Garrett was introduced to the idea of co-care from former podcast guest, Lauren Papanos, in a part two episode she recorded this year. Going into pregnancy Garrett hadn't specifically planned on co-care, but a couple important moments shifted her birth prep and birth-plan course and now for 10 weeks she's been receiving both care from an OBGYN and a midwife. Stay til the last 10 minutes to learn Garrett's biggest spiritual/energetic takeaway from this pregnancy journey (thus far!). Decklen's Bir...
Jul 17, 2025•34 min•Season 7Ep. 430
Marian, also known as "Mimi" created Mimi & Pal out of pure organizational need after her son was born and in the NICU. She found herself exclusively pumping and needed an efficient way to organize, store and transport all the pump components to and from the NICU. Today Mimi & Pal has many different breast pump bags and accessories designed for each mama's needs! From big-sis like advice to new moms, to business advice for mom-preneurs, you do not want to miss this episode! SHOP - Mimi a...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 429
After 3 years of secondary infertility, and a rough first trimester, Garrett shares all about the past 14 weeks - from the lows to the highs to ALL the travel. From the search to find her midwife, to winding up doing co-care, to the Growing with Garrett TV series with Dr. Berlin - there is so much to share! ____________________________________________________ INFORMED PREGNANCY TV + Discount: GK30 ___________________________________________________ Follow us: TikTok: @kozekozemama...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 428
Kate Davis is an influencer in the sustainability space, as well as the motherhood space. As a mother to three kiddos, she shares how other moms can cut through the noise as consumers - whether it's education on greenwashing, or sharing her up-cycling tips, or even her fashionable thrifting finds - she reminds us that we don't always need to buy new! In addition to sustainability, today's episode goes into great detail on how Kate feels about sharing her kids online, and how they feel about it t...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 427
Chicago Family Doulas is the largest doula agency in the country. Today we get to hear from Annamarie Rodney, who founded the company. From her own experience in childbirth guiding her to become a doula, to her keen eye for education and her gusto to create the Baby and birth University, to her perspective on the way we give birth and experience postpartum in the US, this episode has so many powerful insights. Anna has supported families as a doula since 2009 and is honored to provide families ...
Jun 30, 2025•59 min•Season 7Ep. 426
Kenzie Gugino is the founder of Zen with Kenz, where you can find fertility education, postpartum Care, yoga & energy healing. For this episode recording, Kenzie was pregnant and preparing for birth. As a postpartum doula, her perspective on supporting moms and families is very wise and she shared many tips on how to navigate the big life change of becoming a mama <3 Follow on IG: @zenwithkenz Work with Kenzie _________________________________________ _____________________________________...
Jun 23, 2025•55 min•Season 7Ep. 425
Tiffany Bard was inspired to create more fashionable maternity clothes during her first pregnancy. She shares all about how she built Bump City Nashville, brick by brick, into the amazing store it is today. From the early days of bringing her babies with her to personal styling appointments to now being a true community hub for mamas, Tiffany is truly an inspiration. Bump City Nashville offers best-in-class clothing brands and products curated for maternity, nursing, and postpartum. It's open 7 ...
Jun 16, 2025•53 min•Season 4Ep. 424
Sylvia Hall was looking for a better solution to her mood challenges postpartum. She went down a rabbit-hole seeking relief, not knowing that she’d not only find relief, but a new business venture, bringing mood boosting probiotics to the masses. Sylvia is very spiritual and creative; she shares about her prior entrepreneurial endeavors that gave her the courage and grit to build Lifted Naturals. Today she runs the company with her husband, Tim Hall, and we get to hear all about how they balance...
Jun 09, 2025•59 min•Season 7Ep. 423
Zsofia Jamieson is the co-founder of The Fertility Class, a transformative workout for your reproductive and hormonal health. The Fertility Class™ helps women feel empowered in their bodies and confident in their ability to conceive. Their approach offers a powerful tool, rooted in movement, to support reproductive health naturally. The Fertility Class hosts classes which are therapeutic and energizing fertility workouts, designed to target and strengthen the lower abdominal area in support of r...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 422
Megan Tobler is the Founder and Host of the Self StartHer Podcast. After having her son, she pivoted from corporate to entrepreneurship and focuses on guiding women into their entreprenurial selves. Self StartHER was born from a place of resilience, determination, and the unwavering belief that every woman has the power to shape her own destiny. Self StartHer provides the tools, resources, and support needed to turn dreams into reality…Something that Megan needed when just starting out. INFORME...
May 26, 2025•59 min•Season 7Ep. 421
Tirza Jova is the founder of Milk By Mom, a company that freeze dries breastmilk to give breastfeeding moms options for easier transport during travel. Milk By Mom provides breast milk freeze-drying services in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area and across the U.S. via shipping. Schedule a time to drop off your breast milk at their facility or have them pick it up for you. Not local? They will ship you a kit with everything you need to send them your frozen breast milk. Then, they will freeze dry y...
May 22, 2025•57 min•Season 7Ep. 420
Chelsey Scaffidi is mama to two boys, an experienced Associate General Counsel in the philanthropic sector, and an author of The Mother Year: A guide to matrescence, the transformative journey of becoming a mother, which launched in March of this year. The Mother Year is a 365-day guiding light for new mothers navigating the early stages of motherhood. Each entry features a simple yet powerful structure: a daily theme, a prayer, and a small sip of self-care that integrates easily into daily life...
May 19, 2025•57 min•Season 7Ep. 419
Candace Higgins is a data programmer and senior manager of clinical clinical solutions in the biopharmaceutical space, and mother to Audrey. She so vulnerably walks us through steps she took during a postpartum mental health crisis last year to get help. She has such great awareness around her experience and is so adept at explaining the nuances of postpartum anxiety and postpartum OCD, leaving all of us feeling less alone as new moms. Our intention for this episode is for those struggling to ac...
May 15, 2025•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 418
Ceres Chill, founded by Lisa Myers (who was an attorney when she created the company), invented the OG Breastmilk Chiller. With the OG Breastmilk Chiller, there’s no need for a fridge, bulky ice packs, or single-use bags and bottles. Pump directly into the chiller and enjoy up to 20 hours of safe chilling. Compatible with all major breast pumps, and you can even use the lid for double-pumping or feeding your baby with a standard nipple assembly! Ceres Chill offers many other sustainable breastfe...
May 12, 2025•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 417
Dr. Elliot Berlin is a pregnancy focused chiropractor and passionate childbirth educator. Today we learn about not only his own fertility challenges that led to his passion for the prenatal space, but about what shifted his career from traditional medicine, to preventative care. Dr. Berlin is the co-founder of Berlin Wellness Group located in Los Angeles, California. We learn more about his unique expertise in massage therapy, bodywork, and chiropractic and how it serves as the cornerstone of hi...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 416
Jemila Alharazim has over a decade of experience as a Physician Assistant in the field of Asthma & Allergy. She decided to take control and create a natural skincare brand for eczema while being mindful of the skin’s microbiome.And as a parent, especially a new one, it can be challenging and overwhelming to find a product line that truly works to relieve the discomfort that comes along with eczema. Ocean Olive is not a brand designed only for babies, but for every mother, father, and child, ...
May 01, 2025•43 min•Season 7Ep. 415
Harbor, formerly known as Dude Doula, is a real-time support app for birth partners and loved ones. Designed by real parents and trusted by thousands of families, Harbor guides users through labor with step-by-step prompts, gentle reminders, and emotional support. Tune in to learn more about Nicole and Grant's experiences with birth and how it informed the creation of the Harbor Birth App! www.harborbirth.app IG: @harborbirth ___________________________________ Follow us: TikTok: @kozekozemama I...
Apr 28, 2025•52 min•Season 7Ep. 414
Is it true that carrying girls is harder than carrying boys?! Garrett's first trimester with Decklen was nothing compared to the challenges she's faced in this pregnancy. Whether she can blame the sex of the baby, or the IVF drugs, in this pregnancy she has dealt with throwing up, headaches, more fear and fatigue. Tune in to hear her summary, and more about where you can tune in to WATCH her share the most nitty gritty details of her second pregnancy journey. Informed Pregnancy TV + Discount cod...
Apr 21, 2025•32 min•Season 7Ep. 413
Sarah Hollingsworth is the founder and CEO of Poppylist - the most flexible baby registry. After leaving her job in IT, which she loved, midst severe postpartum depression and anxiety, she doubled down on her vision of creating resources for parents. Tune in to hear more about how Poppylist came to be! Even more, Sarah shares how passionate she is about mental health, and staying well mentally and physically - especially as a busy mom and entrepreneur. Start your Poppylist Registry today! Learn ...
Apr 14, 2025•58 min•Season 7Ep. 412
Since 2013, Camilla Bazzanti and her cofounder Anna Forlesi have been on a mission to support mothers around the world to have successful and pain-free breastfeeding journeys. As mamas themselves, they know just how challenging nursing and pumping can be – but they know just how magical it can be, too! Nothing brings Anna and Camilla more joy than helping women access safe, natural nipple relief, so they can be present and enjoy every moment of the breastfeeding experience. Silverette cups work ...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 408
Bridgitte is BACK on the kozēkozē podcast for about the sixth time!! WOW, and how exciting to hear all about her new reality, including a massively successful supplement & functional wellness business, Gut Personal, as well as her daughter, Lily! Tune in to hear her birth story, her motherhood pivots, and her perspective on going after her dreams while staying grounded in motherhood. Gut Personal - SHOP NOW! IG: @gut.personal @bridgittemallinson __________________________________ FOLLOW US: ...
Mar 31, 2025•55 min•Season 7Ep. 408
Farahnaz Hasan Ali is here to share all about the mission and vision for Preggo Box. Together, she and her co-founder (who happens to be her brother) are making pregnancy a little simpler. They're big fans of doing the research so that everyone else can rest easy. Pregnancy is a delicate time for soon-to-be-mothers and their loved ones, so they wanted to take some of that weight off by curating a useful cozy gift for every trimester. IG: @preggoboxca Preggo Box website Miscarriage Comfort Box __...
Mar 24, 2025•52 min•Season 7Ep. 407
Garrett pops in to share all about her new pregnancy! After a 3 year fertility journey, Garrett recounts the relief, excitement and also nerves she and Jeff are experiencing with this new pregnancy. Tune in to hear all about this IVF transfer, how she surprised Jeff and how she's feeling in her first trimester! IG: @garrettnwood @kozekozemama Tiktok: @kozekozemama Informed Pregnancy TV + discount code: GK30 ________________________________ Shop all kozēkozē products with THANKYOU20 for 20% off N...
Mar 21, 2025•36 min•Season 7Ep. 409
Lauren Papanos is an integrative hormone dietician helping women with functional nutrition solutions for thyroid, immune and hormone imbalances. She facilitates integrative solutions for hypothyroidism, hashimoto's, PCOS, amenorrhea and other endocrine and autoimmune conditions, which we learn all about in episode 289. She is back to share all about her very recent home birth and how she utilized co-care up until the end of her pregnancy. Shop her functional fueling formulas here. IG: @functiona...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 405
Karen Chipman has been working as a surgical technician in labor and delivery for 30 years. She has seen various "birth trends" and many changes over the years in how we "manage" labor in the hospital. Today she not only shares her experience attending many types of births but also explains much of the policy in why the management of labor has evolved to what it is today. Tune in to have all of your hospital birth questions answered!! Stork Ready Classes Oh Baby Expo Tickets IG: Stork Ready ____...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 404
Two years ago, just before the launch of Nip Gloss, Garrett gave a Nip Gloss to her childhood neighbor, not knowing she'd pass it along to a friend and doula, named Erin Brier. After Erin found out about kozēkozē by way of Nip Gloss (through her friend), she and Garrett connected for this podcast episode, and then they continued to connect on how they could partner to create something meaningful. In today's episode you'll hear all about Erin's vision for the first ever state-wide Indiana Doula C...
Mar 03, 2025•49 min
Paula Hoss is the founder and CEO of CLN&DRTY, a clean skincare company. In the past we had her on to speak on her prolific founder's journey, and we learned all about her natural products, her motherhood journey and spent much time on mental health. Now she's back to share the story of her husband's deployment in 2024 wherein she was home with kids to solo-parent, run her company and also stay connected to her faith. In the episode we discuss religion, faith, her political journey and so mu...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Cait Robertson founded Milk Couture Co to help parents preserve precious memories. Cait handcrafts breastmilk and keepsake jewelry for people nationwide. From her social media success, to the moment the idea for Milk Couture struck her, to how she actually makes the breastmilk jewelry, Cait walks us through her creative process. Learn more about how Cait manages life with two little boys, a growing business and as a creative, how she stays connected to herself and her vision. Shop Milk Couture C...
Feb 17, 2025•54 min•Season 7Ep. 403
Marisa Lonic is the founder of Mama Work It, helping moms live their best working life. She's was on the show in 2023, and she's back for a deeper dive into time management, self-care and self-connection along the motherhood journey. Marisa is mom to four boys, two of whom are twins, and has great wisdom on how she's able to find balance between motherhood, career and her own goals. 349. Momagement with Marisa Lonic Mama Work It Marisa on IG: @letmamaworkit ______________________________________...
Feb 14, 2025•53 min•Season 7Ep. 402
After three years of a very challenging fertility journey, Garrett takes time to reflect on when she was most connected to her intuition and when she was least connected to it. She admits that this journey took her the furthest away from herself and her intuition-- especially near the end of the journey. If you or someone you know is struggling to conceive, this episode is for them; from holistic steps Garrett took, to her "gut no" to "gut yes" to IVF, you will feel very supported! @kozekozemama...
Feb 10, 2025•49 min•Season 7Ep. 397
