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When Your Doula Clients Don’t Call: What It Means, Why It Happens, and How to Cope
It’s a scenario that can sting: you’ve done everything right, prepared, checked in, and created an amazing birth plan with them. You have been to their home 3 times. Your bag is packed. You have told people ‘if I am not a birth’ at least 6 times this week alone. You are excited. Then, when…
Read MoreImpact of Alcohol: A Quiz on Health and Awareness
In this last episode of the season Amy and Bianca bring you a super fun quiz to talk about the alcohol awareness, impact of alcohol on human health and body so that you can make an informed choice when it comes to this huge cultural influence that most of us are constantly exposed to. April…
Read MoreJoy in Motherhood: Overcoming the gap between Expectations and Reality
This week Bianca and Marissa chat about societal expectations around motherhood all the way from getting pregnant to the parenting experience and joy in Motherhood. They also talk about the ways in which we can reclaim joys of motherhood, play, connection, and love in our identities as mothers and how that experience can be deeply…
Read MorePostpartum Healing Path: Navigating Beyond Snapback
This week Bianca and Meg are talking about one of the most harmful, almost comical lies we tell new parents: the idea that they will be able to “bounce” or “snap” back into their pre-pregnancy life. This devastating myth has us focusing on all the wrong things: shrink your body, hide any signs…
Read MorePivoting after failure: what we learned when our workshop offerings
Written by Meg Kant Pivoting after failure: what we learned when our workshop offerings tanked Anyone who has joined us for any of our courses knows that we don’t hold anything back. We are happy to share all our successes and tips and tricks we have learned over the years. We are also very forthcoming…
Read MoreRV Life: Linda’s Healing Journey
This week Bianca interviews Linda Eileen Fearless Birther, amazing doula, homeschooling mom, peer mentor, RV lifestyle and Bebo Mia community member. Linda’s family’s healing journey started with pain. After Linda got injured her household had to be re-structured and her husband found himself in a new role that had him questioning a lot of…
Read MoreThe power of Embracing Every Emotion on Infant Sleep with Greer Kirshenbaum
This week Bianca talks to Dr Greer Kirshenbaum from Nurture Neuroscience, the first neuroscientist doula, about the importance of sleep and the challenges that families faced when trying to fit into unrealistic societal standards around infant sleep guidelines and the pressure to sleep train babies. Infant sleep guidelines are an essential resource for parents.…
Read MoreA Personal Account of My Fertility Journey and Struggles
Like a hilarious fertility conversation with your feisty friend who doesn’t give a f*ck. We go forward on fertility journey. Brave stories, hot topics, and #truthbombs that will either balm your soul or light fire to your rage. This week Bianca chats with Regina Townsend from The Broken Brown Egg about the…
Read MoreBattling Medical Sexism with Jennifer Block
Like a hilarious Medical Sexism conversation with your feisty friend who doesn’t give a f*ck. Brave stories, hot topics, and #truthbombs that will either balm your soul or light fire to your rage. Podcast with Jennifer Block This week Bianca and Amy interview Jennifer Block, author of the books Pushed and Everything Below the Waist,…
Read MoreVirgie Tovar Podcast: Reclaiming the Pleasure Diet Culture Stole from Us
Hot + Brave The Blog-Cast-Season 2 Episode 1: Reclaiming the Pleasure Diet Culture Stole from Us with Virgie Tovar Like a hilarious conversation with your feisty friend who doesn’t give a f*ck. Brave stories, hot topics, and #truthbombs that will either balm your soul or light fire to your rage. Author and activist Virgie Tovar…
Read MoreLet’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings
Let’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings in 2023 Written by Amy C. Willis Let’s Ditch the Resolutions and Focus on Feelings We are just a little over a week into 2023. First off, if you’re reading this, you survived 2022 – congrats! By now, you’ve likely been exposed to a plethora…
Read MoreLatin America is Raging: Hot + Brave the podcast
Hot + Brave The Podcast Episode 02: Latin America is Raging Listen to the full episode on your favorite app here! Latin American women During this week’s episode talk about birth in Latin American women, women’s movements and creating change through rage. In this Hot + Brave podcast, Marissa Bolaños from Womb…
Read MorePostpartum Rage Treatment with Amy C Willis
Reconnecting with your Rage Listen to the full episode on your favorite app here! Postpartum rage Postpartum rage is a real and serious condition that can affect many new mothers. Seeking postpartum rage treatment and support is essential in managing this condition. The first step in treating postpartum rage is recognizing the condition…
Read MoreThe work of bebo mia in reproductive justice: Hot + Brave the podcast
Hot + Brave The Podcast Episode 00: bebo mia’s mission Listen to the full episode on your favorite app here! The work of bebo mia in reproductive justice In the first episode of Hot + Brave the podcast, Bianca Sprague, Meg Kant, and Michelle Cruz talk about the work of bebo mia in…
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