Real Girl Series Jessi, Giana & Lindsay

Treska Stein, Dream Tender, Breathwork teacher & founder of Sheepä hides, shares how she  regulates her nervous system, how to explore your dream world to reveal subconscious guidance, and how important our outer environment is in keeping us connected. We loved hearing about her childhood growing up in the high desert and the simple breathwork techniques we can use to help us return home to ourselves. Treska empowers us to embrace our inner imperfectionist - Amen sister.
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Breathwork Dream Tending Decluttering  
In the Episode, We Learn:
She was born in Germany and moved to Taos, New Mexico when she was four. She started to explore breathwork when she couldn’t get relief from her anxiety. About nervous system regulation and the vagus nerve. Anxiety is often the experience of not feeling a suppressed emotion. The different breathwork techniques that she loves to use in her practice. Why she’s a big fan of gradualism in breathwork. Why she loves sighing and yawning when trying to downregulate your system. How she found dream tending. During a dream tending session, she gets curious with you around what your unconscious might be communicating to you through a dream. How dream tending can bring you an insight into what you need to process emotionally. What recurring dreams mean. About her program, Decluttering from the Inside Out, which includes a financial wellness coach and a space alchemist. How she practices intentional sparseness in her home space. About her natural and ethical sheepskin company, Sheepä hides.  
Resources:
Connect with Paige on IG @treska___stein Sister Sister website The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana Sheepä hides  
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OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare Living Libations organic and wildcrafted

The episode we have all been waiting for is here! Lindsay shares all the incredible and hilarious details of Pfeiffer’s home birth! We love hearing about Lindsay’s transcendent, out of body experience that she likens to Bruce Almighty meeting God for the first time. Hah! We are in awe of Lindsay’s strength as she recounts the moments that challenged her and changed her forever. We are so excited to share Lindsay’s journey of bringing Pfeiffer Earth side.
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Labor Birth Postpartum  
In the Episode, Lindsay shares:
Her experience with her water breaking. How her doula got her to start dancing in between contractions. That even though she didn’t use hypnobirthing during her labor, it helped prepare her mindset for labor. How she felt like Bruce Almighty when he met God. She felt completely calm and quiet inside her body. That she actually didn’t feel grounded in the tub, which was not what she expected. From 2am-6am, she felt like she completely lost any concept of time and had an out of body, transcendent experience. As the sun started to rise, that is when everything started to pick up again. The mind game that was happening during the pushing process. Pfeiffer passed meconium as she came out and had to go to the hospital. Her postpartum experience with blood clots and bleeding. She has a whole new respect for the strength and intelligence that her body has. There is nothing she would do differently and credits vocalizing along the waves of contractions as the greatest tool she had.  
Resources:
Lindsay’s IG Australian Birth Stories podcast and IG Doing it at Home podcast Happy Home Birth podcast Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy podcast Evidence Based Birth podcast Down to Birth podcast The Birth Hour podcast Conception and Pregnancy Coach Kate Caddle Eva Rose Birth IG The Naked Doula IG Spirit Babies by Walter Makichen Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin  
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Paige Patterson, actor and postpartum doula, reflects on the highs and lows of her journey navigating an artistic career and how postpartum work has transformed her life. We loved connecting the patterns of how she was showing up in the world when she was met with “success,” and what she has learned from the darker times in her life. Paige’s passionate focus on being in love with all cycles of life and embracing her unique ways of living feels like a message we all needed to hear. 
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Acting Postpartum Doula  Receptivity  
In the Episode, We Learn:
She became deeply obsessed with theater in highschool, studied it in undergrad, and then went on to get her MFA at Columbia University. About her immersive experience applying and auditioning for the MFA program at Columbia. She met her husband and best friends while living in New York. She got signed with Paradigm and a great management company right out of college. How the casting directors in New York really coached her at the start of her career. About her years-long lesson of enjoying her wins in the moment and not focusing on what is next. The reckoning she had after coming off of a 14 episode run and not booking for 3 years. How she checks in with herself to step into her own power and pleasure. About her beautiful mentorship experience with Birdsong Brooklyn. How she discovered her unique offer to the world as a human and as a doula. About her postpartum doula offering, which includes day shifts, overnight shifts, and planning calls. The importance of sacred boundaries. After birth you have to give yourself space to heal: “Ideally 2 weeks in bed, 2 weeks by the bed.” The importance of giving yourself permission to grieve your old life - give yourself space to have two contradictory feelings like grief and gratitude. How she is focusing on being in love with her life as it is now. Some tips on how to help your body complete cycles and restore your nervous system.  
Resources:
Connect with Paige on IG @paigeisapeach Birdsong Brooklyn mentorship program Skyting Yoga Davie-Blue (Somatics) The Twelfth House podcast from Holisticism The first 40 Days by Harry N. Abrams Awakening Fertility by Harry N. Abrams  
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OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare Living Libations organic and wildcrafted

Jenni Adishian, Manifestation Advisor and founder of Abundant Collective, reframes this often anxiety-heavy time at the start of new year. In our third interview, we dive deep into the process of manifestation, casting your list from a grounded mental place, and giving yourself grace. We loved hearing about her experience cultivating her intuitive gifts. We are reminded to take a pause and always approach what you are calling from a place of excitement instead of lack. We love this new year ritual catching up with our magical friend, Jenni.
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Manifestation Beliefs and Emotional Energy Intuitive Channeling  
In the Episode, We Learn:
The importance of giving yourself grace to know when you are ready to start calling in a new list. How important it is to NOT create your manifestation list from a place of lack. How cultivating the feeling of safety and security in your body creates magnetism for your manifestations. Her ritual of channeling a word for the year. Last year taught her the importance of trusting yourself and letting go.  About her experience with letting go of old identities, friendships, relationships and learning to trust herself. How she embraces the unknown and finds the magic in it. How she plans to focus on the divine feminine flow of receiving and embracing her sexuality. How sexual energy and Creator energy is all connected to manifestation. How to release the need to know how you're going to get there or when. How aligned actions support your manifestations. Your aligned actions are whatever make you feel good, confident, lit up, and energized. How she has leaned into her spiritual and intuitive gifts. How our beliefs and emotions held in our bodies contribute to what we manifest. We manifest when we are the vibrational and emotional match with what we are calling in.  
Resources:
Jenni’s IG @jenni.adishian Work with Jenni  Abundant Collective Abundant Collective Retreat: Sedona


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We start off 2022 with Ava Johanna, International Breathwork and Meditation Coach + Founder of The Academy of Breath, as she shares her incredible journey from being homeless at 16 to discovering her mission to bring breathwork and meditation to everyone. We love her outlook on how the dark times in our lives can actually position us to discover what we are meant to fulfill in this life. Her passion for helping people expand into the human beings they were meant to become lights us up. She’s a literal breath of fresh air! 
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Breathwork Nervous System Sacred Activation  
In the Episode, We Learn:
The limiting beliefs she picked up from her rocky childhood. About her story from going from an upper middle class family to being homeless at the age of 16 and having to drop out of school to support herself. About her experience with numbing herself. What led her to discover breathwork and meditation. How she went from feeling hopeless to empowered. About her experience with stress and weekly migraines that lasted for 72 hours. About the turning point in her life where she realized there was no amount of money that was going to make her happy and that she wasn’t happy… How we can start to feel safe in our bodies. How our bodies are affected by stress and fear. How the breath works with the nervous system and with the part of the brain that perceives danger and stress. How to activate your parasympathetic nervous system. How we can use breathwork to arouse our nervous system when we need energy. How she built her business The Academy of Breath where she certifies teachers in breathwork and meditation. About her mission to bring breathwork and meditation into every single household on this planet.  
Resources:
Ava’s IG @avajohanna The Academy of Breath  AvaJohanna.com  Breath by James Nestor  The Radiant Sutras  
Affiliates:
OSEA Malibu non-toxic skincare Living Libations organic and wildcrafted

Dr. Janiel Henry, psychologist and founder of Women Rise, shares her passion for women’s mental health and holistic wellness. We pick her brain on the commonalities and patterns she notices contributing to anxiety in women specifically and how we can support ourselves and others. We loved hearing about her dreams for the future where women take the space they need to care for themselves and thrive. Let’s rise together.
 
Topics We Discuss: 
Psychology Holistic Wellness Mental Health  
In the Episode, We Learn:
She knew she wanted to be a psychologist in high school. The differences between men and women experiencing anxiety. The internal and external pressures that create anxiety and depression in women. How feeling safe as women correlates to anxiety. Why she started Women Rise, a boutique women’s mental health and holistic wellness center. Support through Women Rise includes yoga, massage, therapy, nutrition support, doula support, postpartum midwife support, and more. About Janiel’s dreams for the future generations of women regarding their mental health and taking up space in the world. The importance of being mindful of when we are in the process of achieving our dreams instead of only focusing on the end product. The major differences in women’s mental health and support across the world.  
Resources:
Janiel’s IG @dr.janielhenry Women Rise IG @womenrisepsyc_wellness Women Rise Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman


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