Momma Goddess Podcast

Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned author, storyteller, vibrational healer, and six sensory spiritual teacher. Her books have sold over a million copies worldwide including her New York Times bestseller The Answer Is Simple.  TOPICS: How to cultivate your child's intuitive spark + How parental challenges can be truth serum and behavior problems call us to a higher expression + How motherhood can invite the best of you to shine + How to teach your child to listen to his or her heart and trust themselves + The most empowering thing a parent can do + How you can honor your child's unique spirit + How to empower your child to be a conscious global citizen + How to have a fun, playful and empowering relationship with your child.

Laura Shanley is an author, freelance writer, speaker and childbirth consultant. She is one of the leading voices in the natural birth movement. She is the author of Unassisted Childbirth.  TOPICS: How to trust your body and become empowered around giving birth naturally + Laura’s four unassisted births + What we can learn from other about mammals giving birth + How to shift your perspective from our culture’s focus on birth being dangerous and painful to birth being a joyful, positive experience + Why women need to take responsibility for their birth and babies.

Dr. Gayle Peterson is an international expert specializing inprenatal and family development. She trains professionals in herprenatal counseling model and is the author of An EasierChildbirth, Birthing Normally and Making Healthy Families. TOPICS: Howto stay connected to your dreams and desires as you transition intomotherhood + How being a mother is a contribution to the world+ How mental and emotional issues can impact your birth+ Why it’s important to get clear about what you want for yourfamily + How your family blueprints impact your birth andparenting + How to navigate the pain of childbirth + Whylove is as important to your child as career andfinances.

Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, a Top 25 blog (according to TIMEmagazine) with 260,000 subscribers, and the best-selling booksfocus, The Power of Less, and Zen To Done. He is a formerjournalist of 18 years, a husband, father of six children, and in2010 moved from Guam to San Francisco, where he leads a simplelife. TOPICS: Whatun-schooling is + why and how to un-school your children + Howto live frugally and eliminate debt and financial struggles+ Why it's important for you to help cultivate self-relianceand self-sufficiency in your children + How to be a presentand loving parent while being creative and productive + How tokeep your intimate relationship alive and fresh + Why it'simportant for your children to take breaks fromtechnology.

Sheri Winston offers empowering, enlightening erotic education for everyone as a teacher of Wholistic Sexuality. She’s an award-winning author & founder of the Center for the Intimate Arts, and has a background as a nurse-midwife, gynecology practitioner, registered nurse, holistic healer, doula & massage therapist. Sheri's book, Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure, won the AASECT* 2010 Book of the Year Award. Her upcoming book, Succulent SexCraft: Your Hands-On Guide to Erotic Play and Practice, promises to be an even greater success!  TOPICS: Hot tips for sex during pregnancy + Why orgasms are so beneficial for your health and your birth preparation + The fact that labor, arousal, birth and orgasm share the same equipment/pathways and why that matters + How to enter an altered state of consciousness during birth and why that’s important + Breastfeeding as an orgasmic experience (!)

Carla Stang received an honors degree in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and completed her doctorate in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of A Walk to the River in Amazonia: Ordinary Reality for the Mehinaku Indians.  TOPICS: What modern women can learn from the Amazonian women’s experience of pregnancy and birth + How to appreciate your pregnant body + Self-care during pregnancy and why it’s important + Why co-sleeping and breastfeeding help with sleep deprivation.

Natalia Rose is a Clinical Nutritionist and the author of The Raw Food Detox Diet, Raw Food Life Force Energy, The New Energy Body and Detox for Women!  TOPICS: 

Elizabeth Davis is internationally active in promoting motherbaby-centered birth and is widely sought after for her expertise in midwifery education and organizational development. She is the author of Heart & Hands: A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy & Birth, Orgasmic Birth, The Women’s Wheel of Life & Women’s Sexual Passages. TOPICS: Research detailing the health and safety of a homebirth + How to choose a midwife + How to navigate the stages of labor and birth and what gets in the way of having a natural birth +  How labor/birth and sex are similar + How to avoid the cascade of medical interventions at the hospital + Why oxytocin is so important + How to prepare for an orgasmic birth + What you need to know about your brain waves if you want to have a natural birth.

Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova is one of the pioneers in the Birthing Field of Conscious Procreation. Elena created a revolutionary documentary, Birth As We Know It, about ecstatic birth and correlation between birth trauma and the quality of our life. TOPICS: Reclaiming your power to give birth naturally + How to re-wire your nervous system + What you need to know about your limbic imprinting and how that will affect your birth + How birth impacts our lives.

Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson is a motivational psychologist, speaker, author of SUCCEED: How We Can Reach Our Goals, blogger for Huff Post, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, SmartBrief, and Psychology Today.  TOPICS: How to work with your expectations of what parenting should be like and how your kids should behave + Setting goals for pregnancy, birth and early parenting + How to give feedback and motivate your children + What *not* to say to your kids if you want them to grow confidently + How to build your child’s self-esteem.

Knowing when to seek help from a lactation consultant,  How to know if you're not making enough milk,  What products you really need to optimize your breastfeeding,  Why keeping your baby close to you wires his or her brain to become a more secure and resilient adult

Debra Pascali-Bonaro is the mother of six children, Director of the documentary Orgasmic Birth and co-author of Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth. She is the Chairperson of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative.  TOPICS: What orgasmic birth is and how to prepare for one + How to create a new empowering language for birth + How to work through self-doubt and fear + Key elements to having a pleasurable birth + How to create your ideal birth ambience + Why certain movements are so important during labor and birth + How to own your power and celebrate your birth + How you can make a difference in how women give birth.

Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She’s also the author of Momma Zen and Hand Wash Cold.  TOPICS: How to bring meditation and mindfulness to your pregnancy and birth + Staying present in your life + How to work with your fears and trust the process + How to guide and love your children in every moment

Alejandro Junger, M.D. is one of the world’s leading functional medicine doctors and the author of Clean, which teaches us how to turn our detoxification systems on full speed while supporting our bodies to maximize their effectiveness. He also created the popular Clean detox program. TOPICS: Why cleansing (for both soon-to-be parents!) is a good idea + Toxins and how they impact our health and pregnancy + Chemicals and toxins you should be aware of in your environment + Optimal nutrition during pregnancy + What you need to know about vaccinations + Tips for men on how to support your pregnant partner.

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald is the founder of the Santa Monica Wellness Center. She is the Wellness Editor of the Aol Huffington Post Media Group and the author of the best-selling award winning book, The Detox Solution: The Missing Link to Radiant Health, Abundant Energy, Ideal Weight, and Peace of Mind. TOPICS: How to navigate the toxicity of the world + How and why it’s important to connect to the natural rhythms of nature + Why it's so important for you to identify what you want for your family + How to balance being a modern mother and a working woman + What epigenetics is and why it's so important for your family's health and your children's health + How to prepare for pregnancy and the most important things to do during pregnancy + The #1 thing children need from us and how to give it to them.

Gurmukh is the co-founder and co-director of Golden Bridge Nite Moon, Los Angeles' and New York City's premier center for the study and practice of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. She is the author of Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation.  TOPICS: What yoga is and how it can benefit pregnant women and their babies + Why every woman is Bountiful, Beautiful and Blissful + Why what you do, think and eat during your pregnancy impacts your child and who they are + Ways to prepare for a positive birth experience + Why it is so important to prepare to become a mother before you get pregnant + What you need to know about the 40 days after birth and how you can create a sacred bond with your child to last a lifetime.

Dr. Dan Siegel is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. His books include Mindsight, The Developing Mind, The Mindful Brain, The Mindful Therapist, Parenting From the Inside Out, and The Whole-Brain Child.  TOPICS: What interpersonal neurobiology is and why it's important for parents to understand + How to create secure attachment with your children and how your story about your past is the greatest predictor of your child’s attachment to you + Why community is crucial for a mother's health and well-being + Why taking care of your needs is not selfish but is vital for you to be an optimal parent + How to move from a reactive state to a receptive state + Why it's important to know your hot buttons and how to repair your relationship with your child after you "flip the lid" + What P.A.R.T. is and why it's important for you to create secure attachment with your children.

Latham Thomas is a maternity lifestyle maven, wellness & birth coach, and yoga teacher on the vanguard of transforming the maternal wellness movement. She is the founder of Mama Glow—a holistic lifestyle hub for women to explore their creative edge through wellbeing. TOPICS: Self-care rituals for pregnancy + How to create your ideal natural birth + Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage + Personal transformation through pregnancy and birth + How to have a green pregnancy.