I share from my experience of this journey.
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About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, heal their hearts, respond to anxiety, and live their most brilliant Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
In this Episode:
- Pleasure centric conception
- Sacred Yes
- The Wheel of Consent
HPV and "disfunction" in the female body, root causes and how to fix it
- My journey of overcoming fight/flight/freeze/faun specifically in intimacy
- Samantha's coherent consent field of being
- Men being responsible for the ecology of the women they are in relationship with
- Men's responsibility for their being fertile every single day
- Pleasure as a skillset for prioritizing self care and self respect in intimacy
- How do we prevent pregnancy in the postpartum window
- Wildly vulnerable cry from Elena about the intimacy journey
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Connect with Our Guest Expert
Samantha Zipporah is a midwife, author & educator in service to healing & liberation. Sam’s path rises from an ancient lineage of midwives, witches, & wise women with expertise spanning the continuum of birth, sex, & death. She is devoted to breaking the spells of oppression in reproductive & sexual health by connecting people with the innate pleasure, power, & wisdom of the body. Her praxis weaves scientific & soulful inquiry that integrate modern medicine & data with ancestral practices & epistemologies. Sam's most recent publications & offerings center the radical reclamation of contraception & abortion. Her online membership, The Fruit of Knowledge Learning Community, features access to her heart & mind via books, courses, Q&As, curated resources & more.
Visit www.samanthazipporah.com to explore womb wisdom offerings & join Fruit of Knowledge. Sam’s music & memoirs can be found on Patreon as The Venus Christ.
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey when she conceived her son in 2010. A challenging hospital birth lead to an abusive relationship and then 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing. She never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, and remove anxiety, fear and depression.
She believes that by sharing vulnerable stories, and hard earned wisdom, others don’t need to make the same mistakes, can move from suffering to joy much faster, and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Get the Free Joygasmic Birth ebook joygasm.me at joygasm.me
Website: ElenaHarderR.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/Joygasm8
Instagram: @JoygasmHarder
Purchase the Ignite Female Changemakers Book https://elenaharderr.com/ignite-book/
Huge Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
In this Episode:
- How vaginal steaming helps postpartum
- My story of steaming to heal tears (and one mistake you won't want to make)
- Steaming to support Rape/sexual abuse healing
- Keli's story of encountering steaming
- Some use cases for postpartum steaming
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Connect with Our Guest Expert
Keli Garza has a Masters degree in International Development graduating cum laude with a focus in nonprofit management and human rights. Keli is the owner of Steamy Chick and the founder of the Peristeam Hydrotherapy Institute. Through her company she raises awareness on the benefits of vaginal steaming, makes supplies accessible, conducts research and trains practitioners. Keli is the author of the Vaginal Steam World Map, Pelvic Steam Testimonial Database, Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study and Steamy Chick blog. Some of her notable work includes executive producing the Hot & Steamy Podcast, creating the annual #steamyaugust Vaginal Steam Awareness Month and an upcoming documentary film with the working title STEAM. With over 20 years experience in the nonprofit field, Keli also serves as the founder and president of the Bahia Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to artistic, cultural, physical, educational and financial community wellness as well as the founder of the Good Gynecology Project.
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey when she conceived her son in 2010. A challenging hospital birth lead to an abusive relationship and then 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing. She never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, and remove anxiety, fear and depression.
She believes that by sharing vulnerable stories, and hard earned wisdom, others don’t need to make the same mistakes, can move from suffering to joy much faster, and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Get the Free Joygasmic Birth eCourse at joygasm.me
Website: ElenaHarderR.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/Joygasm8
Instagram: @JoygasmHarder
Purchase the Ignite Female Changemakers Book https://elenaharderr.com/ignite-book/
Huge Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
In this Episode: A fabulous story of orgasmic birth into a mama of 3. Catherine is a member of our moms calls, and shares her potent preparation and journey to the birth she had dreamed of. Join Our Community to Watch More at https://elenaharderr.com/membership-home/podcast-membership Connect with Our Guest Expert Catherine at Audacious Mother - https://linktr.ee/audaciousmother About Elena Harder Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey when she conceived her son in 2010. A challenging hospital birth lead to an abusive relationship and then 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing. She never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul. Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, and remove anxiety, fear and depression. She believes that by sharing vulnerable stories, and hard earned wisdom, others don’t need to make the same mistakes, can move from suffering to joy much faster, and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life. Get the Free Joygasmic Birth eCourse at joygasm.me Website: ElenaHarderR.com Facebook: Facebook.com/Joygasm8 Instagram: @JoygasmHarder Purchase the Ignite Female Changemakers Book https://elenaharderr.com/ignite-book/ Huge Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
I share from my experience of this journey.
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, heal their hearts, respond to anxiety, and live their most brilliant Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
So you had some tearing during birth... It happens. But how does this impact our journey with intimacy? How can we manage expectations for sex from our partners, and what are some of the safety concerns we need to consider before returning to penetration.
I share from my experience of this journey.
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About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, heal their hearts, respond to anxiety, and live their most brilliant Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Sweet tiny onesies make your mama heart flutter, so why ditch the clothes?
For these three reasons:
Bonding, Boundaries and Back to Basics.
With both my babies I opted for an extended postpartum time of wearing nothing but housecoats and diapers. In this episode I talk about my reasons why, and how a traditional 40 day postpartum period is supported by staying naked with your baby.
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
I've been asked so many times... How many times a night is he getting up? Are you getting any sleep? How often are you waking out? Are you sleeping for more than an hour at a time? To which I respond... I don't know. I suppose I could count dirty diapers. I suppose I could find a clock and put it in my room and look at it anxiously every time my baby wakes up. He only slept for 20 minutes. He only slept for half an hour. He only slept for three hours. He only slept for five hours. But why bring myself into anxiety and anxiousness over how much sleep I have or haven't gotten. I could do these things. But why?
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About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Babies are meant to sleep, eat, poop and be peaceful. Yet many people think babies are always crying. In this episode I outline some of the "normal" cultural practices that actually land in the babies body as trauma and how to avoid creating extra trauma in easy ways.
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About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Breastfeeding is actually less work than bottle feeding. It's for the lazy mom and it's okay to be a lazy mom. Lazy has a really bad connotation but we could also use the words effective mom, natural mom, energy wise mom. You know, the the traditional mom, the physiological mom. Breasts are incredible. That they filter our own nutrition for creating optimal baby food is extra incredible. So I just want to sort of lay this down... it's okay to take the easy route.
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About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
In this episode I am joined by my friend Jaycee as we explore Fertility Awareness Method
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About Jaycee Clarkson
The plants are Jaycee's biggest teachers. Living on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded lands of the Sinixt Nation in the Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada Jaycee weaves the healing power of plants into all the work that she does as a community created herbalist, wise woman way of birth attendant, and women's circle facilitator. To stay tuned for Jaycee's upcoming remedy making workshops in 2022 sign up for her newsletter at www.unfurlwellness.ca
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
The very first step in the cascade of interventions is the pregnancy test. That is if you're not going the IVF route, in which case there's a whole cascade of interventions there. But assuming you're conceiving naturally, the question becomes, when do I take a pregnancy test?
Well, I would challenge you and say, do you actually need to take a pregnancy test? Or can you find the space of surrender right at the very beginning of your pregnancy and allow your body to show you its own innate wisdom, with its own signs and symptoms that come from within that you're pregnant? The pregnancy test is an external source of validation to tell us something that often we already know. If we simply wait in peaceful observation of our body, with time it will become very clear that we're pregnant or not.
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj
The very first step in the cascade of interventions is the pregnancy test. That is if you're not going the IVF route, in which case there's a whole cascade of interventions there. But assuming you're conceiving naturally, the question becomes, when do I take a pregnancy test?
Well, I would challenge you and say, do you actually need to take a pregnancy test? Or can you find the space of surrender right at the very beginning of your pregnancy and allow your body to show you its own innate wisdom, with its own signs and symptoms that come from within that you're pregnant? The pregnancy test is an external source of validation to tell us something that often we already know. If we simply wait in peaceful observation of our body, with time it will become very clear that we're pregnant or not.
Join the Joygasmic Mama Weekly Calls: https://freebirthsupport.com/services/joygasmic-mama-support-calls/
About Elena Harder
Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even after a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing she never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health as a single mom” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul.
Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life.
Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj