EP#04: It Takes a Village with April Miranda

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About the Episode:
In this episode, we hear April’s birth story. We discuss the
importance of choosing your birth team, how to make informed
choices in labour, how to pivot when things don’t go as planned,
healing from birth trauma, and the importance of creating a
community for yourself postpartum.

Guest Bio & Links:
April Miranda is a Toronto-based Reiki Master and yoga teacher. She
has been teaching movement for more than 18 years. April uses
different healing modalities to support her clients' healing from
the inside out. Her kinesiology degree, performing arts background,
along with other healing modalities, allow her to help her clients
feel lighter physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically.
April was voted in the Top 50 Fitness Expert Entrepreneurs in the
Greater Toronto Area with Sweat Equity Magazine. She is currently
writing her first book: "MOVE with LOVE - Your Innovative Guide to
Master Unblocking Your Chakras and Liberate the Real You." April
has also been featured in HOLR magazine and been interviewed on
different podcasts, and eventually started her own podcast, "MOVE
with LOVE Podcast with April Miranda." She lives downtown Toronto
with her husband Chris, their daughter Bella Luna, and their puppy,
House.

If you would like to find out more about April Miranda follow her
on Instagram @aprilmiranda or get your free healing meditation,
book a Reiki session, get Reiki training, and inspiration, please
visit aprilmiranda.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 the incredible Kattie
Laur.

This pilot episode was made possible with support from Ontario
Creates.