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How Unhealed Tokophobia Can Affect You In Unexpected Ways
By Alexia Leachman, founder of Fear Free Childbirth. Alexia healed her own tokophobia and developed the method she used to do it – and has helped women clear theirs for over 10 years. In this article: JJ never knew that she had tokophobia, because she'd never heard of...
Overcoming Birth Trauma: Heather’s Journey to Positive Birth
In today's episode, I am joined by Heather to dive into her incredible journey from a fear-filled first birth to two positive and empowering experiences. Heather shares her deep emotional work in overcoming the negative feelings from her traumatic first birth and the...
Celeste’s Journey from Tokophobia to Inner Peace
Join Celeste on a transformative journey to overcome fears and find peace with childbirth in this emotional and empowering episode.
How Puberty Trauma Shapeshifts into Fear of Pregnancy and Body Image
In this episode, "Puberty, Pregnancy & Body Image," is a game-changer. We are diving deep into a conversation with my guest, Ramona, sharing our own experiences and uncovering the profound connection between puberty trauma, body image and body dysmorphia, and the...
From Phobia to Calling: From Fearful Mama to Confident Midwife
In this episode, I have an incredible story of transformation to share with you. My guest, Jessica, was once plagued with fear when it came to pregnancy and childbirth. However, she conquered her fears and had a positive birth experience that inspired her to make a...
How my consciousness changed during my pregnancy journey
I've always been fascinated by the pregnancy journey and what it forces us as women to face up to. We are forced to confront many of our fears on the pregnancy and birth journey. Many women use this as an opportunity to do some incredible inner work to give them the...
Postnatal meets Perimenopause with Linda Stephens
In today's episode, we dive deep into the world of perimenopause and how it intersects with the postnatal period. With so many women waiting until later in life to have children, this is an important topic for women to get their heads around. Postnatal meets...
From Fearful to Surrogate: Susie’s Story
In today's episode, I am joined by the incredible Susie Hamilton as she shares her spine-tingling story of transformation from someone who wrestled with tokophobia, the fear of pregnancy and birth, to becoming a surrogate. When Susie discovered this podcast when she...
Emetophobia, Fear of Vomit and Pregnancy
Fear of Vomit and Pregnancy: How to Navigate the Emetophobia in Preparation for Pregnancy and Parenthood Today I am diving into a topic that affects more people than you might imagine - the fear of vomit and pregnancy. The fear of being sick is also known as...
Hidden Pregnancy & Birth Trauma
The Power of Healing Your Hidden Pregnancy and Birth Trauma In this episode I explore hidden pregnancy and birth trauma. Discover how ancestral trauma can fuel fears and anxieties about pregnancy and birth, even if you've never been pregnant. I also share my personal...