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In this episode, I tell the story of my son's wonderful home birth. I go into detail of every stage of the journey: what I found easy, the challenges I faced and how I got through them, what surprised me, what I loved, it's spiritual nature, and more. If you're looking for a good, happy birth story that also keeps it real, this is it.Here's what you'll hear:0:00 - Preview & Intro1:20 - The Cocoon Loosens2:31 - The First Early Labor Contractions5:12 - "My water is about to break"06:03 - Using Hypnobabies to Release Fear06:36 - The Early Labor "It's Happening" Warm & Fuzzies07:25 - What Are The Midwives Doing Here Already?08:53 - Feminine Fury & a Pause in Labor10:15 - "I'm going to restart my labor. No one follow me."11:25 - The Perfect Spring Day and Finding My Flow12:23 - Learning to Understand and Control Contractions14:15 - Hummingbird Medicine & Hating The Toilet16:22 - Active Labor Begins18:19 - My One Painful Contraction19:48 - My Favorite Part of Labor22:10 - Getting Into The Birth Pool24:10 - A Deep Pool of Bliss26:37 - Transition27:53 - Getting Overwhelmed and Telling My Contractions "No"28:57 - The Rest & Be Thankful Phase29:49 - Retrieving My Baby's Soul From The Cosmos30:34 - Pushing Is Powerful31:17 - My Inner Escape Artist33:05 - Facing Fears35:05 - Phwoom! Getting Baby Into Position36:31 - In An Altered State of Consciousness37:30 - I Have To Decide To Do This38:50 - I've Never Seen My Vulva Look Like That Before39:42 -Calling On My Birth Altar40:35 - The Only Way Out Is Through41:18 - Summoning Ancient Power43:13 - Crowning and Ecstatic Pleasure44:40 - The Most Pleasurable Sensation I've Ever Felt In My Life47:14 - "Am I Having A Hemmorage?"48:53 - I Didn't Tear!49:33 - Getting Tucked Into Bed As A Family of Three and Breastfeeding For The First Time52:27 - The Lessons I Learned In Labor59:13 - An Invitation To Share Your Empowering Birth StoryIf you'd like to share your birth story on the MotherSpeak podcast, you can go to podinbox.com/MotherSpeak to share your birth story. If you'd prefer to share it in written format or be interviewed for the podcast, email me at carina@carinadevi.com. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

In this 2-Part episode, I begin telling the story of my son's painless, pleasurable, joyful, transcendent home birth. I believe that every good birth story starts with the conception and pregnancy story. In this episode, I share the details surrounding his conception and birth, which wasn't nearly as wonderful as his birth.While I loved being pregnant, my personal life was falling apart. I hope that in sharing my story of this pregnancy, it helps those who are also struggling in their marriage, with their care provider, or are otherwise having a less-than-ideal pregnancy. It doesn't mean a less-than-ideal birth.Here's what you'll hear in this episode:0:00 - Preview01:22 - Intro and Reflections 8 Year Out05:05 - The Importance of Positive Birth Stories09:26 - A Releasing, Ground Breath11:20 - An Unexpected, Planned Conception26:33 - Processing The News With 12 Other People29:00 - Holy Shit, I Have To Give Birth Now29:50 - Processing With The Support of Mother Nature31:08 - You Can't Be Bothered By Morning Sickness When You're Overflowing With Joy33:10 - My Feminine Spiritual Connection Blossoms35:28 - The Happiest and Loneliest I've Ever Felt40:11 - Doubting My Midwife - Am I Going to Give Birth Unassisted?44:11 - Due on Mother's DayGo to Part 2 to hear the story of the birth! To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

The first trimester of pregnancy is often a time of profound emotions, consuming symptoms, and big life changes, all hidden from the world by a veil of secrecy.In this episode, four women share their stories of their first trimester: the wide array of emotions, how it enhanced their spiritual life, impacted their relationships, boosted their belief in themselves, and much more.In this episode you'll hear: 00:00 - Welcome to MotherSpeak00:51 - A pregnancy update03:03 - The commercialization of motherhood05:05 - The need for a circle of mothers07:20 - Rites of passage require community11:04 - The hidden nature of the first trimester14:01 - The importance of storytelling15:51 - Kylie's Story - "Big things have happened every time I've conceived."21:48 - Marissa's Story - "It has made me re-look at myself in ways that I didn't realize I needed to."31:26 - Maritza's Story - "There is still so much mystery to be unraveled..."42:35 - Ahsa's Story - "Just because someone else experienced it, it doesn't mean you will too."46:46 - Closing To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Weepiness and unrestrained emotional sensitivity are hallmarks of pregnancy and early postpartum.In this episode, we explore what's behind this vulnerability, the purpose it serves at different stages of mothering, and how we can embrace it as a feminine gift, rather than viewing it as an uncomfortable inconvenience.In this episode you'll hear:00:00 - The opening of the heart03:55 - Why parenting requires an open heart05:17 - Each stage prepares us for the next05:51 - Learning boundaries in pregnancy09:39 - The courage to choose motherhood again11:56 - The unrestrained vulnerability of early motherhood14:14 - The depth of the heart as a feminine gift15:51 - Is baby blues really an opening of the heart?20:11 - Postpartum depression reveals that which needs our attention21:33 - Mothering in the absence of the village24:12 - Letting yourself open24:56 - Motherhood as an accelerated spiritual path25:52 -Our new podcast name and intention To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

After hibernating for the Winter, Higher Self is back with regular episodes... and a twist!Listen to hear about all that we've been up to since last year.In this episode you'll hear how the podcast is changing, all about the new baby, what happened to the Higher Self Sanctuary, navigating body image in pregnancy, and more!00:45 - We're Back!04:06 - How it all started05:50 - Honey, I think I'm pregnant07:40 - A star falls to Earth09:18 - All you have to do is feel12:16 - A name arrives on Winter Solstice15:36 - It's go time! (Virgo Mode, Engage!)20:58 - Navigating body image in pregnancy24:16 - Telepathic communication with baby25:50 - Morning sickness, fatigue, and brain fog, oh my!30:14 - Why I closed the Higher Self Sanctuary37:01 - How this podcast is changing To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Join the Higher Self Daily Podcast Email List for news and updates To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Sagittarius season is upon us, so let's dive into this misunderstood sign. You'll learn the mythology behind the sign, it's shadows and strengths, along with how you can use this energy in your own life. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Anxiety is important communication from our body. Healing chronic anxiety starts with learning how to listen. In this episode, I share my journey of learning to listen to my body and how that process was instrumental in healing the debilitating anxiety I suffered from for years.If you're looking for tools to manage anxiety, I invite you to check out my flagship program, Alchemize Your Anxiety.Not ready for a full course just yet? Perhaps the Alchemize Your Anxiety Guidebook is more your speed. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

If you are any flavor of neurodivergent, you know the struggle of trying to assimilate to a society that doesn't understand you. You likely dream of a world where your unique brains, skills, and gifts are embraced and celebrated, rather than misunderstood, ridiculed, or unrecognized. This is for you. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

In this episode, a listener asks about the nature of duality.Carina breaks down the ideas of duality and non-duality, shares how trauma impacts our perspective of these concepts, and why spiritual hierarchy related to these concepts (and others) misses the point. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

We all experience our Saturn Return between ages 27-30 and it gets a bad rap for being a time when our life falls apart and everything goes awry.But if we truly understand the purpose of the Saturn Return, how it works and how we can embrace it - we'll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to say yes to our destiny and who we really came here to be.Join the Higher Self Daily Podcast Email List for news and updates To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Apocalyptic movies have likely played a part in condition us to believe that natural disasters, political divides, and an increasingly unstable-world are all signs of end times.But what if it's just the end of the old way, and the beginning of something new, sustainable, and breathtakingly beautiful?In this episode, I encourage you to hold the vision of the world you want to live in, to give it energy, and believe in it fully.If you don't have a visions of a bright way forward, I encourage you to listen to this meditation to create that vision and share it with others. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Today, we'll strengthen our Acceptance Muscle through a guided, relaxing breath practice.If you've ever struggled with breakthwork, this just might be the practice for you. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Today we dive into our next Muscle of Awareness: Acceptance.You'll gain an understanding of your relationship with acceptance, how acceptance is one of the keys to a fulfilling life, and hear Carina's story of using acceptance to navigate life with a toddler who just wouldn't sleep. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

If you need a pep talk on your healing journey, this is for you. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

In this episode of Community Q&A, a listener asks, "what if my inner calling is toward a direction opposite of what my life requires?"We will all find ourselves in this place at least once, if not many times throughout the course of our lives. Carina shares her insights, wisdom, and personal stories of the fears that arise when facing potentially radical change. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

As we turn our clocks back, the cold rushes in, and the days become shorter, we embark on the time of year that I like to call "The Void", when our being yearns to hibernate, retreat, and surrender to short days and long nights. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

Today, Carina shares the most impactful messages from Brene Brown on vulnerability, why it matters, and how it can help us create a better world. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi

In this episode, Carina dives into the next Muscle of Awareness - Vulnerability.She talks about why it's so important for a fulfilling life, how to gauge whether or not your vulnerability muscle could use some work, and why it might be hard to share what's in your heart. To connect more with Carina, you can find her at:www.carinadevi.com https://www.instagram.com/carina.devi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@carina.devi