Episodes
Today, on the podcast, we have a powerful episode with Tatiana Berindei, author of Path to Puberty, the ultimate resource guide to moms of daughters. This is a rich and dynamic episode full of Tatiana’s experiences in the counter culture, her initiations into the womb mysteries, death, and birth, and her own birth stories. Tatiana seriously has the best stories. You’ll also hear some of the magical moments Tatiana has witnessed within her daughter as she has been initiated into womanhood in...
Published 11/13/24
Today, on the podcast, we have my sweet friend Sarah. Sarah’s story takes us on a journey from deep shame around her bleed and not telling anyone she got her period for the first three years of her womanhood, to her womb awakening at a ceremony in Costa Rica and living in a community where she felt honored as a bleeding woman (and wanted to tell everyone she knew about the menstrual cycle). You’ll hear more stories of how Sarah has deepened into her own womanhood, shared the wisdom she’s has...
Published 11/06/24
Today, on the podcast, we have my incredible mentor, Kristin Hauser. Kristin is a powerhouse of a woman, supporting both the women she works with towards hormonal resiliency as more, and her family of (soon to be) 6. Kristin shares how her own menstrual challenges led her to the work she is doing now, and how she views motherhood as a path to spiritual maturity. One of my favorite parts of this episode is how Kristin goes about her pregnancies and birth as she does the rest of her life-...
Published 10/30/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Emily Sims! Emily is a Menstruality Mystic whose story is characterized by doing things a little differently and learning to be okay with that. You’ll hear her stories of reclaiming her menstrual cycle, remembering God as both feminine and masculine, having a pain-free birth, and more. In each turn of the wheel, Emily has courageously chosen to question the narrative and step into her own truth, while holding space for others to do the same. Tune into this one...
Published 10/23/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Houyem! Houyem is a mother who is changing up the cultural narrative of how we move through rites of passage and modeling the same for her children. Through Houyem’s stories of her first bleed, her time on birth control and learning to own her fertility to her pregnancies and sacred postpartums, and now as a mother to a coming of age girl looking towards perimenopause, she shares how she has come to normalize and sacred-ize each turn of the wheel (within her...
Published 10/16/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Briana Girard, a woman who has chosen massive transformation for herself and her family. Briana shares her stories of being a young girl, not knowing her bodily anatomy, going on birth control because she thought she could get pregnant on any day, working as a nurse and having a csection to learning the Fertility Awareness Method and giving up birth control for good, speaking to her baby in the womb and intuitively knowing he was okay, honoring her womb and her...
Published 10/09/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Linda Ma sharing her transformative journey through life's twists and turns. Linda shares her early initiations, including her menarche and first sexual experience. You’ll hear about her profound ayahuasca journey in the Amazon, meeting her ex in Hawaii, and the courage it took to leave that abusive relationship with two young daughters. Linda reflects on her two hospital births, uncovering truths about medical consent, and her evolution from licensed midwife to...
Published 10/02/24
Today, on the podcast, we have the inspiring Amy Mackey! Amy has an incredibly interesting life-path that includes both an intellectual path of higher education and mythology and an embodied path of womb work, tantra, and motherhood. Amy takes us on a journey from her traumatic first bleed, and her first marriage at 21 to owning her sexuality, and becoming a living embodiment of each Wisdom Goddess (the Mahavidyas) that she has had the honor to pass through. Amy also graces us with her...
Published 09/25/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Meghan Persephone Taylor. Meghan is a textile artist, specifically a weaver, and you will hear this in the way she weaves the threads of her story together into a tapestry of art. As a Mother of 2 who hasn’t bled since becoming a mother, Meghan shares the stories of her 2.5 year conscious conception of her first, her “subconscious” conception of her second (and not realizing she was pregnant until she started showing at 4 months!), and the creative projects...
Published 09/18/24
Today, on the podcast, we have my inspiring friend Laura. Laura is a shining example of what it means to live a radically authentic life, to take full ownership over your choices, and and to actually choose yourself. Laura’s story takes us from the her European upbringing and learning to navigate body-image in a family culture that was open-minded, but a Christian schooling system that was not, to the messiness and grief of the maiden to mother transformation, and finally to Laura’s fully...
Published 09/11/24
Today, on the podcast, we have Jennifer Bopp, a woman who has lived many lives. Jennifer’s story is one of rediscovering herself after having her womb removed, getting divorced, and shedding her Christian identity when she realized that God is actually everywhere. Jennifer’s way of storytelling weaves vulnerability ancestral and indigenous wisdom, and taking ownership over her life. Jennifer’s story is a big one and an important one with a deep theme around reweaving the sacred womb-throat...
Published 09/04/24
Today, on the podcast, we have my sweet sister Emma! Emma has an inspiring story of fully claiming her life at each turn. In this episode, we hear how Emma’s full-time nomadic life, raw veganism and city living led to chronic pelvic pain and finding out she had a cyst. Emma’s story is one of learning to slow down and heal her body from the roots up by living outside, eating for her primal female body, and truly nourishing herself on all levels. She has a beautiful way of articulating life’s...
Published 08/28/24
Cheers to the first solo episode! Have you ever felt like your personality and needs change like…. 4 times a month? Well, I’m here to tell you that’s because they do. I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately for an overview of the phases of the menstrual cycle. Now, you could dig through my old Instagram posts for this (and I do have a deeper dive course coming out soon), but I know you women want this information now, so here it is. Tune in for an overview of the four seasons of your...
Published 08/21/24
Today, I have my sister Rebecca, of @blumewomb, on the podcast! Rebecca is someone who reminds me of just how absolutely amazing and innately tapped in women are. Rebecca and I chat about the beauty of the maiden phase, “trial and erroring” your life and how we can learn so much about ourselves through our cycles. Rebecca shares her potent story of healing her wounded maiden and how getting off birth control and a year of celibacy ushered her into a reconnection with herself. Her willingness...
Published 08/14/24
We have a real treat on the podcast today with Dayna Mondello. Dayna is an artist, a writer, a teacher, a vision quester, and a woman who walks a spiritual path deeply rooted in the power of her yoni. She’s in the Sorceress phase of life, meaning she is in the process of BECOMING her power. She has a lot of wisdom to drop about how life has initiated her into the sacred portal of Menopause, which is one she characterizes by immense creativity, life changes to be more in her truth, and a deep...
Published 08/07/24
Today, on the podcast, we have my sweet sister, Alex Dall. Alex is a fellow Blood Mysteries School graduate, woman of the womb, and a talented herbalist. One thing I love about Alex (there are many) is her big, open heart that is committed to vulnerability and truth. In this episode, Alex and I dive deep into the challenges AND magic of the Luteal phase, realm of the inner Sorceress, and Alex’s story, which is one of learning to choose herself and claim her own timing after years of just...
Published 07/31/24
Today, on the podcast, I have my dear sister Sydni Sands, a powerfully rooted woman who went from bartending and birth control to birth keeping and herbal medicine. Sydni has a big and beautiful story of how she has let the challenging experiences in her life, like losing her mother, debilitating period pain and long-term birth control use, change her into the woman she is today. Sydni is a woman who speaks honestly, openly, and deeply about the things that *truly* matter in life. You’ll want...
Published 07/24/24
Today on the podcast, we have a nourishing and powerful conversation with Paula Simons, a woman who truly embodies the divine feminine. Paula and I have an incredibly rich conversation full of stories of learning to nourish yourself, honor your womb and blood, and truly live in right relationship with womanhood. Paula is an inspiring woman who has dedicated her life to serving women by capturing their divine essence through photoshoots (or ceremony… as you will learn when listening!)
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Published 07/17/24
On the first episode of the Moon Baby Magic podcast, I have the great pleasure of dropping into the medicine stories of Kate Oakley. Kate is a wonderfully wise woman who, at 25 years old, has already lived many lives. In her community, Kate is a leader, hosting Women’s circles, attending sovereign birth, and caring for the Postpartum mamas. Her own journey to healing her womb, becoming a wise woman, and birthing in power is nothing short of inspiring and oh so interesting. You won’t be able...
Published 07/10/24
Welcome, women!
This is the Moon Baby Magic podcast, where we share women's Rites of Passage stories. From the imprints of our Menarche (first period), to the transition from Maiden to Mother (birth/postpartum, to Becoming our Power (menopause), this is the space for slow and sacred storytelling.
Natalie Elliott is the host of the Moon Baby Magic Podcast. She is a birthkeeper and women’s health coach specializing in womb wellness and hormonal healing. She is committed to walking...
Published 07/02/24