Episode 13 feels like a particularly special episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing Pamela Hunt. If you have heard of the book Spiritual Midwifery or The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee, you may have heard of her. In the 1970s, Pamela was part of a caravan of eighty school buses that went across the United States led by Stephen Gaskin. Stephen was a teacher in San Francisco when his writing class evolved into a discussion group that grew to have 1500 students in attendance each week. A lot of the hippies in attendance made up the caravan and their mission was to save the world! As women became pregnant and started to give birth during their trip, Pamela and a group of a few other women including Ina May Gaskin, Stephen’s wife, fell into the role of the midwives assisting in the deliveries.
Read moreNot A Mama Yet Podcast: Episode 11
This week on the podcast, I am speaking with Carolyn Witte, one of the Founders of the Tia Clinic in NYC. At the Tia Clinic, you can get integrated gynecology, wellness and primary care under one roof and one health record. They hold community events, offer same week appointments, which can be super hard to come by in the city, and they provide you with a care team. Imagine a team of physicians and wellness practitioners talking to each other and understanding your health records together so they can understand the whole you. Everything about this clinic is game changing and I can’t wait to see it grow to become a household name across the country.
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Mother’s Day is this weekend. No matter who you are and what your relationship is with this holiday, there is no doubt that being a mother or caregiver takes a lot of strength. I have been lucky to grow up around so many strong women and mothers who I look up to, so Mother’s Day for me is a reminder of what those maternal figures have done to impact my life. As a child, I saw my mom work from home so she could be with us when we got home from school while also having a career. I saw my grandma start over in a new state after her divorce from my grandpa, which took a lot of courage at 70 years old.
Read moreNot A Mama Yet "Podcast": Episode 6
This week’s episode of the Not A Mama Yet “Podcast” is with Danielle Cuccio! Danielle is the CEO of her brand Cuccio Somatology, she is a private yoga Instructor, and runs her website, The Beauty Blender, where she brings you beauty, wellness and happiness all in one place. I had the pleasure of first meeting Danielle through work last year and we have become fast friends. I was so excited when she agreed to be on the podcast as she had recently shared the news of her pregnancy with the world and I wanted to sit down to talk about her experience getting pregnant and her pregnancy so far! In our conversation, we talk about Danielle’s career and how she got into the beauty and wellness space, she shares her experience getting pregnant from the different doctors she saw, her fertility questions, the procedures she had to go through, and more.
Read moreNot A Mama Yet Podcast: Episode 4
For this episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I’m speaking with Lina O’Connor. Lina is a serious #girlboss and mom of two boys who are 8 and 10. Growing up, she was never sure of what she wanted to do but each step she took in school while attending the Cornell University of Hotel Administration and post-grad while working at Wolfgang Puck and Marriott International led her to become one of the first employees of Tender Greens where she is now the CFO. Just last year she received the Rising Star CFO of the Year award from the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Read moreWine & Gyn Part 2: Egg Freezing
I’m so excited to share the second installment of the Wine & Gyn series that covers women’s health, fertility, egg freezing, and more. This post covers questions on egg-freezing that were answered by Dr. Mary Rosser, Dr. Zev Williams, Dr. Brianna Ruddick, and Dr. Paula Brady from Sloane Hospital for Women at New York Presbyterian. Dr. Rosser’s specialty is Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dr. Williams specializes in Fertility, specifically recurrent loss. Dr. Ruddick is a Reproductive Endocrinologist within the area of third party reproduction and same-sex couples, and Dr. Brady specializes in egg-freezing.
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