today, it's just me! I'm here with a special surprise for you, an exclusive preview of my Signature Webinar: Preparing for a Smooth Postpartum . Today's episode comes directly to you from my last live webinar - we'll break down what is going on emotionally in the postpartum time, and the adjustments we should take into consideration. We also discuss Baby Blues, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and how to detect them in ourselves and others. Our next LIVE webinar is June 20 @ 7:30pm - click ...
Jun 01, 2023•35 min
Meet Roni Zelivinski, an Israeli born Russian Jewish lover of all things local, seasonal, sparkly, and holy. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a background in Out of Hospital Birth. She has worked with families, children, and women for over a decade as a doula, yoga teacher, infant massage instructor and nurse. She is committed to helping women reclaim their hormonal, physical, spiritual and sexual wellness through root cause healing and integrative medicine. She believes that every individu...
May 18, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Meet Amanda Palmeiro, a singer and mother in the DC area. After years of infertility, she now has a beautiful 11 month old daughter, Lucy, who took a while to get here, but was well worth the wait! Today, we’ll hear the story of her and her partner’s fertility journey. A brief content warning, we will be discussing fertility struggles, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, and IVF. If you sense that these topics may be triggering for you, please do what you need to do to exercise self-compassion, even...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Meet Caroline O'Neill, who became a massage therapist in 2007 and through her Prenatal Massage training, fell in love with prenatal care. Having experienced many pregnancies myself, I understand the benefits massage can bring. After her own fertility heartbreak, Fertility Massage became near and dear to her heart, and she strives to help women achieve the dream of becoming a mother. She will meet you where you are and support you through your process. In addition to fertility massage, she also o...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Meet Allison Coleman, a Toddler-Mom from Baltimore Maryland and Owner of Joey For Roo - a baby apparel brand dedicated to supporting and encouraging newly postpartum parents. The creation of Joey For Roo stemmed from Allison’s own experience with Postpartum Depression and OCD. In this interview, she shares her story, launching us into a discussion about Perinatal Mental Health and the state of Maternal Healthcare in the United States of America. Links: www.joeyforroo.com (Instagram and Facebook:...
Mar 16, 2023•54 min
Meet Dr. Erica Statman, owner and chief physician of Maimonides Chiropractic. Since 1998, she has always embraced family care and particularly enjoys caring for children and pregnant women. She specializes in pediatrics, pre-natal chiropractic care, post-partum chiropractic care, newborn evaluation and management. Her chiropractic techniques include Thompson, Diversified, Activator, Upper Cervical Specific, Sacro-Occipital Technique, Craniosacral Therapy, Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), and Tot...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Meet Lauren Bacon Smith (She/her) is 36 years old and a Northern Virginia Native currently living in Springfield, VA with her Aussie husband Lindsay, son Cameron and dog Sheila. She works full time as the Chief People Officer at a tech start up that focuses on hiring people with disabilities. Lauren is a self proclaimed birth nerd and is extremely passionate about birthing people being educated and empowered to advocate for themselves to have a positive birth experience. Today, she is joined by ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Meet Lauren Bacon Smith (She/her) is 36 years old and a Northern Virginia Native currently living in Springfield, VA with her Aussie husband Lindsay, son Cameron and dog Sheila. She works full time as the Chief People Officer at a tech start up that focuses on hiring people with disabilities. Lauren is a self proclaimed birth nerd and is extremely passionate about birthing people being educated and empowered to advocate for themselves to have a positive birth experience. Today, she is joined by ...
Feb 02, 2023•52 min
Tracy Donegan is a hospital trained midwife, lactation educator and birth doula, who enjoys working closely with parents to help them have the safest, healthiest positive experience possible no matter what kind of birth they’re planning. She has two boys and resides in Round Rock, TX, but she hails originally from Ireland, where she started the nation’s first professional doula service. She is the Founder of GentleBirth, the pregnancy brain training App and program for birth, that will build you...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Meet Tracy Donegan, a hospital trained midwife, lactation educator and birth doula, who enjoys working closely with parents to help them have the safest, healthiest positive experience possible no matter what kind of birth they’re planning. She has two boys and resides in Round Rock, TX, but she hails originally from Ireland, where she started the nation’s first professional doula service. She is the Founder of GentleBirth, the pregnancy brain training App and program for birth, that will build ...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 1
We made it! Welcome to the final episode of Season 2 of the Our Village Circle Podcast. If you joined us last time, you heard the story of my second pregnancy and early labor, leading up to our arrival at the freestanding birth center we chose to receive our care from. Today, we continue with the birth story of my youngest son Allen (who will be turning one very soon), and our postpartum experience under the care of Midwives. Today's episode is sponsored by Willow Pump and Kindred Bravely . ****...
Jun 09, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 12
It’s finally here! Coming up on my youngest son’s first birthday, I’m so excited to finally share with you all the story of my second pregnancy and birth. As most of you know, I was pregnant with him as I recorded the first season of the podcast, and had him shortly after the final episode aired. Now, a year later, you get to hear about my second experience, which was worlds different in many ways. If you’d like some context for this story, you can go back to Season 1 and listen to Episodes 9 th...
May 26, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In today’s episode, we continue our discussion with Jennifer Silliman, mother and co-producer of the award winning documentary film, Dark Side of the Full Moon , which continues to change and save lives. She also hosts a podcast based off the same concept and continuing the conversation about maternal mental heath that’s certainly far from over, giving those who want to share their story a platform to do so, so others know they’re not alone. In this second half of our 2-part collaboration betwee...
May 12, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Meet Jennifer Silliman, mother and co-producer of the award winning documentary film, Dark Side of the Full Moon , which continues to change and save lives. She also hosts a podcast based off the same concept and continuing the conversation about maternal mental heath that’s certainly far from over, giving those who want to share their story a platform to do so, so others know they’re not alone. On today’s episode, Part 1 of a 2-part collaboration between our two podcasts, Jenn and I discuss the...
Apr 28, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Meet Emily Geller, an Opera Singer based in Westchester NY and Mom of two. You may recognize her story from Inside Edition, the Today Show, People Magazine, and a whole host of birth podcasts this past summer, when the news became viral of her daughter’s birth in their car on the highway after a 2.5 hour precipitous yet calm and empowering labor. Today, she sits down and chats with us about how the birth of her first baby - a planned cesarean due to lack of access to a provider comfortable with ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Meet Loghan Bazan Wright, a classical singer, cycling instructor, and Mom from Pittsburgh, PA. In today’s episode, part 2 of a 2-part series, Loghan shares with us her experience of seeking help for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety, and her climb back up from rock bottom. She reflects on what was most helpful for her, and together, we discuss cultural and societal expectations about postpartum, motherhood, and mental health. Today's episode is sponsored by Ergobaby - Click HERE to take a short ...
Mar 31, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Meet Loghan Wright, a classical singer, cycling instructor, and Mom from Pittsburgh, PA. In today’s episode, part 1 of a 2-part series, Loghan shares with us her experience of going through her first pregnancy and birth during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares with us her expectations, how her plans had to change as COVID ripped through the world, and the challenges she faced as a new parent in quarantine. Today's epsiode is sponsored by Kindred Bravely - shop HERE for 20% off your...
Mar 17, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Meet Roni Zelivinski, Certified Nurse Midwife and co-owner of Sage Midwifery PLLC, a practice dedicated to holistic and integrative home birth and health care for folks with uteruses and vaginas. In this conversation, Roni shares her background and journey towards becoming a Midwife, how her experiences as a yoga instructor influence her practice, her philosophy and values about integrative well-person care, and how her and her business partner, Samantha Sewell, practice Midwifery. This episode ...
Mar 03, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Meet Laurel and Kipyn Martin, proud mothers to Gabby (17 months). In this episode, they share their fertility journey with IUI using a sperm donor, Laurel’s battle with Hyperemesis Gravidarum throughout her pregnancy, her birth experience, and the lived experience of pregnancy and postpartum during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As with most of my interviews, their daughter was taking her nap during the interview, and shortly into our chat, woke up (as toddlers do) - so we’ll be mostly hearing from Laur...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Meet Lynden Gehling, Mom of six (including a set of spontaneous triplets) and journey coordinator for Surrogate Steps, an agency for gestational surrogates and intended parents to be matched up and create families. On this episode, Lynden shares her own journey of becoming a gestational surrogate for an international family. She will talk about what the process looked like, how she experienced pregnancy/birth/postpartum, and available resources for anyone who is considering becoming a surrogate,...
Feb 03, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In today’s conversation with Laura Emanuel, Part 2 of our two-part series, Laura talks us through all the features of her landmark app for new parents, Mothership Rising. The Mothership Rising app, available on iTunes and Google Play, provides support and encouragement to mamas by having their friends and family create a nurturing circle and sign up for days to check in on them via text. Like a meal train of emotional support, their community can create a support circle and the app will handle t...
Jan 20, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Meet Laura Emanuel, founder and CEO of Mothership Rising - an app, available on iTunes and Google Play, that provides support and encouragement to mamas by having their friends and family create a nurturing circle and sign up for days to check in on them via text. Like a meal train of emotional support, their community can create a support circle and the app will handle the signing up process. The app sends a text to the mama and the “daily support” friend with a prompt to start the conversation...
Jan 06, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Today's episode marks the final part of our 3-episode Birth Story series with host Jaely Turner. In today's story, Jaely shares her experience in the first 48 hours in the Postpartum Wing after the birth of her son, managing Newborn Hypoglycemia amid many disruptions from hospital staff which interfered with feeding, bonding, and much-needed rest. She also talks briefly about the impact this experience had on her early parenthood journey, and how it led to her doula and advocacy work for new par...
May 27, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In today’s episode, Part 2 of our three-part series, you’ll hear from our host Jaely Turner, who shares her birth experience with her first son. After being induced for Gestational Hypertension at 37 weeks and expecting a long, highly interventive process, her water broke immediately sending her into active labor which moved very quickly and was able to advocate for a low-intervention birth. Contact Jaely: Instagram: @jaelylouise and @ourvillagecircle Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourvillagecircle ...
May 13, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In today’s episode, Part 1 of a three-part series, you’ll hear from our host Jaely Turner, who shares her pregnancy journey with her first son. She talks about the care she received over the course of her pregnancy and how it prompted her to make a late-pregnancy switch to a Midwife practice at 33 weeks, right before she developed Gestational Hypertension which unexpectedly led to an early term induction of labor. Contact Jaely: Instagram: @jaelylouise and @ourvillagecircle Facebook: www.faceboo...
May 06, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Meet Susan ‘Susie’ Lewis Kavinski, a mom of two, and Command Advocate for Parenthood and Pregnancy (CAPP) for the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, where she currently works as a musician. Today, Susie takes us through how the simple act of writing a paper for her Chief Indoctrination led to the construction of a lactation room within her command, and grew into subsequent years of Advocacy within the Navy for new parents. We also discuss the culture surrounding infant feeding, the cultu...
Apr 29, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Episode 7 - Dawn Frederick Meet Dawn Frederick, a Mom, Teacher, and Musician in Virginia, who came on to share her journey through the Adoption process after battling fertility challenges. We discuss the different routes to adopting a child, the unique experiences of being an adoptive parent, and the innocent but hurtful questions and assumptions many have regarding family planning, fertility, and adoption. Links: Resource List: How to Get Started With the Adoption Process https://docs.google.co...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Meet Alexis Carter, a Mom of three, Postpartum Doula, and Owner of Mothers4Mothers - based in Northern Virginia, and dedicated to assisting new families with their adjustment to a new baby. In this episode, we discuss the importance of Postpartum Support, processing your birth story, the function of doulas, screening for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), what new parents REALLY need, and how one can be supportive of a new family in the middle of a Pandemic. Links: www.mothers4mothers...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 6
