Freya Women

Joanie Roy
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Welcome to the Freya Podcast, a space to slow down, breathe, and return to yourself. Through honest conversations, guided meditation practices, and reflections on the nervous system, conscious breathing, motherhood, birth, and personal growth, we'll explore what it means to live with greater presence, peace, and intention. Each episode offers practical tools to help you move out of the thinking mind, reconnect with your body, and remember the wisdom that has always lived within you. Because before we do, we must first learn to be.

  1. 2d ago

    S2 E9: Peur d’accoucher : faire confiance à son corps sans tout contrôler avec Cath Rose

    This episode is in French! Catherine and I share an honest conversation about birth, motherhood, and building a business while caring for a family. To my French-speaking mamas: this one’s for you. 🤍 Et si se préparer à accoucher, c’était aussi relâcher la pression de le faire « comme il faut » ? Dans cet épisode, je retrouve mon amie Cath Rose, artiste, maman, enseignante de yoga et ancienne doula, pour une conversation intime sur la naissance, la maternité et la connexion à soi. Cath partage l’intensité de son accouchement, les attentes qu’elle portait et ce moment où la connexion avec son bébé est devenue plus importante que le scénario qu’elle avait imaginé. Nous parlons aussi d’entrepreneuriat et de cette réalité de porter tellement de responsabilités. Nos enfants. Notre couple. Les projets qu’on veut créer. Et nos propres besoins, qui se retrouvent facilement en dernier. Comment faire de la place à tout ça sans s’oublier ? Une conversation honnête sur la confiance en son corps, la place qu’on laisse à l’inconnu et ce que ça signifie de devenir mère tout en restant connectée à soi. 🤍

  2. Oct 16

    S2 E8: Natural Birth Preparation: How Reconnecting with my Breath Prepared Me for a Home Birth

    What if the contractions are too intense? What if I can’t do this? I had these thoughts before birth and even while giving birth. Yet I went from living with anxiety to experiencing two empowered home births without medication. In this episode, I share how years of working with my body and breath prepared me for birth without me even realizing it. I talk about why studying birth and becoming a doula gave me information, but didn’t automatically make me feel safe, and what truly helped me move from fear toward trust. You’ll learn how changing my relationship with discomfort transformed the way I experienced contractions, along with a practical breathing tool you can begin using today to meet physical and emotional intensity without immediately fighting it. Because preparing for birth isn’t only about learning positions or creating the perfect plan. It’s also about learning how to stay connected to your body when things become intense. If this episode resonates with you, follow the Freya Women Podcast and share it with a woman preparing for birth. This episode shares my personal experience and is intended for general information only. It is not medical advice. Please speak with your midwife or healthcare provider about your individual pregnancy and birth plan.

  3. Oct 2

    S2 E7: Finding Your Strength Through Birth

    Are you pregnant and afraid of giving birth or wondering how you’ll move through the pain? I had those questions too. In this episode, I share my journey of preparing for birth and birthing my two boys at home without pain medication. I talk about what helped me feel safe, how I connected with my breath and body, and why those experiences changed the way I saw myself. We explore fear of birth, the importance of feeling supported, and how breathwork and body awareness can help you meet the intensity of labor. I also share a simple breathing practice you can begin exploring as you prepare for birth and motherhood. This conversation is about discovering your own strength while leaving room for the uncertainty, choices, and support that every birth deserves. 🤍 PREPARE FOR BIRTH WITH ME — REBIRTH REBIRTH is my birth preparation program for pregnant women who want to feel ready for birth, work through fear, and learn practical tools to support their nervous system through labor and into motherhood. Together, we make space for what you’re feeling, and I teach you the tools I used in my own births. Through breath, movement, and body awareness, we practice ways to move through intensity and reconnect with your own strength. Message me “REBIRTH” on Instagram to learn more:https://www.instagram.com/freya.thegoddesswithin/ With love,Joanie 🤍Founder of Freya · Certified naturotherapist · Somatic coach · Breathwork facilitator · Doula-trained · Mama of two

  4. Sep 25

    S2 E6: I Had No Idea How to Discipline My Kids, Until I Learned This

    Why don’t my kids listen to me, and how do I discipline them without punishing them? When my boys were babies, motherhood felt natural to me. I knew how to nurture them, hold them and respond to their needs. But as they grew older, became more independent and started testing boundaries, I realized something uncomfortable: I had no idea how to discipline them. In this episode, I share what I’m learning about the difference between discipline and punishment, setting loving but firm boundaries, and regulating myself before reacting to my children. We explore how our own childhood experiences shape the way we parent and why learning to listen to the body and trust our intuition matters so deeply in motherhood. This conversation goes beyond parenting. It’s also about the way we discipline ourselves, pursue our dreams and stay devoted to the life we truly want. Because discipline doesn’t have to mean shame, control or punishment. Discipline can be devotion, to our children, to ourselves and to the future we are helping create.

  5. Sep 18

    S2 E5: How to Manifest your Dream Life by Trusting your Body

    What if creating the life you desire isn’t about forcing, controlling, or constantly doing more, but learning to listen to your body, trust your emotions, and recognize what feels truly aligned? In this episode, I explore what it means to co-create with the universe and live as if your dreams are already unfolding. I share personal stories of growth, rebirth, and the uncomfortable clash we can feel when we’re becoming someone new but still holding on to an old version of ourselves. We’ll talk about trusting your desires, releasing limiting beliefs, balancing doing with being, and finding abundance in the beauty that already exists around you. The episode ends with a guided breathwork meditation to help you anchor your intentions, connect with your desires, and embody the life you’re ready to create.

  6. Sep 11

    S2 E4: What Does a Beautiful Life Look Like to You?

    What does a beautiful life look and feel like to you? In this episode, I exploree beauty beyond appearances and the connection between your emotions, inner alignment, and the life you are creating. Through personal stories, practical reflections, meditation, and breathwork, you’ll discover how to reconnect with your authentic self, notice beauty in ordinary moments, and create more of what feels true, joyful, and fulfilling to you. You will FEEL different after this episode & notice that beauty is SO contagious. Beauty is deeply personal. You decide what is beautiful for you and your emotions can help you recognize whether you are truly aligned with it.

  7. Sep 4

    S2 E3: Why You Feel Disconnected From Your Body and How to Come Back

    Your body is always speaking to you. Through your breath. Your emotions. The tension you carry. The feeling in your stomach when something doesn’t feel right and the expansion you feel when something is meant for you. But as sensitive women and mothers, many of us have learned to override these signals. We keep giving, doing and moving forward, even when our bodies are asking us to slow down. In this episode, I share my journey of reconnecting with my body through breathwork and introduce EARTH, the foundation of the Freya Method. We explore what happens when we disconnect from our bodies, how the breath can help regulate the nervous system and why healing doesn’t always require doing more. Sometimes, it begins by returning to what is simple, natural and already within us. This is an invitation to exhale, listen and come home to the body that has been carrying you through it all.

  8. Aug 28

    S2 E3: How to Find Inner Peace as a Highly Sensitive Woman

    Do you keep telling yourself that you’ll finally feel at peace when life calms down? When the list is finished. When the decision is made. When you reach the next milestone. When everything around you finally feels okay. For sensitive women, peace can easily become something we’re always waiting for but rarely allowing ourselves to experience now. In this episode of the Freya Podcast, we explore why your mind and nervous system may struggle to let go, even when everything seems “fine”, and how to stop making your inner peace dependent on what is happening around you. Through nervous system regulation, breathwork, embodiment, and simple practices, you’ll learn how to come out of overthinking, feel safer in your body, and return to yourself in the middle of real life. You don’t have to wait for everything to change before you can feel at peace. Peace begins here. In your body. In your breath. In this moment.

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Welcome to the Freya Podcast, a space to slow down, breathe, and return to yourself. Through honest conversations, guided meditation practices, and reflections on the nervous system, conscious breathing, motherhood, birth, and personal growth, we'll explore what it means to live with greater presence, peace, and intention. Each episode offers practical tools to help you move out of the thinking mind, reconnect with your body, and remember the wisdom that has always lived within you. Because before we do, we must first learn to be.

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  • Creator
    Joanie Roy
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Joanie Roy
  • Show Website
    Freya Women