Welcome back to another episode of The Becoming Podcast, all! I'm delighted to bring you my conversation with writer Cindy DiTiberio today. I've been following Cindy's work on her Substack, The Mother Lode, for quite a while now, and I know you're going to love our conversation. So many of my clients and the women I connect with are experiencing – …

Welcome all! I'm really excited to introduce you to Enfys J. Book on the Becoming podcast today. I came across Enfys' new book Queer Rites: A Magickal Grimoire to Honor Your Milestones with Pride in a random search for other folks who were just as nerdy about rites of passage as I am. I really loved getting to know them and the conversation we had …

Hello beautiful ones, and welcome back to The Becoming Podcast. Today on the show I am thrilled to introduce you to Ruth Allen. I have been following (and loving) Ruth's work for a number of years, and I've absolutely loved her two books, Grounded and Weathering. Her work and her writing has deeply shaped the way I think about the natural world and…

Hello beautiful ones! The Becoming Podcast is returning after a somewhat unplanned hiatus, brought to you by Getting Pneumonia A Week After Launching My Book! But here we are again, and I couldn't be more delighted to be welcoming Carmen Spagnola as my first guest of 2025. Carmen has been a friend, colleague and teacher of mine for many years now, …

Hello beautiful ones! I've somehow taken a bit of an unexpected hiatus from the podcast lately, but I'm really, really delighted to share a new episode with you today. It's a super fun and beautiful conversation between three friends – myself, Mara Glatzel and Becca Piastrelli. In this episode, we're turning the tables and Mara and Becca are interv…

My friends! I'm really excited to share this interview with the amazing Asha Frost. We had such a beautiful conversation, and Asha has so much wisdom to share, and does so eloquently. Here's some of what Asha and I talk about in this episode: > How Asha's Lupus diagnosis was a threshold moment in her life that made it impossible to keep up with the…

I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Sarah Wildeman on the Becoming Podcast this month. This was such a rich and far-reaching dialogue about all things community-building, which is such an important locus of support – and also struggle – as we traverse times of deep change in our lives. Here's some of what Sarah and I talk about in this…

Hello, friend! I'm really excited to share my conversation with Danielle Cohen with you. If you're a mother, an entrepreneur, a multi-passionate human, or have ever been on either side of a camera, this episode is a must-listen. First, let me tell you a little bit about Danielle. Danielle Cohen is a visibility coach & professional photographer with…

Hello, friend! I'm delighted to share this month's Becoming Podcast episode with you. In it, I interview artist and fellow wilderness quester Glenda Goodrich. Glenda is an artist, art doula, SoulCollage® facilitator, writer, and convener of ceremony. She brings together earth-based rituals, community gatherings, and creative expression in a search …

I'm really excited to share with you my interview with Megan Sheldon. Megan and I connected through the magic of Instagram a few years ago, and we've recently enjoyed a couple of conversations sharing lots of professional and personal commonalities. Megan holds a tremendous amount of wisdom around grief work, ritual and ceremony, and I'm delighted …

I'm delighted to share with you that The Becoming Podcast is back for its 6th season (wow!) and that I've got a full and rich lineup of guests to share with you this year! The first is my dear friend Annie Bray. There were a lot of different titles I could have given this podcast and "Deep Conversation Between Two Brilliant Midlife Friends About Th…

Hello beautiful ones! I am so excited to share this month's interview with Lucy Jones with you. I think it might be one of my favourite episodes ever: our conversation was so rich and so full of the kinds of things I think we *really* need to be talking about when it comes to matrescence and motherhood. I started following Lucy in the early days of…

Hello beautiful ones! I am so excited to share this month's interview with Heng Ou and Marisa Belger with you. They are the authors of The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, which was a groundbreaking book for so many new mothers and postpartum professionals. To say I was delighted to be able to connect with these two…

Hello beautiful ones! I am so excited to bring you this month's episode of The Becoming Podcast with Mimi Young. Mimi Young is a Taiwanese Canadian animist spirit medium and the founder of Ceremonie, an esoteric brand focused on conversations around greater intuition and creativity, animism, and realigning with our deeper purpose. Mimi works at the…

The Becoming Podcast has been on a short hiatus while I focus on writing my book, but oh what a comeback episode I have for you! This month, I spoke to Toko-pa Turner, who many of you may know as the unofficial patron saint of many of my circles and gatherings because of the sheer number of times I've quoted from the wisdom of her book, Belonging. …

Welcome to the third episode of the 2023 season of the Becoming Podcast! On this month's show, I had the great pleasure of having a conversation with Day Schildkret. I was first introduced to Day's work many years ago when a friend recommended I check out his book, Morning Altars. Now, Day has written Hello Goodbye, a "recipe book" of rituals, that…

Welcome to the second episode of the 2023 season of the Becoming Podcast! On today’s episode, I welcome Jennifer Garvey Berger, someone whose work I've been following for many years, and who I consider to be a valuable teacher of mine. I was so excited to nerd out with her about all things adult development psychology, neuroscience and complexity t…

Wow! I can't believe we're on season 5 of this podcast! That is 4 years and 36 joyful episodes I've had the pleasure of sharing with you! On today's episode, I welcome The Becoming Podcast's first repeat guest, my friend Mara Glatzel. (You can listen to our first episode together here). If you don't already know Mara, she is an intuitive coach, wri…

I know so many of you will be excited to listen to this episode of the podcast with Sarah Vermunt. For almost all of the people I work with, career change ends up be the focus of or at least a part of their process of radical transformation. And that, my friends, is Sarah's speciality! Here's some of what Sarah and I talked about in this episode: >…

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Today on The Becoming Podcast, I'm sharing my conversation with Sarah Durham Wilson. This episode goes DEEP into the wisdom of the archetypes and how we are called to unearth the darkest, gnarliest parts of ourselves in order to fully become. My conversation with Sarah covers: > What the maiden and mother archetypes are, and how to know which one i…

I'm really excited to bring you my conversation with Molly Millwood, Ph.D., today. Molly's book, To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage and the Modern Dilemma, is, hands down, one of the best books on matrescence and maternal mental health that I've ever read....and I've definitely read them ALL. We share so many perspectives on this rite of pas…

It’s my great pleasure to have Kimberly Ann Johnson join me for a rich and wide-ranging conversation on The Becoming Podcast this month. I’ve been following Kimberly’s work since her seminal book, The Fourth Trimester, rocked the worlds of mothers and birth workers alike when it was released five years ago. Since then, I’ve come to view Kimberly as…

Oh my friends, this month's episode of the Becoming Podcast is so special, in so many ways. First of all, I'm just going to come right out and say it: this is one of those fangirl episodes where I reach out to someone I adore and whose work I've been following for many, many years, and cross my fingers. It was such an honour to have Amber say an en…

When I read Lisa Marchiano's new book, Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself, I knew I had to have her on the podcast. Though I usually work with mothers who are traversing the initial few years of their mothering journey, I found Lisa's book deeply insightful and comforting for the mothering experiences that I'm currently having. Let me tell you…

Welcome back for another episode of The Becoming Podcast, friends! I'm thrilled to bring you this deep and thought-provoking conversation with Shauna Janz. Shauna is an educator, facilitator and ritualist at the crossroads of grief, trauma, embodiment and ancestral healing work. For the past 15 years she has worked in both private practice offering…

A big welcome to this month's Becoming Podcast guest, Mara Glatzel! Mara and I have known each other for years, and I was really excited for our conversation. It did not disappoint. As many of you know, self-tending is one of the Seven Core Competencies of Radical Transformation – those skills and capacities that we need to grow in order to travers…

On this month's podcast, I had the great pleasure of connecting with Carmen Spagnola. I first learned of Carmen's work quite a few years ago now, and since then have taken a number of her programs. I value her as a teacher and guide also exploring what it means to traverse rites of passage and other initiatory experiences, as well as a fellow multi…

Rachael Maddox is a trauma resolution educator, coach and guide who’s helped hundreds of humans move from sexual, complex or developmental trauma into pleasure, power and trust-filled relationships. I really wanted to have Rachael on the show today to talk about the possibility of trauma resolution as a rite of passage. Rachael is a gifted map-make…

The final episode of Season 3 of The Becoming Podcast is a conversation with Jen Berlingo, midlife midwife extraordinaire. Jen is a coach, licensed professional counselor, a nationally registered art therapist, a master-level Reiki practitioner, an author, an artist and a witch. She speaks, writes and teaches about midlife emergence, including her …

During our conversation, Heather and I talk about the "liminal space" or that "space between" that is a necessary and uncomfortable part of every major transition – and so much a part of what we're all experiencing in these times of uncertainty. We talk about how major "disruptions" in our lives can be a powerful call that we have the opportunity t…

I'm delighted to introduce Nikki McCahon to you today. I have been following Nikki for some time – she has so much wisdom to share about the transition into motherhood, and we share so many of the same perspectives and beliefs. It was wonderful to dive deeper with her here on this episode. Let me tell you a little bit about Nikki. She is a matresce…

I am so delighted to introduce you to Stepha Lafond on this month's episode of The Becoming Podcast. Stepha is a life coach and mentor dedicated to helping moms navigate the space between who they are and who they are becoming. You can imagine why I just had to have Stepha on the show, right? Stepha started her practice out of a desire to put moms …

I am really, really thrilled today to share this conversation with author, artist and publisher Lucy Pearce. Lucy's books, including Moods of Motherhood and Nautilus Award winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes have shaped me, my work and my life in so many ways. One of the common threads in this interview is how Lucy en…

I am so jazzed to share this episode of The Becoming Podcast with you today. Graeme Seabrook and I have the most vivacious and far-reaching conversation about motherhood, and I know you will enjoy it. Let me tell you about Graeme: she is a maternal mental health expert, advocate, and community leader who helps moms and reconnect with and embrace th…

I've been working with a theme of healing and illness as a rite of passage in my writings and offerings this month. I could not think of anyone I wanted to speak to more on that topic than Lara Veleda Vesta. Lara has an MFA, is an artist, author, storyteller and educator transforming chronic illness into a path of healing and reclaiming. She is the…

Today's guest is Becca Piastrelli. Becca is a writer, coach, and host of the Belonging podcast. She holds space for women to explore ancestral wisdom, connect with the earth, and find meaningful and inclusive community. In the age of loneliness, Becca shows us how to feel like we truly belong - to each other, to the earth, to a lineage, and to ours…

I'm so excited to be welcoming Dr. Sarah Kerr on The Becoming Podcast this month. Sarah is a death doula, ritual healing practitioner, and trainer, and in her work, she helps dying people and their families connect with each other, and with the innate wisdom of the dying process. Sarah’s work draws on ancient wisdom teachings, nature-­based spiritu…

In this conversation, author, mythologist and childbirth educator Britta Bushnell and I talk about the domino effect that radical transformation tends to have in our lives, and how we often end up experiencing shifts and changes to many areas of our lives rather than only one. Specifically, we dive into the experience of how to re-negotiate our int…

It was SO exciting to get to chat with Molly for this episode. In our conversation, Molly and I dive right into a moment of full honesty and transparency, and then traverse through the question of authenticity and how social media impacts how we share our lives - or don't. We talk about what reclamation means to Molly, and she offers her thoughts o…

I am so unbelievably excited to bring to you the final episode of the first full season of The Becoming Podcast. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to psychologist, mythologist and author Sharon Blackie. I first learned of Sharon's work when a friend recommended her book If Women Rose Rooted. For me, I feel as though I can almost defin…

I am so delighted to share with you today my interview with my friend Dee Montie. Dee is an Intuitive Shamanic Healer who helps people connect with intuition and Spirit in honour of creating healing and balance. She currently offers private intuitive healing sessions, group healing circles, space healings, and mentorship trainings. Her work is intu…

I am delighted to have Dr. Aurélie Athan on the show with me today. Aurélie is a professor at Columba University in New York City, and is the world's leading researcher in matrescence and the transition to motherhood. To say that this conversation was absolutely sparkling is an understatement. Aurélie and I talked about what matrescence, or the tra…

All the mamas listening, this one is for you! I'm delighted to share with you my conversation with Beth Berry from Revolution From Home. Beth is a life coach, small group and retreat facilitator, mother of four daughters and author of the recently published #1 Best Seller Motherwhelmed. Follow her journey at www.revolutionfromhome.com. I first lear…

I am delighted to share with you today my interview with Lynn Trotta. Lynn is a life coach and nature-based mentor whose work I originally learned about while reading one of Martha Beck's books, which she was featured in, several years ago. I've been following her and her work ever since, and our work and interests have only continued to overlap an…

I am so (so!) thrilled to bring you this sparkling conversation with artist, mama and wildly successful entrepreneur Leonie Dawson. Our conversation was rich and covered a broad range of topics. Leonie shared some of her story of becoming a mother, and how that was a challenging but catalyzing rite of passage in her life. We talked about how relati…

I think of Tara as a "get shit done" gal, and I was excited to talk to her because there comes a point in everyone's process of radical transformation and other big life and business shifts that we need to start to take action in the direction of the future we want. Tara and I talk about values-based goal setting and a really helpful way to receive…

In this episode I talk to one of the sparkliest humans I know, artist and yogi Estelle Thomson. While Estelle and I have jammed on previous podcast episodes (both hers and mine) about grief, creativity and ritual, today's conversation is a diversion from our usual. Estelle is a (not so) secret lover of fashion, and so we talk about how radical tran…

In this episode I talk to Kathy Washburn, coach, cancer survivor, and founder of Carved By Cancer. We talk about the catalyzing moments that reshape your life, and what it's like when the rest of your life doesn't change along with you. Kathy talks about post-traumatic growth and how our sense of embodiment, sexuality and creativity is an integral …

Join me as I speak with Tracie Nichols, self-professed Rebel Crone, who shares wisdom about the transition into our elder years, and how connecting with the earth can support all our most radical life transformations.By Jessie Harrold