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The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
The Cyclical Doula Podcast is a space for honest conversations about cycles, body literacy, motherhood, and what it actually looks like to live in relationship with your body.
I’m Emma — Your Cyclical Doula. I’m a certified SymptoPro Instructor, fertility awareness educator, miscarriage doula, and mom of two. I teach women how to chart their fertility signs, understand their cycles, and rebuild trust with their bodies — and this podcast is where those teachings meet real life.
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The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNavigating Feeding with Body Trust: Kelly Cox on Prenatal Preparation, Mental Health, & Community
In this episode, Emma interviews Kelly Cox, a birth doula, prenatal yoga teacher, and licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience supporting…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTransforming Cycles with Maritza Worthington: The Power of Minerals
In this episode, Emma speaks with Maritza Worthington, also known as the Hormone Alchemist, a functional hormone practitioner specializing in women's health…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHealing Through the Cycles: Holistic Health, Hormonal Balance & Creating Life with ZuZu
In this episode, Emma speaks with Karen "ZuZu" Armes, a holistic health educator, author, and founder of Holistic Health Educators—an online school of natural…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationBody Trust and Hormones: Navigating Perimenopause with Candice Jones
In this episode, Emma speaks with Candice Jones, a nurse practitioner specializing in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and women's hormonal health. Candice…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNourishing Fertility: Insights with Jillian Beck-Rogers
This episode features Jillian Beck-Rogers, a fertility nutrition and wellness coach who helps women support their fertility through nutrition and lifestyle…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNavigating the Emotional Landscape of Fertility with Anne-Marie Pereira
In this episode, Emma speaks with Anne-Marie Pereira, a Fertility and Emotional Healing Therapist, about the profound connection between emotional patterns…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationYour Body Isn't the Enemy: Somatic Healing & Reconnection with Denise Elysa
This episode features Denise Elysa, a somatic practitioner and embodiment guide who shares her profound journey of healing from over 30 diagnoses including…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationBeyond Protocols: Dr. Tarah Davis on Root-Cause Healing
In this episode, Emma sits down with Dr. Tarah Davis, a functional medicine pharmacist and founder of The Rooted Farmacy, to explore the transformative power…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationAccessing Your Subconscious Wisdom: Hypnotherapy & Trauma Release with Dr. Jennifer Schlueter
In this conversation, Emma sits down with Dr. Jennifer Schlueter, a trauma-informed hypnotherapist, breathwork facilitator, and EFT practitioner who…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHealing Through Alignment: Dr. Taylor on Chiropractic Care, Nervous System Regulation & Pregnancy
In this conversation, Emma sits down with Dr. Taylor Dempsey, a chiropractor and women's health advocate who specializes in gentle, nervous system-focused…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFueling the Body, Not Shrinking It: Nutrition, Cycles, & Breaking Free from Diet Culture with Paige
In this episode, Emma speaks with Paige Aberasturi, a registered dietitian and personal trainer who shares her journey from struggling with disordered eating…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHealing the Gut, Restoring Fertility: Functional Testing & Root Cause Medicine with Meaghan Wamboldt
Meaghan Wamboldt, a functional nutrition practitioner specializing in gut health, hormones, and fertility, shares her personal journey of medical dismissal and…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHolding Grief and Joy: Sarah Cox on Infertility, Loss, and the Power of Community
In this tender and powerful conversation, Emma sits down with Sarah Cox, a mother to three living children and a daughter in heaven, and the heart behind…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationBuilding Confidence After Birth: Supporting New Moms With Sarah Husain
The conversation explores the empowerment of women through body literacy, challenges of breastfeeding and postpartum, and the stress and expectations of new…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTrusting Your Body Again: Womb Healing, EFT, and Nervous System Regulation with Laetitia Felix
In this episode, Emma speaks with Laetitia Felix, a fertility and pregnancy after loss coach based in London. Laetitia shares her deeply personal journey…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNFP Week: What Actually is Natural Family Planning?
It's NFP Week! In this episode, we break down what Natural Family Planning actually is, how couples go about choosing a method that fits their life, and —…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationReconnecting With the Body: Nervous System Safety & EFT With Carly Catherine
In this episode, Emma is joined by Carly Catherine, a certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) practitioner, who specializes in helping women reconnect…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationNourishing Motherhood Without the Crunchy Stress with Violet Parcha
The conversation explores the journey to health and wellness, the impact of lifestyle changes on health, the role of nutrition in health and wellness, the…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationCaring for Moms First: Wellness, Loss & Longevity with Shelly Jefferis
The conversation explores women's health, wellness, and motherhood, delving into personal journeys, challenges, and support for women in various life stages…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationUncovering the Power of Healing: A Journey Through Trauma and Fertility with Anu Verma
In this expansive and deeply encouraging conversation, Emma sits down with Anu Verma, author, podcaster, trauma practitioner, and founder of Victim 2 Victor…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFinding Your Voice Through Loss: Motherhood, Resilience & the Power of Vulnerability with Nicole
In this deeply moving conversation, Emma sits down with Nicole Recker, an entrepreneur, author, and mother who has transformed her personal journey of loss and…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Mouth-Body Connection: How Oral Health Impacts PCOS & Women's Wellness with Christine Horton
In this episode, Emma speaks with Christine Horton, a registered dental hygienist, certified health coach, and founder of PCOS Glow Hygienist. Christine brings…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationWhy Pleasure Matters More Than You Think with Kris Hall
In this episode, I’m joined by Kris Hall, a sex and relationship coach who helps people reconnect with their bodies, their pleasure, and their sense of…
- The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
How to choose a Fertility Awareness Based Method
In this episode, Emmamma shares insights on choosing a fertility awareness-based method, covering biomarkers, tracking techniques, and support options to help…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationCyclisity: A Different Kind of Fertility App (And Why That Matters) with Sabrina
In this episode, I’m joined by Sabrina Nowicki, CEO and co-founder of the Cyclisity app and niece of Toni Weschler, author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility…
- The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
The Real, Raw, Charted Life of Emmamma: Travel, Disrupted Charting & Finding My Rhythm Again
In this first Real, Raw, Charted Life of Emmamma episode, I’m sitting down for a candid check-in—sharing what the past month has actually looked like behind…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationLearning to Breathe Again: Sobriety, Survival & Humor with Sarah Marie Shoulak
What does it actually look like to rebuild your life—one decision at a time? In this deeply honest and unexpectedly light conversation, I sit down with Sarah…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Rebellion That Changed Her Life: Kourtney Rider on Cycles, Fertility & Finding Answers
In this episode, I sit down with reproductive health educator and fertility awareness teacher Kourtney Rider for a deeply honest conversation about what…
- The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
Listening Before the Body Screams: Nervous System Healing with Nicole Sawyer
In today's fast-paced world, many women find themselves grappling with persistent physical symptoms that seem to have no clear cause. If you've ever felt…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationListening When the Body Whispers: Fertility, Massage & Hormones with Justine Robinson
The conversation with Justine covers the topics of body literacy, reproductive choices, fertility challenges, miscarriage experiences, massage therapy for…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationEmbracing Integrative Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Chronic Illness and Menopause with Penni
In this conversation, Dr. Penni discusses her work in integrative medicine, her personal journey with chronic illness, and the importance of understanding…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Symptoms to Signals: Women’s Hormone Health with Athena Newell
The conversation with Athena, a family nurse practitioner and functional medicine provider, delves into the intersection of functional medicine and women's…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTrusting The Body to Heal: Biomagnetism & Hormone Support with Kim Foss
In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma sits down with Kim Foss, founder of Magnetic Wellness, to explore a healing modality called biomagnetism…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTalk About Your Period: Dismantling Menstrual Stigma with Karen Klein
In this episode, Emma sits down with Karen Klein, founder of Talk About Your Period, to unpack why period stigma still shapes everything from school hallways…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationWhen Healing Isn’t Linear: Endometriosis, Gut Health, & Rebuilding Trust With Your Body with Alyssa
In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m joined by Alyssa Chavez — functional nutritionist, life coach, and former professional ballet dancer — for a…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Overwhelm to Regulation: Parenting Tools with Mitra Cummins
Parenting can feel like living in survival mode… and if you’re not careful, “I’m surviving” starts to sound like who you are, not just what you’re in. In this…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationTrusting Your Body Through Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum with Shauna Hall
What if pregnancy, birth, and postpartum weren’t something to “get through” — but an experience you could move through with confidence, intuition, and support?…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFrom Survival Mode to Presence: Matrescence, Rage, and Repair with Sami Garrett
Motherhood doesn’t come with a user manual… and for so many moms, the hardest part isn’t loving their kids—it’s feeling resourced enough to stay grounded when…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Truth About Postpartum: Milk, Mood & Mothering with Sarah Glenn
Today’s episode is a conversation with Sarah Glenn, founder of Lactation Station & More and Mothering the Mother. Sarah is a mother of seven, grandmother of…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationYour Gut Is Your Second Hormone Gland: How Digestion Shapes Hormones, Mood & Cycles
In this conversation, Emma sits down with Certified Nutrition Practitioner and Metabolic Balance® Coach Rachel Einbinder, founder of Rachel Holistic Wellness…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationA Brighter Birth: Community Care, Confident Pregnancy, and Cyclical Living with Natalie Karasiewicz
In today's conversation, Emma sits down with birth doula, childbirth educator, and founder of A Brighter Birth Charleston, Natalie Karasiewicz. In this…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationListening to the Body’s Intelligence: Neuro-Shamanism, Trauma Healing & Cyclical Wisdom
In this conversation, Emma sits down with Laura Martinez, neuro-shamanic healer, neuroscientist, and spiritual practitioner, to explore what it truly means to…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Body Remembers: Trauma, Cyclical Healing, and Decolonizing the Stories We Carry
In this episode, Emma sits down with trauma therapist, doctoral researcher, and holistic practitioner Danniel Worthen Cullumber, MSW, LCSW, founder of Willow…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHonoring Your Body’s Wisdom: Releasing Fear, Reclaiming Presence & Returning to Yourself
This week on The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma sits down with Terri Kozlowski—author, speaker, soul-centered life coach, and proud Native American woman from…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationThe Wisdom in Procrastination: Embodiment and Feminine Flow with Sarah Laverty
In this episode, Emma is joined by embodiment coach Sarah Laverty, whose work helps women move out of their heads and back into the deep knowing of their…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationLuteal Rage, Nervous System Burnout, and Coming Home to Your Cycle with Gigi Hunt
In this episode, Emma sits down with Gigi Hunt — a cycle alignment mentor and neurosomatic practitioner who helps high-achieving women move from burnout…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationEndometriosis, Gaslighting & the Holistic Reframe: Reclaiming Women’s Health with Isabelle
In this eye-opening conversation, Emma sits down with holistic practitioner Isabelle GianDomenico, Board-Certified in Holistic Nutrition and founder of Sunrise…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationFood, Faith, and Freedom: Rewriting Recovery with Stephanie Mattrey
In this conversation, licensed acupuncturist and women’s health practitioner Stephanie Mattrey shares her lived experience with anorexia and bulimia and how it…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationRewriting the Script: Purity Culture, Matrescence, and Sexual Healing with Dr. Ashley Hudson
Licensed therapist Dr. Ashley Hudson joins Emma to explore how purity culture has shaped sexual beliefs, body awareness, and intimate relationships and what it…
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Nourish with Nature: Fertility, Food, and Self-Trust with Dietitian Aderet Hoch
Today I’m sitting down with Registered Dietitian Aderet Hoch, founder of Dining with Nature, for a grounded and refreshing conversation about nourishing our…
- The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
A Little Update + Two Ways to Learn Fertility Awareness with Me
In this short and sweet mini episode, Emma drops in with a quick hello and a little update. Things have been full behind the scenes, but she’s back and excited…
- The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
Menstrual Bleeding 101: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and When to Pay Attention
Your menstrual bleed isn’t just a messy inconvenience—it’s a powerful monthly report card from your body. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, Emma…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationGut Health, Hormones, and Body Literacy with Rita Johnson
In this episode, Emma sits down with Rita Johnson, NTP, to explore the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, and women’s overall well-being. Rita…
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From Loss to Life: How Charting & Support Change Everything with Sarah
Pregnancy after loss carries a unique weight—grief, anxiety, hope, and joy all tangled together. In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Sarah Lingle, a…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationBeyond Band-Aids: Root-Cause Women’s Health and PCOS with Haley of Truth & Fertility Podcast
Today I’m joined by Haley Yeager, FertilityCare Practitioner (Creighton), certified SymptoPro instructor, wife, and mom of three, for a grounded, hopeful…
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How to Get Your Partner on Board with a Fertility Awareness Method
In this episode, I’m mixing things up a little — sharing more about what’s been going on in my life lately and then diving into one of the questions I hear…
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From Cycles to Symptoms: How Charts Reveal Hidden Health Clues
Your fertility chart is more than a family planning tool—it’s a monthly health report card. In this episode, Emma unpacks how cycle tracking can uncover hidden…
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What It’s Like to Work With Me (For Couples Avoiding Pregnancy)
Thinking about ditching hormonal birth control but worried about unplanned pregnancy? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m…
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Trying to Get Pregnant? What It’s Like to Work With Me
Trying to get pregnant but feeling overwhelmed, confused, or stuck? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Cyclical Doula Podcast, I’m breaking down exactly…
The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health EducationHow to Raise Body-Literate Kids (Without Feeling Like You Have to Know It All)
This episode is the replay of my recent masterclass, where I share the 3 keys to raising body-literate kids and talking about periods, puberty, and body…