Paola’s medical team had failed to diagnose Hyperemesis and failed to provide adequate support leaving Paola feeling very isolated. Paola was able to seek treatment and support to help her grieve, process, and heal from her traumatic pregnancy and fetal anomaly termination, and in turn was able to continue to provide the highest level of care to her families as a clinician. She went on to have another pregnancy, again with the diagnosis of hyperemesis, and brought her healthy daughter to term.

On Episode 18 of Shattered Conception my guest is the author of Miscarriage Mom: The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How To Cope. Starting from the age of 27 through the age of 32 Kristy and her husband, Vincent, experienced 6 miscarriages. Kristy understands the pain and grief of losing an unborn child and losing many much wanted pregnancies. Her book offers heartfelt insights into the unforeseen realities surrounding miscarriage and suggests ways to cope. Miscarriage Mom openly...

My guest is Sheri Poe, a DONA trained birth and postpartum doula who specializes in supporting and helping women during the postpartum period also known as the 4th trimester. She is newborn care specialist and also specializes in lactation support and breastfeeding. Additionally, Sheri received The New England Women’s Leadership Award in Business, National Victim’s Center Milton Petrie Award and the Women Of Excellence Award for her outstanding contributions toward helping end violence in our...

My guest is Spirit Baby Medium and Medical Intuitive Kelly Meehan. Kelly has a MFT with a specialization in Somatic Psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. She also has a podcast called Spirit Baby Radio. Kelly offers a loving service that focuses on spirit baby communication in conception, energetic fertility healing, medical intuition, pre-birth connections in pregnancy, and spirit communication in all area of birth loss: miscarriage, stillbirth, and termination for any reason.

On episode 15 of Shattered Conception my guest is Laura Malcolm Kocsis. She is the founder of Give InKind. Give InKind was created after Laura and her husband, James, experienced the devastating loss of their daughter Layla while in her 8th month of pregnancy in 2013. She and her husband remembered how badly their friends and family around the country wanted to help. Give InKind is on a mission to make sure that no one feels too far away to help when life events happen.

On this episode my guest is Dr. Jiling Hu. She is a licensed acupuncturist with an office in West Los Angeles. She specializes in fertility problems that are related to immune and endocrine disorders, unexplained infertility, irregular menstruation, PCOS, dysmenorrhea, menopause and other female aging related conditions. Her extensive education in both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine gives her a unique perspective in treating her patients holistically.

On Episode 13 of Shattered Conception my guest is Marcella Johnson, founder of the non-profit organization, The Comfort Cub. The mission of The Comfort Cub is to bring comfort to anyone experiencing a broken heart as a result of a significant loss or trauma. We have all had our heart broken or know someone that has. Is there actual medical and physiological effects of having a "broken heart" or is it just a figure of speech? It turns out, this is a REAL "syndrome". 

On this episode of Shattered Conception my guest is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Kathryn Chaya Lubow. Chaya specializes in Somatic Experiencing and EMDR. She is also a Trained Mindful Self Compassion Teacher & Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator. She teaches meditation at the Den Meditation in Los Angeles and is the co-host of the podcast Awakenings in Real Life which focuses on the spiritual path of women and mothers in contemporary life. Her private practice is in Los Angeles,...

My guest on episode 11 is Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Dr. Paula Shulman. She practices the full breadth of women’s healthcare and strives to use shared decision making whenever possible. She is a supporter of VBAC and vaginal delivery of twins, and encourages her patients to use both Eastern and Western medicine to achieve their fertility goals. She also specializes in menopause.

My guest is licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Hillary Goldsher with a private practice in Beverly Hills, California. Dr. Goldsher’s areas of expertise include trauma and grief, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and relationship counseling. Additionally, she specializes in the arena of maternal mental health—helping women and their families cope with miscarriages/stillbirths, postpartum depression and parenting/couple challenges post birth.

My guest is Licensed Clinical Psychologist and music composer Dr. Michael R. Mollura. He composes music to the actual dream reports of his patients as a way of accessing unconscious material to provide healing pathways on neurological, quantum, and collective levels. His music helps heal and bring relief to trauma, emotional conflict in the unconscious mind, and provide answers to confusing and distressing nightmares and dreams. He is also known for his recent score for the documentary film...

In Episode 8 of Shattered Conception my guest is Marriage and Family Therapist, Lily Dulan. Lily is also a certified Heart of Yoga Teacher and Author of the book, The Name Work. Lily formed a foundation a few years ago that partners with local and international organizations called The Kara Love Project. This foundation was developed in loving memory of her first daughter, Kara Meyer Dulan, who died at home in 2009 of SIDS when she was 2 months old.

My guest is licensed psychotherapist, certified professional coach and author Joanna Flemons. Joanna's book is titled: Infertility and PTSD: The Uncharted Storm. She has worked in healthcare for nearly two decades and has a clinical specialty in reproductive trauma and helping clients heal and navigate traumatic life events.

Mind, Body, Spirit Healing Though Infertility to Pregnancy with Renowned Doula Lori Bregman. She is also the author of The Mindful Mom To Be and Mamaste: Discover A More Authentic, Balanced, and Joyful Motherhood From Within.

On this episode of Shattered Conception I'm talking with comedian, actress, social media influencer, wife and mother, Angelina Spicer. You can reach and learn more about Angelina through her Instagram: AngelinaSpicer

Danica Thornberry, L.Ac., was one of the first women in America to focus, treat, and support women going though assisted reproductive technology. She is a fertility specialist and founder of Well Women Acupuncture in Los Angeles. She completed a post-graduate certification in Chinese Gynecology and has had phenomenal success in helping thousands of women reach their individual goals.

Elizabeth Winkler, MFT incorporates mindfulness and meditation in her therapy work to help accelerate her client’s productivity, personal growth, ability to create better personal relationships and deepening the therapeutic process exponentially. Elizabeth calls mindfulness the “bullet train to freedom.” She works in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles with individuals, couples and families.

Elizabeth W. Szatmari-Krasnoff, MA is currently in the Ph.D. program of Transformative Studies with a focus in Consciousness Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is studying the effect of sound on self-regulation of the autonomic nervous system. She was diagnosed at a young age with 50% hearing loss and has experienced the grief of two miscarriages after the birth of her son. She calls music the "language of consciousness".

Amy Budden is the founder of Connect The Mind (www.connectthemind.com) and a certified hypnotherapist and meditation teacher. Amy uses scientifically validated techniques based in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), along with music, sound and light frequencies, to effortlessly train the brain to relax the body and reset the nervous system. Her particular way of incorporating music and hypnotherapy heals the body and the mind to achieve greater states of heart coherence and positive emotions.