EP#11: The Gift of Stillness with Marisa Belger

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About the Episode
Join us as we talk to Marisa about her co-authored book “Nine
Golden Months” and just a handful of the ideas contained within
it’s pages. We discuss the five “treasures” that can guide a person
to an enlivened, empowered pregnancy and birth. We focus most of
our time talking about the first treasure; “The Gift of Stillness”,
including how to say “no”, how to find rest in your pregnancy and
how to connect with your baby when they are wombside. We ask the
question “what is self-trust and why is it so important to activate
during pregnancy and throughout the motherhood journey?” We go a
little deeper to examine the power of making and keeping small
promises to yourself, the importance of prioritizing your own needs
and cultivating and listening to your own intuition. This is a must
listen for all new parents.
Guest Bio & Links
Marisa Belger is a life coach specializing in the motherhood
journey as well as a women's group facilitator. She is co-author of
a series of books for mothers including The First Forty Days: The
Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, the bestselling guide
to women-centric care in the early weeks of motherhood and Nine
Golden Months: The Essential Art of Nurturing the Mother-to-Be. Her
happy place is helping women click into the wisdom of their inner
knowing so they can make choices that support their
evolution.
https://www.marisabelger.com

Host Bio & Links
Dr Dori Skye Engel is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and Birth
Doula practicing family medicine in Toronto with a special interest
in Pregnancy, Pediatrics and Perimenopause. Mama to three
wonderful, intense and dramatically different boys, she believes
strongly in the innate wisdom of the human body and our powerful
ability to heal. She can be found at
http://www.familynaturopathy.ca
http://www.instagram.com/mamadoll
http://www.facebook.com/DrDoriND

Natalie Tregaskiss is a Registered Midwife, a Labour and Delivery
Nurse and a Board Certified Lactation Consultant who has been
supporting families for over 17 years. She has three amazing
children whom she is constantly learning from. Through her unique
breadth of experience she helps parents birth with autonomy and
transition to authentic parenthood. She can be found at
http://www.instagram.com/tregaskiss1

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Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This
episode was edited by Emily Groleau.