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S1E1 Building Your Village: Welcome to Building Your Village
In this debut episode of Building Your Village—an exclusive 10-part mini-series for the Learn Play Thrive podcast—host Simone Brand introduces Kathryn Stoneman (birth and postpartum doula) and Harriet Blannin-Ferguson (midwife, IBCLC lactation consultant, and early years nurse), the founders of The Village Collective. Together, they address the modern landscape of motherhood, exploring why so many women feel isolated in today's fragmented healthcare and social systems. This introductory episode unpacks what it truly means to intentionally build a support network, shifting the narrative from…
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