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MotherSpeak with Carina Devi Carina Devi
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MotherSpeak is about rising higher through motherhood. We view mothering as a spiritual path, ripe with opportunities for growth, transformation, and healing.
We venture into the heart, psyche, and spirit; into the archetypal, the ancestral, and the spiritual. We mine the gems from our experiences, turn our challenges and pain into wisdom, and connect to the heart of this wild journey we’re on.
Through storytelling, compassion, nervous system regulation, and embodiment, Motherspeak aims to give voice to mothers’ innermost experiences and provide framing, resources, and support so that we can be proud of how we show up to our children and to the world.
Your host Carina Devi is a doula, childbirth educator, prenatal & postpartum yoga teacher, and mother to a 7-year old with another on the way. She co-founded the Mindful Mamas app, teaches trauma-informed mindfulness at EOU, and is a 3/5 Reflector.
Motherspeak is your anchor to rise higher through motherhood with courage, tenderness, and belief in yourself, always.(Formerly Higher Self and Higher Self Daily)
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My Birth Story Part 2: A Painless, Pleasurable Home Birth
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 - Us...
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My Birth Story Part 1: An Awakening Pregnancy of Joy & Loneliness
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 marriag...
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Welcome to MotherSpeak
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
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The First Trimester: Stories from Four Mothers, The Need for Community, and Rites of Passage
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 ...
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The Opening of the Heart
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 p...
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We're Back... and We're Having A Baby!
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 Wint...